Re: [SG] Organization
Hi, Peggy,
The easiest way to keep the label is to bury it right next to the plant.
That way, critters don't carry it away and the writing stays intact as long
as it is buried. I leave about 1/16" showing so I can find it. We have
kept labels several years using this hidden method.
Phyllis Randall
Oakcrest Gardens
Glenwood, Iowa
Zone 4b
Peggy L Kinnetz wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I have two related problems that I would like others' input. When I buy
> plants, I sometimes get the plants mixed up after a while (a year or two
> later) and can't remember what I've really got. I usually stick the
> label stick that comes with the plant in the ground when there is one,
> but after a time these tend to come out, break, get lost, etc. But even
> when they don't disappear, that doesn't help when there is more than one
> plant, and only one label, or there is none. Invariably, the one that
> has the label will die and leave the labelless one by itself. I can't
> see sticking a label by each plant, that is just too obtrusive. I know
> there are good durable labels out there, but most are pretty expensive (
> I always translate the cost of the label into how many little plants I
> could buy instead). I'd like to figure out some other less costly way
> that isn't too obtrusive. How do others remember what they have?
>
> I'd like to keep a list of the plants on my computer, with the botanical
> name and common name, but haven't figured out a good way to tell exactly
> where I've planted what. Do you all have some system that you'd share
> with me?
>
> Peggy
> Louisville, Zone 6a
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