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by comfrey on February 17, 2006 12:13 PM

I don't know if this has been covered but thought I would mention it. I have read about using blind slats as plant labels. Well it so happend that I had a mini blind that I was throughing out, And thought why not give it a try, so I cut the blind slats into the size labels I could use in my seed flats and also in individual pots. They are going to work wonderfully. Another method I have tried is saving those plastic forks, spoons and esp the knives. The handle part when broken off works great.

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by peppereater on February 18, 2006 04:16 AM

Those are great ideas. I've seen plant labels in catalogues for some real high prices. Id love to get the copper kind you etch on, permanent labels. Do you have any ideas on a really permanent marker to write with? Mine always fade and run.

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Dave
Even my growlights are getting restless!

by weezie13 on February 18, 2006 04:23 AM

I had gotten some from a place called Paw~Paw...
and they came with something like a grease pencil something...
I abuse mine, and can still read it, if only I could read my own hand [critic]

writing, we'd be all set... [Wink]

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Weezie

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2

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by weezie13 on February 18, 2006 04:25 AM

Here's the link Paw Paw Everlast Label Company

I got the value pack to see how they were,
and got like one of each, and it came with the pencil...

As long as you don't touch it, it doesn't come off.

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Weezie

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2

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by comfrey on February 18, 2006 07:59 AM

I use a sharpie....It doesn't seem to come off even when you want it too. I just conducted an expermint with the sharpie ink on it and it will not even rub off (I used me fingers rubbing over the ink while warm water was running over it). So that is what I will be using on these blind slat pieces I have cut.

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by peppereater on February 19, 2006 02:41 AM

comfrey, I reuse the little labels that come from nursery plants, but the sharpie ink runs and fades once they're placed in the garden. Then I forget what tomato varieties are what!
Some day I'll look for sheets of copper...maybe at Hobby Lobby...and cut my own permanent markers.

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Dave
Even my growlights are getting restless!

by Francine on February 20, 2006 04:41 AM

weezie,

i love your pawpaw place,got good stuff over there.

comfrey,

i know a while back you ve asked for some empty seed packets for your office walls,are you still interrested;i really don t have a lot ,only 3,but i could empty the seeds in a papr bag and send the packets to you.how s it coming,did you start it yet.

Franny [wavey]

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by comfrey on February 20, 2006 09:33 AM

I sent you a PM Franny...I haven't started the empty packet project yet, don't have enough empty packages yet, I've got to clean the room out a lot in order to even get to the wall, It is the storage room besides my office space. Half of the room is filled with boxes, and it is a large room, two double beds will fit in here with room for two long dressers, they are gone now, replaced by all the boxes.

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by Longy on February 21, 2006 01:52 AM

Some day I'll look for sheets of copper...maybe at Hobby Lobby...and cut my own permanent markers.
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Pepper, you can make permanent tags by cutting up a aluminium pie tray and etching it with a sharp pencil. I still find them intact on trees i planted over 10 years ago and they are still legible.

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by peppereater on February 21, 2006 02:28 AM

Wow, Longy, thank you! i had never thought of trying that! By midseason every year, all my markers are faded out, and I forget what half of my stuff is! [nutz]

Plus, I forgot to write down what some of my fruit tree varieties were. I've been needing something really permanent.

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Dave
Even my growlights are getting restless!

by maja24 on February 26, 2006 06:59 AM

Hi Dave,

Did you try a cd-marker yet to write with on the labels?

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http://home.hetnet.nl/~pvandeburgt/
http://photobucket.com/albums/e344/maja8/?

by peppereater on February 26, 2006 08:58 AM

maja...I'm not sure what a cd-marker is...is it for making permanent labels on cd's? Tell me about these, if you would! I think a lot of people use Sharpies, a type of "magic marker," which is good for starting trays and such.

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Dave
Even my growlights are getting restless!

by maja24 on February 27, 2006 04:03 AM

It's a marker to write directly on to the cd, but i also use them to write on my plant-labels. On the label it says: 'waterbased ink for permanent marks on upper side of cd's'.

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http://home.hetnet.nl/~pvandeburgt/
http://photobucket.com/albums/e344/maja8/?

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