Labels

 We have been going on about fading labels  for a long time.
How about some lateral thinking.
How about dark or blach labels and white ink?

 On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:57:10 -0700 (PDT), Dave Hill


Last year I treated myself to a Brother tape label machine from Lidl
(a printing type not the embossing type) for about a tenner and stuck
the "printouts" onto ordinary plastic labels. The tapes aren't cheap
but they're quite long and the labels I made last year are still plain
to see and those outside haven't come unstuck. As I tend to grow
masses of the same varieties of bedding plants each year, the bedding
labels have been reused this year and seem likely to last at least
into next year so I think reasonable value overall.

A local garden centre also got fed up of written labels fading and so
invested in a new labelling system, with accompanying computer and all
that. Trouble is that their system is "thermal" so all the labels fade
even quicker than written ones!

 On 15/04/2011 20:57, Dave Hill wrote:

My latest method works fine. I too got fed up of labels fading or simply
going missing or the dog wandering off with them. I've got a big bag
full of wooden lolly sticks which I got dirt cheap from one of those £1
shop type places. I write on both sides (in opposite directions) using a
black indelible marker pen. With seed trays I put them in at the edge
almost completely on their side so barely any is above the surface for
the dog to pull out. Then when I plant seedlings in the garden I put the
wooden label inside a white plastic milk bottle fasten on the cap and
bury it in the ground next to the seedlings with only the bottom of the
bottle showing. This has worked well - I've overwintered four different
varieties of cabbage and wanted to see which did the best. The labels
remain in perfect condition. They can't be lost either due to the size
of the bottle they are safely kept in!

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 In article <94f7b283-74c6-4df2-abad-384bcc5b67e9
@r4g2000prm.googlegroups.com>, david@abacus-nurseries.co.uk says...

   Years ago I saw some black coated labels you marked by scratching, and
the scratch showed white.

    For permanent plantings I use aluminium labels marked with an electric
etcher. For veg garden and seed trays  I use white plastic labels and a
black waterproof pen (lasts long enough for a season)

   Janet

 
I use around 3000 labels a year, last year I planted out close to 5000
dahlias, I need something easy, cheap and reliable, hence the idea of
white on black labels