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Didn't mark some container's

disneynut1977 ~ Melissa

16 years ago

Does anybody else get tired of having to mark containers and just figure it would be fun to play the guessing game come spring for a few of them. Well......................I'm kicking myself in the a$$ right now, LOL. I have some containers, with columbine, different coneflowers, Ect, Ect. and I have no idea what's what's. Sooooooooooooooooo frustrating.

Melissa

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ramazz
16 years ago
If it makes you feel any better, my columbine from last year are starting to bloom and I am thinking, what is that??? Is it purchased variety or something from a trade?? Well, I am going to post the pictures and ask!

Becky
ramazz
tepelus
16 years ago
I have about 10 containers that I didn't label, now I wish I did so I know what the little ones are. Guess I'll have to wait until they start getting their true leaves to find out.

Karen
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misskimmie
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I get to play the guessing game too. I have over 100 containers, I used a sharpie to label. I use Excel to keep organized, but didn't save one planting session so I have some jugs that will surprise me. I have since relabeled those I could read with a paint pen. Gardening is always an adventure though - isn't it?

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disneynut1977 ~ Melissa
Original Author
16 years ago
Kim, my co-workers shake thier head when they see me on MS word program working on my seed list, LOL. It's nice to see I'm not the only one that does that.

Melissa
Ann
16 years ago
I labeled containers but some of the marker has faded so a few are going to be a surprise. That's OK as a relative newbie, it's part of the learning experience!
kcbarbara
16 years ago
Mine are all clearly marked but I'm still puzzled at what's coming up. In the early stages they ALL look exactly the same! I'm looking from the flax to the poppies to the nigella and back again and asking myself if I slipped up and planted the same seeds in all three containers. Well, I didn't - I know that for sure but still. It's mind boggling :)
vera_eastern_wa
16 years ago
This year (and last year) I assigned them all numbers and scratched them in on the containers. That way if the sharpie names fade out the numbers wont LOL! I keep a paper log and MS Access database.

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northerner_on
16 years ago
Making markers for containers is tedious - I do it while watching TV and I have them ready and labeled before sowing. Lee Valley sells a marking pen that lasts through all kinds of weather.

I do a kind of 'reduced HOS' by sowing very small seeds with 'seed spoons' (don't remember where I got them). You can easily spread them so thin that a hunk may consist of only 2 or 3 plants. Seems more humane.
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northerner_on
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I found a few discarded containers which had produced seedlings over the winter. I identified them by using the seed site. They feature pics. of a wide assorment of seeds and seedlings. The link is below:

http://www.theseedsite.co.uk/
This is a great resource for seed saving too.
Northerner.
vera_eastern_wa
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I had a marking pen from that was really good like the one you describe Northerner. Right on the pen it said resistant to sun, ect. It lasted for 3 years! I still find plastic labels from my first year of wintersowing around the yard with the marking still intact LOL!

Here is a link that might be useful: Burpee Garden Pen

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