What kind of plant labels do you use?
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hosta_freak
12 years agoaka_margo
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Comments (12)Sarah, didn't mean to sound hasty, but I was about to turn off the puter, when I noticed your thread. I was using a dishsoap with Citrus. One of the ingredients is true citrus, so they say. LOL. Used it for years, now it's like the brand is extinct. Can't find it anywhere. Ajax has a citrus scented dishsoap which is what I now add to the mixture. Acually any dish soap will work, just steer clear of Dawn. You poor thing..all those bugs!! What the heck happened? Sarah, it's strange, beneficial insects are dying/dead while the bad guys are flying around..that doesn't make sense? Why in the world do people use so many chemicals??? By doing so, they're killing off the good guys. Not to mention, spraying something that most likely causes cancer. I feel bad for people who don't use chemicals, yet because of their neighbors, have to breath in that crap. Sarah, the mix I use will kill mites and scale, but it won't touch whitefly..Before your plants are totally infested, purchase Yellow Sticky Traps..they work fantastic, and no chemicals. They're sold on Ebay and a place called Gardens Alive. Cost is more reasonable on Ebay. In Ebay's search window type in yellow sticky traps. Traps come with a little, metal holder. Traps are attached to these holders. Stick holder in soil. You'd be amazed how many whitefly they capture. About 3 or 4 yrs ago, I had the same problem..Whitefly. I found the source, a hardy Hydragea..95% of my plants were whitefly infested. Some plants worse than others, especially Hibiscus, citrus and gardenias. I bought the traps, placed one trap among a group of plants. Each trap captured hundreds of whitefly days later. That was it, they died. So, if you have whitefly, and want to use natural, non-chemical 'help,' buy the traps, ASAP. Keep us posted, Sarah and Good luck, Toni...See MoreDo you label plants in the ground?
Comments (7)I don't actually PLAN on being run over by a bus! (Or a SUV, whatever that may be!) But accidents happen, and people die, and sometimes it happens when least expected. Sad fact, but true. Seriously though, if 'something' happened to me, whoever took over my place would need to have the plants identified, or else dig up the lot and replace it with whatever they want. I have a lot of medicinal herbs as well as culinary ones, and I like to play safe and fair to whoever comes after me. I like to play fair with just me, too, and help the old memory along a little! Sorry - no pix. No camera, either! Not even the old-fashioned kind. However, my markers were fairly ordinary. I made them to look similar to trees - a big round bit at the top where you write the name, with a long tapering stem, mostly around 25cm in length all up. I made them fairly thick so they wouldn't snap so easily. I'm not the arty-crafy type, but if you are, you could get quite creative and make them to look like sunflowers, or paint them in pretty colours or whatever....See MoreWhat do you use for plant labels?
Comments (21)I got the copper labels from Charley's greenhouse (website/catalog). Currently they only have the type that you stick in the ground, but I imagine they'll carry the smaller ones like mine again soon. I bet some of the big box hardware stores, and other nurseries carry them too. The patina is nice and makes them less (though not totally) obvious. I have a love-hate thing with labels. Part of me finds them intrusive so I do keep them to a minimum. Or at least try to. :) If I'm lazy, or out of the copper ones, I stick the plastic one deeeeeep in the soil so only its edge is visible on close inspection if I need help remembering a specific variety/cultivar (the genus and species names I've got memorized of course, but specific cultivars I often need help remembering for some plants where I've collected a ton and the differences are subtle). By the time the plastic label is gone, or broken, I've usually got the cultivar names memorized too, though not always. I like mdvaden's idea of cutting your own copper for labels. I may give that a try since Charley's doesn't have the type of labels I bought right now. If I did a better job of recording who is where, then I wouldn't need them, so that's more incentive for me to make a map or a spreadsheet. Take care and happy gardening, Grant...See MoreDo you know what kind of plant is this?
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12 years ago
thisismelissa
12 years agoflowerchild59
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paul_in_mn
12 years agoThis is my post from Jan 18, 2011.....
Have used 3 types - (1)label wraps around posts, (2)label slides onto posts using 2 sets of holes and (3)label slides onto posts thru set of holes and then slot.
(1) - inexpensive - $.30- $.60, lightweight, comes off posts, posts bend, matte, corrodes.
(2) - inexpensive - $.30- $.60, lightweight, stays on, label easily bends, tears at holes, matte, corrodes.
(3) - moderate price $.70-.90, heavyweight posts and labels, stays on, more difficult to push into ground, shiny, curved corners, have only used since 2010.
Have used (1) and (2) for 4-5 years. (3) is new so haven't seen effects of weather and winter yet.
Impressed with (3) so far - very sturdy stainless steel label and posts. Eager to see how they weather the winter. (They came thru great.) Not concerned about shine since I want the plant label to be there if someone is looking for ID, but otherwise disappear under the leaves. Picked up a couple of 15" and 20" posts and plan to use for hosta that are 3rd row back. Look a little too big I think for minis.
(1)&(2) have come from Paw Paw/Everlast (Similar EON) and local garden stores.
(3) from KincaidPaul
Here is a link that might be useful: Kincaid Gardens Plant Markers
janroze
12 years agotomahawkclaim
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Steve Massachusetts
12 years agohostaholic2 z 4, MN
12 years agohostas_for_barb
9 years agoVery nice Sailor Bill. My DH made some for me a few years ago. Aluminum 2" Angle with the name stamped with a punch. Time consuming but unique. Too many hostas now so I use (2) from previous post. But thinking I made try (3).
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bragu_DSM 5
9 years agoluckyladyslipper
9 years agoSailorBill: I'm intrigued by your markers. What are they made of?
Years ago, I used the wraparound type, but the weather and critters made them useful for about 2 years - not nearly long enough. I am currently using expensive, heavy stainless steel Botanical Labels by Wren, but only on a relatively few plants, due to the cost. (A thinner, shinier version was less satisfactory.)
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