Why does the writing come OFF plant labels if you really need to know what the seedlings are?
And stay ON plant labels after you have washed them?
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Yes! I hasve been there!
Philip
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One of the big mysteries of life….
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it’s a puzzle that we may never figure out~~g
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I’ve given up on labels. I use egg cartons, which I write on directly. And plastic cups or containers, which I reuse for the same seeds.
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I think that it is called sod’s law
They look very familiar Karen – could they be Jacob’s Ladder ?
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I remember trying to read the faded letters on your labels last year trying to decipher which garlic was which! This problem is why I probably don’t bother with labels:)
GOOD Question!
I’ve been writing with those craft paint tubes. It’s acrylic paint… it seems to stay a little longer! “Sharpies” don’t work for me at all.
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Yes! This is true! It’s happened so many times to me! I do my permanent labeling with a label maker though and that works very well. Do you know what all you planted? Perhaps you (or we) can figure it out by a process of elimination.
You use seed labels?!!!! How efficient. I just try and remember.. but this method doesn’t work either. The most enduring “label” was written in Tippex on a slate stone for my salad bed. It is still perfectly legible after 4 years out in the garden. Pity I don’t grow that salad mix any more.
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I’ve given up trying to figure that one out! I find pencil seems to work best…
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I use aluminium plant labels for the perennials in the garden borders. Pencil is supposed to meld in some way with the surface of the aluminium and become immovable – Ha…I think not! I’ve used every kind of pencil and this process has never happened. This accounts for the fact that I have 11 pencils in a jar in my potting area.
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I use pencil as well – it does fade abit but normally the seeds germinate before it gets too bad – normally that is!!
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Hi Karen, I have been there too. I found labels that got this matt finish and an ordinary pencil (lead/grahpite) works excellent on them. I was just about to begin to clean them now for this seasons seedlings
Tyra
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Karma.
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Hi Karen`
Planting seeds is always a mystery to me. This way it will be a surprise when you figure out what the plant is.
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Hi Karen, as has been said, lead pencil seems to stay on. I learned of this from Nan Ondra’s post about tags for Gardening Gone Wild. That is why a pencil is included with the tags, why didn’t I think to use it? I figured it would smudge off but seems to stay on nicely. Who knew? Your seedlings look like larkspur or nigella?
Frances
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And I have learned this first hand by my recent seed-planting experiment. I’m glad it wasn’t just me who wrote on the tags w/permanent marker only to find them smudged & faded the next day. It does seem a mystery why ’stuff’ you WANT to come off just will not come off no matter how hard you scrub. Go figure. Like most of life, it’s a mystery to me;-/
And I have learned this first hand by my recent seed-planting experiment. I’m glad it wasn’t just me who wrote on the tags w/permanent marker only to find them smudged & faded the next day. It does seem a mystery why ’stuff’ you WANT to come off just will not come off no matter how hard you scrub. Go figure. Like most of life, it’s a mystery to me;-/
Another one of those gardening mysteries designed to drive us whackier.
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Freaking hell! Do you think you’ll figure it out in time to plant them in the right place? I always forget what I plant too. Sometimes I put a row marker in but I think the crows steal them. Or the squirrels.
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That picture is really irritating me as I think I recognise the seedlings – which is unusual as I am rubbish at seeds (my wife is much better). Cosmos? Nigella? I dunno.
Pencil is always best for plant labels.
Thanks for all the suggestions -
James – You probably DO recognize the seedling because there is a good chance that it is something I am growing because of something YOU have written
because it is one very cool goofball universe we live in… enjoy the ride.
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