labelling disaster

[Peter B]

If you use pencil on white labels you just use a rubber to erase as you would with pencil on paper.

Peter B Manchester Branch

[Benjy]

Peter B Wrote:
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> If you use pencil on white labels you just use a
> rubber to erase as you would with pencil on paper.

yep, its that easy !

[Julie]

Serena, are they the sort which all need the same conditions until they tell you who they are?

I keep labels which I get in other plants, then use a pencil to write on the other side. And if your babies don't germinate, you can use a rubber and recycle the label.

If you run out, you can cut up yoghurt pots and write on those.

Once a student, always a padlock-pockets.

[Alan Clark]

Remember that your pencil will last longer if you don't bother to dot your I's and J's.

[lenbell]

If you have to test your blood glucose levels, and use an Accu-chek meter, you can soon build up a useful stock of spent test strips. Even if you don't test every day. These are made of some sort of super strength plastic (nylon?), and tho small and fiddly, will take pencil or quick-drying marker. You may well have noticed them in photos I have posted where I've left the label in. The tags will last forever (claim not tested), and you could bury the in the pot in case the main label got lost.
I give all my plants and seeds an "acquisition" or reference number, and for seeds I just use one of these tags with the ref number and date of sowing. I work on the basis that it is presumptious to write out a full label before the seeds germinate. The tags have a shiny surface so I use pencils between 2B and F grade. These are the grades I reckon you need to get a decent job on ordinary labels, although I mainly use marker pens for proper labels.
I feel sure you will all have enjoyed these additional thoughts on this vexing subject.
Serena, I feel that next year we will all be playing "spot that cactus" with your seedlings.