Michael Bell wrote in
. uk:

I want to label grafts and branches. Dymo seems a very good idea, the
plastic strips can be produced on the spot with portable equipment,
the labels should last, but the problem is "how to fix them to the
tree"?

Dymo has sticky backing, but will it stay sticky for months, maybe a
year or two, in the wind and rain and dust?


Or is there a better idea?

Michael Bell


Can't you use a Staedtler 2H pencil and write on plastic labels to tie on?
These pencils are not special but are quality. 25p each from WHSmith. If
you decide to give them a try DO NOT get HB(soft and rub easy), just 2H.
After reading your question I went out to look at a label which I wrote in
my first year of gardening on a gooseberry plant, it is as visible as the
first day of writing. I'm not sure if this is the 3rd or 4th year.
I have some purple sprouting broccoli planted last year and the frost has
all but killed them but the label is still ok, in fact it took some rubbing
to erase.
Trust me on this please, and give it a go. You have 25p to lose if it is
not suitable, but it must be Staedtler as the HB to H differs between
brands.(soft to hard).

Baz