Reading about laminating seed labels reminds me of a good, cheap
source of durable plant labels. Old miniblind slats! Metal ones are
best. Cut to length with shears and mark with wax pencil or Sharpie.
You can even cut points on the bottoms and round the tops if you're so
minded.

Monique in TX

On Mon, 24 Mar 2003 12:42:53 -0600, Monique Reed
wrote:

Reading about laminating seed labels reminds me of a good, cheap
source of durable plant labels. Old miniblind slats! Metal ones are
best. Cut to length with shears and mark with wax pencil or Sharpie.
You can even cut points on the bottoms and round the tops if you're so
minded.

Glad this is being posted. I have used them for years. Found a bunch
in somebody's trash bin. The ones I use are plastic; seem to do OK.


--
Polar

another cheap, free, label source is sour cream and yogurt and cottage cheese
containers. Cut off the top and bottom and cut into strips.

susan

Polar wrote:

On Mon, 24 Mar 2003 12:42:53 -0600, Monique Reed
wrote:

Reading about laminating seed labels reminds me of a good, cheap
source of durable plant labels. Old miniblind slats! Metal ones are
best. Cut to length with shears and mark with wax pencil or Sharpie.
You can even cut points on the bottoms and round the tops if you're so
minded.

Glad this is being posted. I have used them for years. Found a bunch
in somebody's trash bin. The ones I use are plastic; seem to do OK.

--
Polar

Home Depot usually have trimmed end pieces of blinds in their Decor
centre. I'm sure they wouldn't mind if you asked to take some home.
Is there a method of engraving of embossing onto metal? I'd love to
make some permanent metal tags.

I use plastic icecream container lids. Also our local $2 shop sells packets
of labels which i find quite handy. Use a pencil and they are reusable.

--
Anna Merchant

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another cheap, free, label source is sour cream and yogurt and cottage
cheese
containers. Cut off the top and bottom and cut into strips.

susan

Polar wrote:

On Mon, 24 Mar 2003 12:42:53 -0600, Monique Reed
wrote:

Reading about laminating seed labels reminds me of a good, cheap
source of durable plant labels. Old miniblind slats! Metal ones are
best. Cut to length with shears and mark with wax pencil or Sharpie.
You can even cut points on the bottoms and round the tops if you're so
minded.

Glad this is being posted. I have used them for years. Found a bunch
in somebody's trash bin. The ones I use are plastic; seem to do OK.

--
Polar

(Pen) wrote in message . com...
Home Depot usually have trimmed end pieces of blinds in their Decor
centre. I'm sure they wouldn't mind if you asked to take some home.
Is there a method of engraving of embossing onto metal? I'd love to
make some permanent metal tags.

I think copper would be best for that, thick enough to be solid, while
thin enough to be able to emboss it with a dull nail or something...

writes:
I think copper would be best for that, thick enough to be solid, while
thin enough to be able to emboss it with a dull nail or something...

After I had purchased several lovely copper plant marker "stands" to put
in the garden at row heads, my middle son said to me, "Mom, doesn't copper
kill plants? They use copper nails to spike trees to kill them."

Though I did no research to find out, I didn't use those lovely copper
stakes. Does anyone know if copper used this way is damaging to the
plants?

Glenna

Copper is used in antifouling paint for the bottom of boats & ships because it
is toxic to aquatic plant and animal life.



Glenna Rose wrote:

writes:
I think copper would be best for that, thick enough to be solid, while
thin enough to be able to emboss it with a dull nail or something...

After I had purchased several lovely copper plant marker "stands" to put
in the garden at row heads, my middle son said to me, "Mom, doesn't copper
kill plants? They use copper nails to spike trees to kill them."

Though I did no research to find out, I didn't use those lovely copper
stakes. Does anyone know if copper used this way is damaging to the
plants?

Glenna

On Mon, 24 Mar 2003 12:42:53 -0600, Monique Reed
wrote:

Reading about laminating seed labels reminds me of a good, cheap
source of durable plant labels. Old miniblind slats! Metal ones are
best. Cut to length with shears and mark with wax pencil or Sharpie.
You can even cut points on the bottoms and round the tops if you're so
minded.

OTOH, you can buy 80 6" plastic markers for $3.75 (+s&h) from

http://www.superseeds.com/planting_supplies.htm

These are doubtless available other places. Although, as I
web-searched, not as common as they once were. Of course, if one
*happens* to have been keeping old miniblinds around, and a pair of
heavy-duty shears, and an idle afternoon...