Physical objects holding the botanical name of a plant used as signs to mark what kind of plant was planted in a specific area or container. Use this tag with questions about how to create or maintain such items.
Questions tagged [plant-labels]
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What can I use to quickly and inexpensively create metal plant labels?
Has anyone had experience with creating their own permanent metal plant labels/tags?
My grandfather has an old Graphotype machine that he uses to label his metal plant tags, but they're rather expensive and his is very manual in operation.
I'm…
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UV Tolerant Labeling
I am looking for a UV tolerant labeling pen.
I am using Kinglake (from Amazon) plastic wrap around labels with Sharpie ink. However after just one season, the labels have faded.
Is there a better pen available with ink that will hold up to UV…
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How do I make plant labels for outdoors?
I would like to put small plant labels in my garden so that I don't forget what exactly is sown where.
Can you suggest plant labels that:
are made from non-toxic materials
can have arbitrary text written/carved in them
are relatively easy to…
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Tips on how to revive writing on a plastic label?
I've been finding dozens of plastic labels what were written with a sharpie that are now faded beyond readability. Since I didn't write them, I don't know what is planted there. I was wondering if anyone has any tips on how to revive the writing.
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Outdoor Plant Markers That Last
I'm on a mission to find a system for marking vegetables in our garden that will last through a Northwestern US summer. Plastic stakes & black Sharpie don't do the trick -- by this time (mid-summer) the "permanent" Sharpie has faded and is pretty…
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