Label

What do you use for labels?

I am about to show how new a gardener i am... made labels out of light cardboard, wrote in ink and thought nothing more... after a few waterings the cardboard is sodden, the ink washed out and there is some guesswork in what i have where and what is and isn't growing.

Put in cardboard with pencil and pen labeling, covered in cellotape as a temporary measure.

What labeling is recommended for the money conscious gardener?

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adam

 

Get the large white Ice Cream boxes (2 or 4litre), cut them into strips and write on them with a fine permanent marker or ball point pen.

 

I like the ordinary plain white plastic labels. The better ones have a slightly roughened surface on one side which I like as I use pencil. Pen markings tend to fade in the sun, whilst pencil doesn't.

I also use a lot of coloured labels, which you can buy on the internet. I am lazy, and if I do two batches of Lupins from seed, one red and one blue, I simply put a red label in each pot in one lot and a blue label in the other. I don't bother to write anything as the Lupin foliage is easily recognised and my labels tell me the rest.

 

I use anything I can get my hands on really, usually though the plastic milk cartons get cut up, sand down one side and use a pencil.