Rodger, Myself and Michael make the labels out of Venetian vinyl blinds that we purchase at Wal-Mart. The best size is their 39" length, as they make 6, 6 1/2" labels. For the cost of about $4.00 US, you can make 100's of them. We use a number 2 pencil to write on them and they last about 4 years in the fields with our hot sun and longer in the shade house, since they are UV resistant they work great! All the best, Paul Machado & Michael Homick On 12/14/09, Pamela Slate <pameladaz@msn.com> wrote: > > Rodger, > Try Macore...they have distributors in your area and have product that both > utilizes the pencil and have some wide tops to add some detailed notes. As > I > recall, you can't order directly. Eventually, I've found they all break > down > here but maybe they'll last longer in your climate. Hope this helps, > > Pamela Slate > > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] > On > Behalf Of totototo@telus.net > Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 6:11 PM > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Subject: [pbs] Labels for seed pots > > I'm about down to the last of my labels and seeds are starting to arrive, > elach > packet of which will need a label in the seed pot. Can anyone recommend a > reliable source of 4" plastic labels with a matte finish that takes pencil > well? > > A quick attempt to find such with Google leads to any number of suspects, > but > no one says "pencil works with these." One place extolled how smooth their > labels are, which in my experience is precisely what you don't want if > using > pencil. > > Why pencil? Because it never fades, unlike every felt-tipped marker I've > ever > tried. > > If the labels you recommend don't go brittle and break when exposed to > sunlight > (at least, if they don't do so too soon!), I will be your friend forever. > This > may be an alarming prospect for some of you, so if you prefer, I will be > your > un-friend forever. > > > > > -- > Rodger Whitlock > Victoria, British Columbia, Canada > Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate > on beautiful Vancouver Island > > http://maps.google.ca/maps/… > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com/ > Version: 8.5.427 / Virus Database: 270.14.107/2564 - Release Date: 12/14/09 > 19:40:00 > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >