I use metal tags embossed with ballpoint pen so they never fade or break - I buy Aluma-Boss tags from A.M. Leonard for approximately $0.10 each and use aluminum electric fencing wire (the included "stainless wire" rusts as soon as you open the box) tied through the drainage hole of terracotta pots, attached with solid brass paper fasteners to the side of plastic pots, or attached to the ground with mild steel landscape staples. Impress-O-Tag is nicer but more pricey. Permanently attaching the tags is really important here because the shiny tags are more attractive than plastic tags to birds and raccoons! -joe in SW VA, z6b (low of 13°F this winter) where the first Galanthus nivalis tripodded open yesterday, Romulea rosea is blooming in the quonset tunnel, and Narcissus pseudonarcissus buds are swelling On Tue, Feb 8, 2022, 12:55 PM Jane McGary via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > I made some labels with aluminum blinds and paint pens, but the writing > deteriorated soon. Then I got some weatherproof clear labels (the kind > used with inkjet printers) and stuck them over the painted writing after > it dried, and these have, so far, survived well in the bulb house > (unheated, overhead irrigated); haven't tried them in the open. > > Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA > > On 2/7/2022 8:45 PM, Lamon Ready via pbs wrote: > > Judy, > > l sometimes find aluminum blinds that so far have worked good. There > are some vinal ones that are 'slick' that pencils don't work well on. l use > fine point paint markers from the Marker Depot in California. Not totally > as good as l would like, but quite durable. l use scissors cutting mostly > straight, never thought about cutting at an angle. > > ln the past, l've used aluminum cans with a pencil writing on the > label on something that gives, making an indented plant name on it. > > Kinda cold in SW-- Ga, Lamon > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>