Plant Tag Template?

[jackdaniel]

Does anyone have or know of a "plant tag template" used to identify seedlings to full-grown plants? Like popsicle sticks or window blind tags, but can be printed on paper, and possibly laminated? Perhaps in MS Word format?

[Farmette]

I don't know of anything like that, but I have been wondering where nurseries get those "rubber-like" tags that come on shubs and trees and are used to identify them. I think they would be great to put around the main stem of the tomato for identification purposes once they are in the ground. I use a map, but wonder if this would even be a little better.

[kkinan]

jd
how about creating a table with one column and multiple rows?
you could print on adhesive-backed mylar.
k

[dice]

The difficulty with tags on growing tomato plants is that they
end up covered with foliage by mid-summer, and you are
crawling around on your hands and knees in this little jungle
pulling branches aside trying to find a tag a foot off the ground.

A good map of your garden seems like less hassle.

[jackdaniel]

Originally Posted by kkinan

jd
how about creating a table with one column and multiple rows?
you could print on adhesive-backed mylar.
k

Added to "to do" list ;-)

[GrannyG]

What about some tongue depressors (at the drugstore) and marked with a Sharpie....or cut the bleach bottle plastic into strips the size you want, one end pointed, one end rounded, and write on them with the Sharpie.

[wmontanez]

i copied this idea from a magazine, river rocks to write the name of the variety on it an place them next to the stem.

[TZ-OH6]

Something like the Avery lable templates? They are a part of Word, under "tools?". Alot of trouble in general.


I use pink flagging tape with the name in black Sharpie. Before cages go on I tie the flags to small sticks next to the plant, and then they get retied onto the cages/stakes/trellis. Easy to find all season. The fading is not too bad over a single season.

[mtbigfish]

TZ
I use Avery #8667 clear 1/2" X 1 3/4" labels 80 per sheet - 25 sheets per package for identifying seedlings not for when I plant in the garden but I did run into a problem in that printer ink runs when wet so you can spray with clear laquer or run a strip of boxing tape across a set of markers - mine come in strips of 8 then you have to cut the tape and they work fine or spray laquer over several avery label 8 tag strips at a time

For the "rubber-like" tags try Mc Conkey a friend of mine uses these (he's to lazy to make cards) and he just hangs them from his cage

http://www.mcconkeyco.com/page.aspx?nid=25

In my Garden though I have laminates 5.5" X 8.5" cards with pics and info that I hang from the tomato cages or stakes - with info so friends and neighbors don't keep asking what's this one and this one!!!!!

Dennis

[b54red]

I use little strips of white plastic milk jugs cut up with scissors with a little hole punched in one end with an ice pick. I then get some of that green flower arranging wire (get the lightest gauge) and stick one end through the tag which I have labeled on both sides with a Sharpie and twist it on then make a loop around the base of the tomato plant with the other end. Make sure the loop is large enough that the tomato will not outgrow it.
The strips of bleach bottles work great for markers also. I used to use them all the time and still do occasionally. Only drawback is some of my dogs and other critters that seem to get into my garden like to pull them up and carry them off leaving me wondering sometimes what plant I'm looking at. I also used to make garden maps but found I spent too much time fixing my map and if you put one thing out of order and you've got over 50 tomato plants it can be very confusing without the tags. I really like that idea of using the pink tape and hanging it on the trellis or cage. I think I'll try that this year. It sounds easier than removing my label from the base and moving it higher so it is more visible.

[VORTREKER]

If label is printed on a regular printer, and then laminated, the sun bleaches the printer ink into unreadable oblivion in a couple of months. I use cut venetion blinds and a "Garden Marker" Pen--$2 from BURPEE for a reliable season long ID.

[mtbigfish]

I have heard that there are some UV inks printer or laser printers and special paper and also plastic laminate that is UV and protects picture - does anybody know about this or where you can get?
Thanks
Dennis

[outsiders71]

Plastic table cloth cut into strips and labeled with a permanent marker works for me. Tie the strip to the stake/cage or loosely around the base of the plant.

[jackdaniel]

Wow! I knew there were a few different methods (window blinds, tongue depressors, "real" plastic plant tags, etc.), but this is getting pretty creative!

[desertlzbn]

I bought some of the "Avery Weatherproof" white lables, printed them on a laser printer, then put the lables on either cut up soda cans or gallon containers. Yogurt, and butter containers work well too. I have also thought about using a lable maker. I dont' know if that would be too cost prohivitve though.