Another Random: How do you label your plants?

HappyGardener23 · January 26, 2013

I've yet to find a good reliable method for labeling my plants once I plant them out. I've tried marking the plant in the ground with a mini blind or other such stake with the variety name but they sometimes break or become obscured by weeds, the plant itself, etc.

Last year I didn't label the plants themselves but kept a map in a spreadsheet of where each variety was planted in the plot (at my community garden plot). This was okay but sometimes it was hard to match up the plant location/variety name and more often than not I wouldn't have my map on me when I needed it so I'd just pick varieties on site and not know what they were once I got home.

So, what have you used successfully? Any suggestions for what could work as a practical, reliable time to label the plants "in the field"?

Apologies if this has been covered before. I tried to search but couldn't find what I was looking for. Please direct me to threads if appropriate.
Thank you!

January 26, 2013	#1
HappyGardener23 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Illinois Posts: 90	Another Random: How do you label your plants? I've yet to find a good reliable method for labeling my plants once I plant them out. I've tried marking the plant in the ground with a mini blind or other such stake with the variety name but they sometimes break or become obscured by weeds, the plant itself, etc. Last year I didn't label the plants themselves but kept a map in a spreadsheet of where each variety was planted in the plot (at my community garden plot). This was okay but sometimes it was hard to match up the plant location/variety name and more often than not I wouldn't have my map on me when I needed it so I'd just pick varieties on site and not know what they were once I got home. So, what have you used successfully? Any suggestions for what could work as a practical, reliable time to label the plants "in the field"? Apologies if this has been covered before. I tried to search but couldn't find what I was looking for. Please direct me to threads if appropriate. Thank you!