Writing on those little white plastic pot stakes?

JerryHaskins · May 18, 2018

Every time I plant something in my raised beds, I write what it is and when I planted it on one of those little white plastic pot stakes.

I use a Magic Marker with "permanent" black ink.

A few weeks or a month or so later, the water has washed off all of the writing.

I tried a common graphite pencil, but it was too faint to read, and the surface is so slick, it was hard to write on.

Has anybody found a good (more lasting) way to write on these things?

These:

May 18, 2018	#1
JerryHaskins Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Mississippi Posts: 166	Writing on those little white plastic pot stakes? Every time I plant something in my raised beds, I write what it is and when I planted it on one of those little white plastic pot stakes. I use a Magic Marker with "permanent" black ink. A few weeks or a month or so later, the water has washed off all of the writing. I tried a common graphite pencil, but it was too faint to read, and the surface is so slick, it was hard to write on. Has anybody found a good (more lasting) way to write on these things? These: