Tropicals & Tender Perennials: A Susie seedling, 1 by Kell

Kell wrote:
Ada, another trick I learned from someone here on Dave's, is to write the cross on the top of a stake. Then write it also on the bottom of the stake. Then stick it in the dirt so the bottom writing is buried under ground and the top where you can see it. That part that is underground will not fade because it is out of the sun! I use cut up blinds now and I love them. I have plenty of room.

I buy this plastic thingamagigs at HD. They come in lots of sizes. Get long enough ones for the trunk will get too fat for shorter ones. I just went to the 11 inch ones for next year.

I use a paperhole punch (thanks Brugie) to make a hole in my blind. Then I put the thingamagigs thru it and wrap it around the trunk like a necklace and lock it on. You can't undo them once locked. I do this when I plant up the seedlings to a gallon size. Up till then I stick the name tag in the dirt of the brug for they are too small still for their necklace.

I am now using them again to write brief descriptions of seedlings. I also write the cross, the number it has been assigned to corollate to its picture on my computer, the location of the brug and whether I am going to keep it or not. This tag I put higher up on the trunk where it is easily read without bending down.

I use a certain color if I am keeping the brug and another color if I am going to toss it. So I can tell at a glance.

So far so good!