identification labels

Where can I buy plastic identification labels (the ones you stick in the ground in a pot?????????
Home depot sells them but they are in small packages and very expensive. I need at least 100 .
Thank you.

There are many places to buy them. I order lots from this site. http://www.novoselenterprises.com/products/general.asp

Here are a few more places I've ordered from
http://www6.mailordercentral.com/igcusastore/prodinfo.asp?number=CN-NC&variation=&aitem=2&mitem=2

http://www.growersupply.com/nurserypots.html

I know someone on here (I don't remember whom) used a cheap vinyl blind from Wal-Mart and cut it up. She said it worked great and the blinds are only about 5.00 each.

At my WM I can get the small blinds for only $2.50. Each slat makes 4 labels and pencils seem to be the best writing instrument.

I really have to remember that for next year. This year it wasn't such a big deal cause the I only have 5 different types of maters and three of those are store bought so I kept the tags. The other 10 plants are a mix between uglies and black pear so I can tell them apart since the black pear are potato leafed. Did permant marker not work well?

Hello: Just a note to let you know that I used a "permanent" marker when I sowed seeds. After the moisture got through with them, I can barely make out the writing. I sowed annual seed in a bed and used aluminum plant tags that I purchased at a garden show, and the next morning, my dogs had pulled them up and used them like rawhide. But when I sowed the seed I had a notebook and drew a diagram of where what was planted, so I will at least have an idea. With the tomatoes, there will be some that I will not be able to identify. So I am thinking that instead of going a cheaper route, next year I am going to spend a little more and order some that will be more permanent.

Thak you all for the info.
I think bying a plastic blind is a great idea.

Araness, that is what I do. I have a greenhouse and quite a number of perennials. I can't afford to buy plastic molded labels. I use an old set of blinds that one of my boys trashed in their bedroom. One set of the blinds with the strings removed goes a long long way -- they mark very well using perma-markers and they're very easy to cut with scissors.

Incidently, I have also found that the slightly concave curve is an excellent prying tool when removing small seedlings from a cell when you don't want to invert the cell pack.

I knew somebody had posted about using some torn up blinds. I'm senile these days so I can remember what sometimes but who is a whole different story. *G*