labeling

I am searching for some way to label trees.

This needs to be some type of hanging metal label because I am trying to create silvopasture, and hopefully these trees will be around here long after I am compost. I would like my Grandchildren to know exactly what cultivar I grafted. Not that I am planning on kicking off anytime soon.

When I do a google search the company that comes up with exactly what I am looking for is in the UK.

any thoughts or advice would be appreciated.

I've never ordered anything from the UK.. Just thought it sounded complicated..

If I could get the same type product here in the US , it also might be cheaper for me. Not that I think labels would be too heavy.

If I can't find anything that I want to order on this side of the pond , I might try to order from them then...

Can you post a link to the labels you like on the UK site? Seeing a picture of what you're talking about might jog someone's memory that they've seen it somewhere else

Here's a potential list of metal tag suppliers: http://www.nurseryman.com/equipment-new/labels.html
The metal tags they have at the Botanical Gardens are made with metal sheets, high-light treated and then acid treated. I remember they said the sheets come from California.

I've never had problems ordering from the UK and PayPal will convert currency for no charge.

Growin, Thanks for all the sites..

Here's the link to the site that I was looking at in the UK:

http://www.theessentialscompany.co.uk/Metal_Labels.html#Copper%20Victorian%20Hanging%20Labels

I have labeled my trees with aluminum tags. Both these tags from Peaceful Valley Garden supply:

http://www.groworganic.com/item_GP520_ColesAluminumPlantTagsBoxof50.html

And another brand called "impress-o-tag" pictured here (though I bought it from another company can't remember where)
http://www.hummert.com/catalog.asp?C=65&SC=41&P=5572

Trees that are too small to affix a tag I put a metal stake next to it or a garden staple in the ground with the tag. Then as the tree grows I affix it on a lower branch.

I am trying wooden blinds that have been cut up and names wood burned on them attached to the main trunk with gorrila glue to see how long these remain.

I too order fairly frequently from the UK . There have been no difficulties. I would caution you understand the exchange rate if the price is given in Euros only. And there are those pesky currency conversion fees to deal with.

Check out this link

http://www.signsbympc.com/display.cfm?p=44&pp=45

I was cleaning the labels yesterday in VanDusen Botanical Garden in a bed that is very old, maybe 30+ years. The labels that were "impressed" into the aluminum didn't look bad. The nails were very rusty but the labels were legible. I'd recommend for these trees - galvinized large nail with these impressible aluminum labels stuck in the soil far enough from the main stem so that when they mature, the label is still there.

At the moment I'm fixing the aluminum windows on the front of my 1958 Shasta travel trailer and I'm kinda surprised how good of shape the aluminum is in considering its 50 years old. It shined up real nice.

Of course, any labels you get from Britain will be made with real aluminium. Not that fake aluminum with bits missing.

;-)

For the record, I like KathyJo's choice, but OT gets me going.

Being a recalcitrant chemist/physicist/engineer wannabe...I went running to my periodic table of the elements after that barb. To wit:

http://periodic.lanl.gov/default.htm

Seems like those scientists are no better at agreeing over lumping, splitting, or sticking to "first names" or "correct spelling" than taxonomists.

Pesky old Los Alamos even has it wrong! Along with misspelling such elemental greats as molybdenum, lanthanum, and tantalum -- they even botched platinum. I'll stick with Al, Mo, La, Ta, and my Pt cruiser.

On a more settled note: what gardener among us (at least a couple times) hasn't openly opined over the Pnicogens?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen_group

If you haven't, you may be three e¯ short of a load...

Say what?

We are not talking about Resin's pronunciation of "al-u-min'-e-um" now are we?

passiflora_pink --- As I pasture large animals around my trees , hence the silvopasture, I can't really put any metal markers in the ground, unless they ( the trees not the cows) are in the yard.. But, you probably figured that out...

and so, ViburnumValley, My large bovines have a ready supply of a certain Pnicogen which they deposit quite happily around my trees.

If you say potatoe and I say potahtoe...? So, If I order from the UK , I have to order aluminium hanging markers?

One of my Son-in-Laws is from Bulgaria.. and since they just joined the EU, maybe he could make sure I don't spend my money unwisely.

KJ caught the wink-wink nod-nod. Guess it's a midwest thing.

Here's hoping you and the cows are on the high ground after all the rain. If you haven't already, maybe folks at UM-Columbia would have some advice towards more local sourcing of permanent label materials. Or MoBot. They've been known to name a plant or two.

ViburnumValley,
I will be driving through Kentucky tomorrow or the next day, I'll wave as I drive through.

I work at the University and call upon the experts from time to time on my projects. They are all wonderful.

It will probably be several months before I decide what type of labeling to use. I spend more time in the winter months at these things.. but, since I was out trying my first grafting experiments it was on my mind , and I don't want to lose tract of what cultivars I've grafted and when. Thanks everyone for the advice.
kj

If you work at UM-Columbia, say hi to Mark Coggeshall for me (I think he's still in the Forestry department). Salt of the earth, even with the northeastern twang. Talk about a heck of a propagator...

Depending on what part of the state you drive through, I might see that gesture. I'm not far from the I-64/I-75 confluence.

Which is greatly under construction right now, so you could even see me wave back.

Hey, Kathy Jo;
I found the manufacturer's web site for the impress-o-tags.
Of the 2 types of aluminum tags I have used they are heavier duty and I have been very pleased with them.
The main thing to remember is to never put the wire around the trunk of your tree; I did it once and forgot about it and the tree grew into the wire. Surprisingly it is still alive.

http://amekron.com/main.html