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Old January 10, 2013   #16
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I use the John Henry company or Master tag. I order through Grimes Horticultural, here. They have been the best price for commercial seeds anywhere. I use them for tags just because it is convenient, too. But they do not sell in home gardener size quantities, although I didn't have a vendors license when I contacted them they still sold to me since I was ordering $400.00 worth of seeds and I was growing to sell the plants and for farmers markets. I have no idea what the laws or regulations would be for you there. I think you can order directly from JHC, though. Not sure about mastertag. I do like JHC tags better. The growing information is a little better than the MT.
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Old January 11, 2013   #17
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Thanks for the info guys, always helpful and appreciated.
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Old January 14, 2013   #18
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I settled on Greenhouse Megastore, under the section of Plant Labels. I use primarily 4-1/2" X 1" because they fit in the pots I use.
I use these too, and stocked up on several rolls to last a few years. I use the black Sharpie marker (color marker fades even more quickly) or a paint pen as stated above (which doesn't fade at all)

But there is one other method that worked for me last year, especially since a lot of my plants are heirlooms that do not have preprinted tags available for them:

I typed up a colorful info sheet, including a picture of the final fruit that could be cut into about 3" x 5" sections--each section describing one variety. Then I ran them through a heat laminator. (Laminator pouches come in 3x5 sizes). The resulting little 3 x 5 waterproof "signs" were displayed in front of each row of pots. The signs would be reusable each year, and I had to make only one of each. I also think it helped get the attention of customers because the print and picture were bigger than what would be on the tags. The only downside was that the buyer couldn't take it home with them.

I have a picture; wish I knew how to post it here. If someone is interested and would kindly tell me how, I will post it.
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Old January 14, 2013   #19
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Okay, here are the little laminated signs I described.
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Old January 14, 2013   #20
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Yup, that's very similar to what I do. I also laminate my signs.

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Old January 14, 2013   #21
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Okay, here are the little laminated signs I described.
I like it!
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Old January 14, 2013   #22
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You can do a lot with a Brother or a P-Touch label maker and some popsickle sticks or wooden tongue depressers. Just a suggestion.
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Old January 14, 2013   #23
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Grew up in Lincoln Park, NJ.
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Old January 26, 2013   #24
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I get my tags through dp plastics - 1000 tags are 19.00. I use a #2 pencil for writing - never fades or disappears.
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Old January 26, 2013   #25
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I use these too, and stocked up on several rolls to last a few years. I use the black Sharpie marker (color marker fades even more quickly) or a paint pen as stated above (which doesn't fade at all)

But there is one other method that worked for me last year, especially since a lot of my plants are heirlooms that do not have preprinted tags available for them:

I typed up a colorful info sheet, including a picture of the final fruit that could be cut into about 3" x 5" sections--each section describing one variety. Then I ran them through a heat laminator. (Laminator pouches come in 3x5 sizes). The resulting little 3 x 5 waterproof "signs" were displayed in front of each row of pots. The signs would be reusable each year, and I had to make only one of each. I also think it helped get the attention of customers because the print and picture were bigger than what would be on the tags. The only downside was that the buyer couldn't take it home with them.
I used a similar system, but mine are 2X3", and I made three copies of each label. I hung one right out in the garden to mark the variety, which really helped me to learn the new-to-me varieties I was growing, and was fun to show off to visitors. I also printed up a few unlaminated sheets to hand out to customers who bought plants at the farmer's market.
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I use these five inch labels from Grower's Nursery Supply. They're $2.30/100 and come in eight colors, so I use the color for each tomato variety that indicates what color it ripens to. I then apply laser printed polyester labels (6400 labels/$50) which gives me a decent, effective label for about 3 cents/label.

It's also handy that they fit in 15mL centrifuge tube boxes, since I handle thousands of tags in hundreds of varieties at a time. The storage picture is of some of the leftover (unused) tags from last year's tomato growout.
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Old February 21, 2013   #27
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If you really want to print the labels yourself, with the information and photo, that waterproof 'paper' is for sale in 8 1/2 x 11" sheets.

www.waterproofpaper.com

They have a staggering variety of products. I thought of it, and decided to write out my own with the Garden Marker I got at Johnny's SS on pre-cut labels from the feed store.
But then, I only need about 300/year.

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