Writing on those little white plastic pot stakes?

[mikemansker]

This works really well and it will be there at the end of the season.


https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1


Paint pen.

[JerryHaskins]

Originally Posted by aftermidnight

Grease pencil, stands up well, it can easily be removed with a bit of cleanser if you want to reuse. There are a few permanent markers that work but you have to look for the ones that say waterproof and sunproof, these you find in garden centers.

Annette

I remember grease pencils from long ago but not sure where to find one. I'll check Walmart and office supply stores. Thanks for the tip.

[JerryHaskins]

Originally Posted by mikemansker

This works really well and it will be there at the end of the season.


https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1


Paint pen.

Yeah! I have a paint pen but it's white. I will get a colored one.

But the one I have has a broad tip . . . made for painting, not writing letters. Maybe they make fine tip paint pens.

Thanks!

[JerryHaskins]

Originally Posted by pmcgrady

Use a permanent marker then spray a coat of clear paint/polyurethane over it and let dry. I use wooden clothes pins and clip to my tomatoe cages. The clothes pins can be recycled for next year by spraying a coat of white paint over the old lettering, and repeat. I Get 3 years out of a clothes pin usually.

I tried popsicle sticks from the crafts section of Walmart, but they did not hold up when stuck in the ground.

Thanks.

[JerryHaskins]

Originally Posted by clkeiper

Go to the contractor section of home depot or lowes and buy the red industrial sharpies by Milwaukee? . they do not fade.

or Sharpie does make an industrial black marker... it says industrial on the barrel. GardenMarker is another brand you will find in gardening departments or garden centers.

I like that! Will do.

Thanks!

[Greatgardens]

Originally Posted by Labradors2

I use pencil .
Linda

I use a soft graphite artists pencil. Holds up well, and an eraser takes most of it off. I still miss those really aggressive "typewriter" erasers.
GG

[ginger2778]

I buy a dozen of these, that lasts me about 3 years. My 9 month long season never found a Sharpie it couldn't fade, but these have never faded. An orchid house turned me on to them.
https://www.amazon.com/Sakura-Sakur-.../dp/B016MHA3O2

[Nan_PA_6b]

I like a Sharpie on a popsicle stick. It doesn't fade, and the stick will biodegrade. Not sure what the label looks like by September, as I don't need it by then.


Nan

[kurt]

I still have the old ones with the rip off string and paper.This is what the packers use now,no more in the ear butcher pens ,cause no more butchers/ per say.

http://www.butcher-packer.com/index....roducts_id=974

[Gardeneer]

I am not tagging my tomatoes this year.
I have just 3 rows, 9 -10 plant per row.
there is a post at both ends of each row. On a long blind plastic I have written the names, in the same order planted.
I also have a sketch in my notebook, with the names.

with NO TAGS I am forced to memorize/ know the names of all my tomatoes, even without looking at the list on the post or in my notebook.
Well, of course, I am growing just 35 plants ( 6 in container ) of 24 varieties.

On fading Sharpies marker, it is not the water, it is not the temperature BUT direct sun. Some of my tags from last season, buried in the ground , are still readable.

[MissS]

I use the Industrial Sharpie. I will write over the name twice and on both sides. I then place them into the ground so that one side is facing into the plant so that it gets no sunlight to bleach it out. There really is no need to do that though, because since switching to the "Industrial" markers, both sides are legible at the end of the season. I can even re-use the tags for another season.

[mobiledynamics]

I must be the only one - I just tick p touch labels in them. I shove the marker deep with only about 3/8 or less sticking out, just so I know there is a ID tag in there. If I want to ID it, I pull up on the stake. Less in the elements per se - I would think the UV might affect the adhesion of the p touch.

[slugworth]

I chopped up an old venetian blind and used the cut up slats as markers with a sharpie pen.You can cut them as long as you want.
recycle and save.

[Jeanus]

I needed this last year I was getting ready to save seeds went to my tomato markers and there was nothing left. I will try the super heavy duty permanent markers. I do not remember having this issue before so I think the ink has been changed.

[JerryHaskins]

I picked up 2 red industrial sharpies by Milwaukee at Home Depot for 97 cents each.

They seem to work well. Hopefully the writing will last all season.

Thanks all for the feedback.