[binner]

you know the white plastic ones you write on and stick in the ground,
what should i use to write on them ?
i used a fine permenant marker.................................and its washed off in the rain

[mumofstig]

Pencil is good for the white ones

[Jai]

I forgot to lable my brassicas, I cant believe how much broccoli, cabbages and brussles look the same as shoots!

[binner]

haha i didnt bother last year as it was my first so didnt grow much, i soon forgot what was what though

thanks for that. does it not wash off then i take it

[mumofstig]

I'm still rescuing last years labels as I'm raking over, still with the pencil on them.

I sometimes use cut up milk containers and write on them with indelible pen, the sort they make for naming kids clothes, so definitely waterproof!

[HugglescoteGrower]

Sharpies - not all permanent markers are the same. I've never had a sharpie wash off, as long as you keep it dry for the first few minutes.

[noshed]

Pencil lasts, then you can rub it off for next year.

[Allotment Jon]

I use pencil but some times it takes a while as you have to go over what you have written several times before it shows up.

I record everything I plant in an Excel Spreadsheet so this year have just numbered them as it is quicker and then added what number refers to what plant on my laptop. I can also reuse with our rubbing out.

[Ropster]

Sharpies - not all permanent markers are the same. I've never had a sharpie wash off, as long as you keep it dry for the first few minutes.

+1, sharpies are good, but a pencil will do just as well

[prakash_mib]

I forgot to lable my brassicas, I cant believe how much broccoli, cabbages and brussles look the same as shoots!

ha ha!! I have a tray having three divisions with brassicas. I thought I could remember this section is cabbage, this is broc and this is cauli...
but after a month...

[madcat]

I use the pen I was given for writing on freezer bags ....  Takes a minute or so to dry, but then even bleach wont shift it.

[binner]

thankyou for the ideas, pencil it is then i think

[Siouxfly]

C.D. marker pens work well & don't wash off once dry but they do smudge so don't touch straight away.

[Debsie]

I use wooden clothes pegs, they peg onto the loo roll inner, write on them with a freezer marker pen

[Jai]

I love the peg and bog roll idea.