[cissie]

What do you lot use to label your seeds and plants, i cut up yogurt pots any more ideas

[mumofstig]

I cut plastic milk bottles up...the bottom halves make pots, the tops are cut into strips for
labels

[plot6b]

I print and then laminate. last all season and do not fade.

[Mikey]

We have used yoghurt pots, cheap plastic labels from the pound shop and many other things but this is the ultimate false economy.

Small labels get trodden on, kicked out of place and lost leading to lost and hoed up seedlings.

This year we will get lengths of thin planed timber and cut it into 200mm lpieces of a good size that can be firmly planted and easily seen

[cissie]

Iv'e only used the yogurt labels in seed tray's and propagator to be honest hadn't got as far as thinking about allotment but i am now and the wood sounds a good idea 

[tam]

What do you write on them with? I tried plastic milk bottle labels but the ink faded.

[mumofstig]

I've had no problem with the waterproof permanent marker pens

[Yorkie]

pencil lasts well

[enrich100]

I use plasic milk containers I found that CD labeling pens work well, what even better is you can get 6 for a pound at most discount shops

[noshed]

I buy labels from our lotty shop, write on them with pencil, then I don't rub off last year's thing properly, write something else and confuse myself.

[8doubles]

I use strips of plastic milk bottle for small pots. For marking rows on the plot i use short pieces of electrical cable capping , the stuff they fix over cables before plastering. There are always plenty of offcuts on building sites, in skips etc. It lasts for years.

[boosh]

I use margarine tubs,
But i like the idea of plastic milk containers.

[Janeymiddlewife]

I use the rigid plastic strips that my parcels come tied up with, and permanent marker, seems to work well.

[Kristen]

In addition to labels I have a sketch of the plot that I mark up with variety etc. Labels have a habit of getting knocked, picked up to check and then put back in the wrong place! etc.

I like the laminating idea, not tried that before, thanks for that.

[plum crumble]

laminating sounds good! Doh! Why didn't I think of that!!!! I do tend to do what Noshed does, leading to confusion, which isn't good on top of being Welsh and bonkers already........