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- From: Road's End Farm <organic87 AT frontiernet.net>
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- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] marking pens that don't fade
- Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:59:44 -0500
On Dec 10, 2009, at 2:03 PM, Wiediger, Alison wrote:
<x-tad-smaller>Even the black sharpies fade very quickly here - sometimes just in the 4-6 weeks it takes to go from seeding a flat to transplant. Difference in the different parts of the country I'd guess.</x-tad-smaller>
The ones I posted a link to earlier aren't sharpies at all; you might give them a try. Of course you may have different conditions; they may hold up better for you -- but I also find that sharpies are useless even for transplant tray tags. I have some transplant tray tags written with the DP Industries "Garden Markers" that have been used repeatedly for years.
That said, I don't know if they'll hold up more than one season outside, though I do know they stay legible that long, at least this far north. For field use I prefer untreated wood tags, on the grounds that field tags often get broken or forgotten and the bits wind up tilled into the field; if they're untreated wood, I figure no harm is done if they do get tilled in.
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-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale
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[Market-farming] Market-farming] was planting calendar wish AND mappingtool wish; now markers
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- [Market-farming] Market-farming] was planting calendar wish AND mappingtool wish; now markers, Roots Farm & Karen Sutherland, 12/10/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Market-farming] planting calendar wish AND mappingtool wish,
Garth & Kim Travis, 12/10/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Market-farming] planting calendar wish AND mappingtool wish,
Willie McKemie, 12/10/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Market-farming] planting calendar wish AND mappingtool wish,
Allan Balliett, 12/10/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] marking pens that don't fade,
Road's End Farm, 12/10/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] marking pens that don't fade,
Kathy Somers, 12/10/2009
- [Market-farming] NRCS EQIP Programs, Maggie Palmer, 12/10/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] NRCS EQIP Programs, breck, 12/10/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] marking pens that don't fade, Maggie Palmer, 12/10/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] marking pens that don't fade, Wiediger, Alison, 12/10/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] marking pens that don't fade, Road's End Farm, 12/10/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] marking pens that don't fade, Beth Spaugh, 12/11/2009
- [Market-farming] Driveway and parking areas, Wiener, Benjamin L CPT NG NG FORSCOM, 12/11/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Driveway and parking areas, Willie McKemie, 12/11/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Driveway and parking areas, Wiener, Benjamin L CPT NG NG FORSCOM, 12/12/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Driveway and parking areas, Steve Michel, 12/13/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Driveway and parking areas, jay sleichter, 12/13/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Driveway and parking areas, Road's End Farm, 12/13/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] marking pens that don't fade,
Kathy Somers, 12/10/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] marking pens that don't fade,
Road's End Farm, 12/10/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Market-farming] planting calendar wish AND mappingtool wish,
Allan Balliett, 12/10/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Driveway and parking areas, Marcy, 12/12/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Market-farming] planting calendar wish AND mappingtool wish,
Willie McKemie, 12/10/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] marking pens that don't fade, Dave or Kathy Campbell, 12/11/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] marking pens that don't fade, Road's End Farm, 12/12/2009
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