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Aug 29, 2018 9:43 AM CST
(Zone 9b)
Thank you. The aluminum plant tags are both good and bad. I have used them since the mid 1980s off and on and I have encountered several in the past few days on older plants I was culling. Some feel that in high heat, the metal wire heats up, burning the canes. Perhaps.. The issue you should watch for is installing them too tightly so they girdle the canes as they grow. Cole is the maker and you should definitely shop around for them as the price can vary greatly. I used to buy a box of them for $3.99 at local garden stores! I know, I'm dating myself! And, they used to be QUITE a bit heavier and thicker than they are now, particularly the wires. For permanent marking of plants you expect to have for a long time, they're great because they don't deteriorate with age or weather. Because I am raising a LOT of seedlings, I don't have to worry about anyone else pruning off tags and only one of the dogs likes to pull my tags in pots, I use plastic labels inserted into the nursery cans. Cole labels are good stuff. https://www.groworganic.com/co...

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