Garden labels made from pop cans.

https://gab.com/HaleMart7/posts/111449101867803160



I have made these up and I love that they expand with the branch of the plant, and can always be read as the sun does not get rid of the embossing.



I stole these ideas off youtube and combined them together.....    

Thanks for sharing your labels.  That design is a new one that I like.

Did you know there is a PEP BB (badge Bit) for making those?

Minimum requirements:
 - Make 6 plant labels
 - Metal wire (or coat hanger) post
 - Aluminum pop can label embossed with ball point pen

Provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 mins):
 - Materials you're starting with
 - Project underway
 - Finished plant labels

https://permies.com/wiki/168925/Pop-plant-labels-PEA-BB

Anne Miller wrote:Thanks for sharing your labels.  That design is a new one that I like.

Did you know there is a PEP BB (badge Bit) for making those?

Minimum requirements:
 - Make 6 plant labels
 - Metal wire (or coat hanger) post
 - Aluminum pop can label embossed with ball point pen

Provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 mins):
 - Materials you're starting with
 - Project underway
 - Finished plant labels

https://permies.com/wiki/168925/Pop-plant-labels-PEA-BB

Hi,

No, I was not aware, not looking to work to a pep bage, just like sharing designs that I steal from others...

I saw this video, and thought you know that should work with pop cans and a ballpoint pen...  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHRVM0HE8wE

What I loved about his design was it required nothing to secure the label to the plant....      Thus I decided instead of using a machine just use the ballpoint pen method combined with the pop can as shown.

Just like to share ideas that I come up with after I watch about 30 plant labeling videos...

What were the best ideas you found for making labels for plant starts?  I'm horrible at labeling pots.  I seem to subconsciously self sabotage.  One year I used a marker that I thought was permanent, but it turned out was not so if in sun exposure.

What did you like the best?

Kim Goodwin wrote:What were the best ideas you found for making labels for plant starts?  I'm horrible at labeling pots.  I seem to subconsciously self sabotage.  One year I used a marker that I thought was permanent, but it turned out was not so if in sun exposure.

What did you like the best?

The best depends on how much money you want to spend...

Myself the pop cans is great...   You can get a $50.00  embosser that will make labels...    Another option is to do what the video I posted above did is use an embosser where you stamp each of the letters with a hammer.

The ball point pen + pop can is the cheapest but the quality of the label may not be what you may want depending on the quality of your hand writing.   Mine is good enough for me, but if I was selling the item I would print it off with a computer, or 3d print it or cnc it.    But that takes time and $ to do but some may be willing to go that far.

It is a struggle between longevity of the label,  quality,   and  money you, and time that you wish to invest in the label making process.      The embossing works as you can always read the label even if the ink is gone, the impression is still there.     I like this for our Florida sun destroys about everything.

Oh! I meant for starts in pots, temporary labels.  Right now I write on the pots, then cross it out when I reuse them.  Running out of room.  

Also that means the label is only visible on the side of the pot.  A permaculture nursery I saw online uses popsicle sticks, and I think I might do that this year.  At least sticks are compostable.

Kim Goodwin wrote:Oh! I meant for starts in pots, temporary labels.  Right now I write on the pots, then cross it out when I reuse them.  Running out of room.  

Also that means the label is only visible on the side of the pot.  A permaculture nursery I saw online uses popsicle sticks, and I think I might do that this year.  At least sticks are compostable.

For temp tags I adore printing off the labels on laser printer, then using shipping tape over the top of it...

Or with a table saw make these out of sticks.

Those pop can labels look very smart. I do something similar with the metal tubes I get tomato puree in. I think the metal is easier to emboss than pop cans would be (also we don't drink much out of cans). I also use them for labelling seed trays (flats).