1. GreenFingeredPete

    GreenFingeredPete Gardener

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    This might be in the wrong thread. But is life too short to clean old labels?
     
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    I always clean my old labels @GreenFingeredPete. I donate plants to charity sales etc, so after I've used them for myself I scrub them off and then rewrite over the top. As long as the old description has faded enough and the new one is legible, that'll do for me :smile:.

    I have been known to put them in the cutlery tray in the dishwasher and that seems to work well. Just don't tell my OH :biggrin:.

    Glad you got the patio etc sorted @Kevin Cowans . They can be a deathtrap.
     
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    • CarolineL

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      I only clean labels if they look reasonably robust - lots of them degrade within a couple of years. It can be instructive to see what I've killed repeatedly!
       
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        pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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        I've not yet found anything that works permanently on a label so I dont have to clean them in order to reuse.
        Plastic labels do go brittle after a year or two.
         
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        • AnniD

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          I have tried using those wooden ones but found that they just rot off in a comparatively short time.
           
        • NigelJ

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          Some I clean in a plastic take away box, squirt of bleach, warm water, lid on and a few days later clean labels.
          A soft pencil works is pretty much indelible.
           
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          • CanadianLori

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            I save labels that come with bought plants. Some I reuse if I harvest seds for the next year.

            Otherwise, plastc stake, label maker.
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