Always. Every tomato. Every pepper. Despite numerous attempts to label and coordinate. Fortunately they all need roughly the same type of care.
acnerd5
I have been ON IT with labels this year, better than ever.
I just gave a friend 4 pots. 2 are tomatoes, 2 are peppers. One tomato and one pepper are labeled. I didn’t label my last pepper move so I know those ones.
The unlabeled tomatos… “it’s this OR this, but the second has these leaves so im pretty sure it’s this one!”
Whoops 🤷♀️
Outside-Yogurt
Yep I always say I can remember what I planted and where. Now I got them labeled on the cages
HoratioTuna27
Pretty much every year. I’m awful about keeping track of what I plant where
Hotsaucehallelujah
Every single year
Altruistic-Life-2382
First few seasons, not anymore. Cheap thermal label printer from Temu did the trick.
Friendly-Profit-8590
First year I tracked everything from the start all the way to labelling stakes in the garden. Now I don’t bother and just go with the healthiest plants if not put everything in the garden and see what survives.
AProcessUnderstood
Forget the varieties? No. Mess up and not label one or four or the label gets removed someone during moving them in and out and around? Yes. I’m dealing with that exact situation right now. I’ve got 3 that I have no idea what it is. I also game one away to a friend that I didn’t know what it was.
siblingrevelryagain
I’ve tried to be really on it with labelling but sons have still managed to fall off or be moved.
It wouldn’t be an issue, but I don’t want to plant a bush tomato or bean where it should be a climber/indeterminate!
I use the plastic “stick” labels that come with the nursery pots I buy in lots of 100. BUT…as soon as they get bigger, I have a different method.
I bought 100 “badge holders” off eBay with lanyards. They have a ziploc seal on every plastic envelope where you slide the “name tag” in. I can loop the lanyard around the plant, and pull the badge through it. Bang, done! And it obviously stays with the plant, NOT the pot. 😄
antepenny
I’m at like 95% but every year I end up with a garden label that says “mystery tomato” (and then I come to love it best of all)
Disastrous-Pound3713
Every fucking year!
Full_Honeydew_9739
Every year. I carefully label the pots when I sow the seeds. Then I plant them in the garden, stack up the pots, and put them away. It takes about 2 months before I figure out which plant is which.
Historical-Photo7125
Are you kidding me? I have no clue what anything in my garden is. 30 total tomato plants, 7 different varieties. 30 different pepper plants, 10 different varieties. Now that they are starting to fruit, I know what some are but three weeks ago, no clue.
neomonachle
My labels ran this year and I can’t distinguish between my Homs 11s and my Hummingbird F2s. I was only going to plant one of each, so I’m going to plant the 2 seedlings that look most dissimilar and hope for the best!
cheegirl26
All 36 of my tomato seedlings ended up mixed up and unlabbeled. It was way more than I needed so I have been tasking my friends that get some to keep me posted on what they produce.
johnicester
All the time so I stick the little tag in the dirt
Helianthus_exilis
I have a husky who likes to organize the tags I put in the pots. He also strongly disagrees with where I put the sunflowers.
20 Comments
All the time.
Always. Every tomato. Every pepper. Despite numerous attempts to label and coordinate. Fortunately they all need roughly the same type of care.
I have been ON IT with labels this year, better than ever.
I just gave a friend 4 pots. 2 are tomatoes, 2 are peppers. One tomato and one pepper are labeled. I didn’t label my last pepper move so I know those ones.
The unlabeled tomatos… “it’s this OR this, but the second has these leaves so im pretty sure it’s this one!”
Whoops 🤷♀️
Yep I always say I can remember what I planted and where. Now I got them labeled on the cages
Pretty much every year. I’m awful about keeping track of what I plant where
Every single year
First few seasons, not anymore. Cheap thermal label printer from Temu did the trick.
First year I tracked everything from the start all the way to labelling stakes in the garden. Now I don’t bother and just go with the healthiest plants if not put everything in the garden and see what survives.
Forget the varieties? No. Mess up and not label one or four or the label gets removed someone during moving them in and out and around? Yes. I’m dealing with that exact situation right now. I’ve got 3 that I have no idea what it is. I also game one away to a friend that I didn’t know what it was.
I’ve tried to be really on it with labelling but sons have still managed to fall off or be moved.
It wouldn’t be an issue, but I don’t want to plant a bush tomato or bean where it should be a climber/indeterminate!
https://preview.redd.it/6awgd8o79zzg1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=239346293d5c8f96cfdf168763586d240014abeb
I feel your pain. This is my “Super Sweet 100”’….
I use the plastic “stick” labels that come with the nursery pots I buy in lots of 100. BUT…as soon as they get bigger, I have a different method.
I bought 100 “badge holders” off eBay with lanyards. They have a ziploc seal on every plastic envelope where you slide the “name tag” in. I can loop the lanyard around the plant, and pull the badge through it. Bang, done! And it obviously stays with the plant, NOT the pot. 😄
I’m at like 95% but every year I end up with a garden label that says “mystery tomato” (and then I come to love it best of all)
Every fucking year!
Every year. I carefully label the pots when I sow the seeds. Then I plant them in the garden, stack up the pots, and put them away. It takes about 2 months before I figure out which plant is which.
Are you kidding me? I have no clue what anything in my garden is. 30 total tomato plants, 7 different varieties. 30 different pepper plants, 10 different varieties. Now that they are starting to fruit, I know what some are but three weeks ago, no clue.
My labels ran this year and I can’t distinguish between my Homs 11s and my Hummingbird F2s. I was only going to plant one of each, so I’m going to plant the 2 seedlings that look most dissimilar and hope for the best!
All 36 of my tomato seedlings ended up mixed up and unlabbeled. It was way more than I needed so I have been tasking my friends that get some to keep me posted on what they produce.
All the time so I stick the little tag in the dirt
I have a husky who likes to organize the tags I put in the pots. He also strongly disagrees with where I put the sunflowers.