Allotments 4 All

Could someone point me in the direction of where to find a thin tipped fade resistant black marker pen?

we labelled up some fruit trees back in April and the writing on the little white plastic thingys has just about disappeared already! TIA

Don't bother! I was realy miffed last year when I planted loads of exiting tomato & Peppers only to have the tags dissapear! Buy a cheap dymo from smiths

I bought a Brother labler thingie from a chap on evilBay and have been printing labels on it.  I did this because I was wasting the little white labelling sticks by writing on them and it didn't come off!

not sure how long they're supposed to last, but so far after about 3 months in the sun they're fine!

Lots of people on here use an ordinary sharpie brand pen.  WHSmiths will have loads of different types

We use staedtler permanent marker pens, some of our labels are still good after 3 years. I bet we get more sun than you do as well ;)

Put them to the test in the Spanish sun ACE!! won't last a month!! tried everything

Push the labels right into the pot or the ground, that way you do not loose them and when you dig the plant up to split or move it, you know what it is.

Stabilo write4all

Chinagraph pencil. Has the advantage of only being permanent until you show it a rag with white spirit on. Highly desirable for a tight*rse like me.