This guide will show you how easy it is to make as many DIY plant labels as you need from stuff you gonna recycle any way. The simple rule I use to make my DIY plant labels. If food came in it from the shop, that’s food-safe enough for me – and my seedlings!
Why waste money and damage the environment buying plastic plant labels when you could make your own? Below are loads of alternatives to buying plant labels.
Alternative #1
Any hard plastic- I’ve used all sorts of things over the years as a diy plant label.
Sweet pots, noodle pots, milk bottles. Basically anything durable to be poked into soil that you can write on with a sharpie.
Cut whatever it is you’ve selected into 12-15cm strips a couple of cm wide. Job done, use them, clean them (plastic lasts for 1000 years!) and once your done or they’ve degraded pop them in the recycling.
Alternative #2 Broken pegs
I find them strewn all over the lawn if I can’t fix the broken ones the salvageable bits get turned into plant labels
Alternative #3 Crockery/ tiles
We recently renovated our kitchen (I say renovated, I still haven’t finished a lot the jobs completely) I removed a lot of old tiles these can easily be recycled into long lasting plant labels for flower beds
Alternative #4 Pebbles
Pebbles can look great when used for larger plant labels. Get creative and then weather proof.
Cut em out and Mark em that’s pretty much it!
You will save a couple of quid making your own diy plastic plant labels and if they fade or start showing signs of the plastic degrading. Recycle them and make some more, easy peasy!
As well as making new plants by division, why not have a go at making your own DIY plant pots.