"Interesting tips by Tim out of experience no doubt. Nowadays I use them almost completely buried in the container and this preserves well not only the label but the writing." I can only take credit for asking the question and remembering the answer (but sadly, not who gave the answer). My experience is similar to yours. Underground marking pen writing and tags survive. Pencil (graphite) marking survives but is marginally legible from any distance - lampblack might do better. Avery transparent labels survive but are incredibly inconvenient unless you have perfect knowledge of what you will want to do while you are sitting at your computer. _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…