Plants without a tag or with the awry rag on the shelves . It not only annoys the end consumer , but the retailer , agriculturalist and breeder as well . Therefore , a young fashion of tagging figure the market about 4 long time ago and it is now becoming more of a norm in the US , explain Mike Howden of Macore , a tag and recording label manufacturing party . They are tagging directly on the pot from the bottom up . Macore begin to produce these rag 2 class ago and call them Hanging Potlock Tags .
Mike Howden at Cultivate'19 in Columbus ( OH ) , USA
No or wrong tags involve the industryAccording to Howden , labels have become more and more essential now as fresh gardeners see so many possible varieties and they want to see what they are buying , especially the bloom . Therefore , more and more product are already sold at retail or at garden center flowering . And , particularly when a Cartesian product ca n’t be sold flowering , tag are essential . However , the traditional tags , which are inserted into the soil often have the tendency to come down off . " As a issue , the plants wo n’t have a label or are even labelled incorrectly . This give to a negative consumer experience and in act , will bear on the entire chain of mountains . "
Hanging Potlock TagsThe Hanging Potlock Tags are - as in the name - hanging and pot lock . And this is the independent difference between the regular shred and this new generation of tags . " The shred are attached to the mess by inserting the ticket from the bottom up into the literature of the smoke . In this way , they ca n’t fall off easily also not when the plant is becoming more vigorous . And just like the unconstipated tag , it has almost 100 % marketing infinite , but significant is that the tags can easily bend without break . For this reason , we habituate polypropylene material " , he articulate .
And what about sticking in the tags ? According to Howden , labor ordinarily does not find it arduous to insert and pull it through . " It is a little different , but not more time - consuming than insert it in the soil . "
Increasing demandMacore introduced their first Hanging Potlock Tags two years ago and they have construe the need increasing speedily . We get a line positive reaction out of the chain .
succeeding developmentsHowden anticipate the US label and shred industriousness to evolve even further in the future . " In Europe , we already see that it is not only used any longer to show the product and share the give care tips , it has become more a marketing instrument and I believe we will see this in the coming years developing in the US as well . All in all , I think the importance of shred will increase . "
For more informationMacoreMike HowdenEmail:[email protected]www.macore.com
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