"Rod Speed" wrote in message
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"alan_m" wrote in message
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On 21/03/2021 08:48, Andy Bennet wrote:


Drill holes in rim and thread through coloured tyraps. I'm sure you can
come up with a useful code for a sequence of colours.
Easy/quick/bombproof and replaceable.

Many cheap coloured tie wraps/cable ties are not UV stable and will
become brittle within a season.

I have used a variety of substantial cable ties to hold a couple of my
(square) compost bin sides together and have to replace them on a regular
basis. The main fixings on my bins snap out when getting towards fully
loaded and I drilled holes and used cable ties instead. For around 12
months these ties can hold the strain but once exposed to full sun during
a summer they snap. However, I would expect in the OPs case that cable
ties under no stress would survive longer.

The things that are used as ties for plastic bags should last longer
because they have a wire inside them.

The similar stuff that comes in rolls for tying up small plants like
tomatoes etc would be better but again just one color and not
clear how long texta would last on those. Nail varnish maybe.

Not as much color variety tho. Likely colored with texta should last tho.