Thanks!Look up cold layering. You have good seeds there.
Sounds like I'm going to have to prep some ground.They like disturbed sandy ground.. and will take a couple years to bloom.. theyll also send out rhizomes as they grow.. they wont do so well in wood chips.. notice how they like to grow around the edge of graded dirt roads (disturb ground) or in sandy soil in fields..
I had to.. but luckly where i live alot of the ground is sand.. after a few years youll have them popping up in random spots that the seed likes along with more in the patch you start from rhizome sprouts..Sounds like I'm going to have to prep some ground.
They like disturbed sandy ground.. and will take a couple years to bloom.. theyll also send out rhizomes as they grow.. they wont do so well in wood chips.. notice how they like to grow around the edge of graded dirt roads (disturb ground) or in sandy soil in fields..
Im talking about the commen veriaty native here.. but yeah some milk weed like wet feet.. theres a veriaty that grows on the river banks here the have real thin leaves and narrow skinny pods..I would start them in small pots then transplant them rather than direct sow. After that they'll naturalize.
I grow milkweed myself and ended up with quite a few seed pods this year.
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Some will bloom the first year. It depends on the variety. Some do take a couple years before they bloom. These are the ones I grew and they bloom the first year.
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That's called butterfly weed here in Minnesota. Milkweed has much larger seed pods, broader leaves and grows as a single stem plant not a bush. Apparently true milkweed doesn't grow in the Northwest. We've had frost but the seedpod is diagnostic.I would start them in small pots then transplant them rather than direct sow. After that they'll naturalize.
I grow milkweed myself and ended up with quite a few seed pods this year.
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Some will bloom the first year. It depends on the variety. Some do take a couple years before they bloom. These are the ones I grew and they bloom the first year.
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We call them commen milkweed here in michigan..or butterfly milk weed... theres like 3 variaties here..That's called butterfly weed here in Minnesota. Milkweed has much larger seed pods, broader leaves and grows as a single stem plant not a bush. Apparently true milkweed doesn't grow in the Northwest. We've had frost but the seedpod is diagnostic.View attachment 5207169
That's called butterfly weed here in Minnesota. Milkweed has much larger seed pods, broader leaves and grows as a single stem plant not a bush. Apparently true milkweed doesn't grow in the Northwest. We've had frost but the seedpod is diagnostic.View attachment 5207169
Wife and I harvested 3 pods we want to add them to our native habitat area. Anyone have any tips in planting them? Planting area has wood chips with soil underneath, area gets full sun. Cheers and thanks!
Those silky white ,flossy inards that emerge from the pod with seed and float around all day saved many a soldier , sailor , downed pilot in WW II .......the floss material is naturally water-repellant and buoyant . I'm pretty sure that is also a good insulator........by the way , they are not a weed ( not that you said they were ). Speaking of milkweed ,
when younger I was determined to find the source of a naturally occurring opium that I had read articles about.
Long story short...from old articles read, I zeroed-in on the white , creamy milk from milkweed pod..........went to a nearby pond and filled my mother's 1970 Pontiac's trunk(ya could of put 12 dead large bodies in there). I collected shit-tons
" milk " on a sheet of glass....dried it.......put it In a pipe and took a haul.......
f'ing nothing , not a bad taste. Come to find out , listening to a Native American
medicine woman , it's what the people did back then for chewing gum.........
I had such high-hopes....the things I had in mind !
If we are being graded on Grammer I'm screwed with most of what I try to write here.Just noticed I fucked up a sentence...reads like jibber-jabber...oops
Be careful they become very invasive in a open garden once the roots take hold. Keep it its own box.Wife and I harvested 3 pods we want to add them to our native habitat area. Anyone have any tips in planting them? Planting area has wood chips with soil underneath, area gets full sun. Cheers and thanks!
Wife and I harvested 3 pods we want to add them to our native habitat area. Anyone have any tips in planting them? Planting area has wood chips with soil underneath, area gets full sun. Cheers and thanks!