Planting Milkweed Part 1 - Collecting Seeds (Help The Monarch Butterfly)
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This is Part 1 of a three part series on one way to collect Common Milkweed seeds, germinate them, and plant them at home or in the wild. All of this is in an effort to help out the Monarch Butterfly populations, and give them the needed food for their caterpillars. Milkweed has significantly been reduced along their migration paths due to development and the use of herbicides. This is one species that you CAN help directly from doing some very easy, affordable things in your own back yard!
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thanks!! i raised a monarch from a caterpillar 3 summers ago, my first experience at that, and it was an amazing, even spiritual, experience, and i'm HOOKED.. i'm SO dismayed by the plight of the monarchs! now i have 3 native asclepias milkweed plants, and pods on the orange-flowered one (butterfly weed asclepias tuberosa) i planted 2 yrs ago, and i am following yr vids to learn to grow more of those (they're beautiful too) from seeds. I've never planted anything from seeds before. my 2 other milkweeds i just planted this spring and they don't have pods yet. in fact, the kind i planted that you are using in yr vid (i'm stil learning the kinds), not only has no pods but died because 2 monarch caterpillars found it, and ate it to the nub!! but that''s ok... they found it! tks again for posting these vids... here is a pdf from monarchjointventure that i found really helpful as a newbie, or for anybody - it's critical to get the right plants for yr region: http://monarchjointventure.org/images/uploads/documents/MilkweedFactSheetFINAL.pdf
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To date I have released 58 monarch. When they come back to lay eggs I always hope its one that I released. I love to watch them when they come back for a visit.
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I am happy to report that the single narrowleaf milkweed I grew last year has spread by seed to a nearby field. Saw over 6 clumps on short walk and monarchs were flying around them as I looked. The amazing thing was that while my milkweeds are invaded by millions of yellow oleander aphids, none of the wild narrowleafs down the road had any at all! I need to figure this out.
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just planted ball milkweeds , swamp milkweed, and mix of them. all doing in in central fl. monarch are everywhere i have chrysalis on my roof, fence and tool shed lovin it.
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Thank you for sharing!
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What's monarch conservation without a little Mike Patton?
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Need suggestions for monarch flower garden for food as well
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I have given seeds to a local farmer that grows produce and flowers, he has had several requests for milk weed.... He's baffled....so hopefully we will spread the joy for the Monarchs !!! And I am growing some myself ...tbc
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Mr. Lund , I love your t shirts!!
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Thank you for the step-by-step on this; it has been helpful. Two days ago I began the process with butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) seeds and already have a few tiny white roots coming out of a few of the seeds.
I'm excited to see how this goes over the next few weeks. Thanks again! -
Hi ! I got 500 seeds from the site you mentioned, "Live Monarch.com" They are saying to plant the seeds directly into nursery trays, then transplant them into long bottomed cups. I was going to put mine under a grow light, but then saw a video on here saying to use a heating pad (from a plant store) because too much light is not good for them as seedlings.
Needless to say I am a little nervous about this learning curve here. Please wish me luck ! I feel I am also late with all of this ! -
Thank you for this information. I now know what i can do to help bring back the population of the butterflies!!
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Boss t-shirt.
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i think i see you have holes in the top of the lid should i do that
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I LoVE YoU! #
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Hi MrLundScience! The Ohio Pollinator Habitat Initiative would like to use your videos on our Facebook page. We love these videos and we think they'll be a big hit on our page.
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Nice job. I planted a native garden a few years back to help Monarchs among many other animals and insects whose populations are decreasing. It's a great project to do and we should start considering it to be a necessity to our backyards.
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hello! so right after you collect the seeds you can start to germinate them? thanks for sharing this
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Really excited to do this this spring.
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It really is a drastic situation, I can't bare to watch the straggled survivors flit from vacant lot to vacant lot. I cringe to hit them on the roadway! How are we going to help such a delicate process?
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