tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post8927772107864491633..comments2024-03-28T10:42:53.231-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Milkweed leaves "trenched" and "skeletonized" - updated x2Minnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-21544358983904973632021-06-27T15:01:52.138-05:002021-06-27T15:01:52.138-05:00i always like your butterfly postings!
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i always like your butterfly postings!<br /><br />I-)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-62488767711919687522019-09-05T17:42:37.873-05:002019-09-05T17:42:37.873-05:00I've had great success growing milkweed from s...I've had great success growing milkweed from seed in the Northeast. Not difficult at all. Some good information included in this article that should be applicable: https://wildseedproject.net/2016/03/monarchs-and-milkweed/Peter M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17182143379479457991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-7219418448509292422019-09-05T12:34:08.238-05:002019-09-05T12:34:08.238-05:00My brother raises them in NZ. they live on Swan pl...My brother raises them in NZ. they live on Swan plants (still milkweed though). biggest problem is wasps.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16312596293696392614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-24274220418927797972016-01-03T20:00:02.342-06:002016-01-03T20:00:02.342-06:00I would like to ask your permission to use the exc...I would like to ask your permission to use the excellent photo of the trenched milkweed leaf above, but your email address is bouncing. Could you please contact me at robert.raguso@gmail.com? I am a biologist at Cornell and would provide full photo credit in the figure legend if you are amenable. Thanks and happy new year, Robert RagusoRagusohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06760818870304407197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-45207237265667186002011-07-29T16:12:53.812-05:002011-07-29T16:12:53.812-05:00I agree with Minnesotastan that just putting the s...I agree with Minnesotastan that just putting the seeds in the ground and giving them a little water now and then is about all you do. I'm in Northern Calif. 150 miles south of Oregon in the central valley. I have had milkweed growing for 4 years and just this week I saw the first monarchs around it. I have the narrow leaf stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-3532502383170403692011-07-27T07:21:39.090-05:002011-07-27T07:21:39.090-05:00Oregon West, here in the Midwest propagating milkw...Oregon West, here in the Midwest propagating milkweed requires nothing more complicated than scattering the seeds and standing back. It's worth noting that the first year they grow very little while putting down a deep taproot; the second year they are much taller and have flowers/fruits.<br /><br />I can't speak for the situation on the West Coast. I would suggest that you post your question in one of the Garden Web forums -<br /><br />http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/<br /><br />I'm a regular visitor to the "Butterfly Gardens" forum there -<br /><br />http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/<br /><br />- and I can assure you that there are some very, very knowledgeable people who browse and post on that forum.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-47623863774489284602011-07-26T23:27:52.277-05:002011-07-26T23:27:52.277-05:00Any experience or suggestions on how to propagate ...Any experience or suggestions on how to propagate Milkweed. On the west coast we have two varieties. Showy Milkweed (Asclepias Speciosa) that they use on the way north, and The Narrow Leaf Milkweed plant is used on the migration South. Asclepias Fascicularis is the botanical name for the Narrow Leaf Milkweed. But would like to know if any one has any experience in propagation.Oregon Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05025323382468445472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-79276048148361345172011-07-26T23:24:18.582-05:002011-07-26T23:24:18.582-05:00Was wondering about your comment on plant milkweed...Was wondering about your comment on plant milkweed. I understand that milkweed is hard to propagate. Also that the milkweed variety that is used by the Monarchs on the Mid West flyway. Is different than the Showy Milkweed (Asclepias Speciosa) of the West Coast flyway. If you plant them the other fly way the Monarchs will die cause they are acclimated to the poison ONLY in there own flyway.Oregon Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05025323382468445472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-13309446087914504842011-07-26T00:20:58.844-05:002011-07-26T00:20:58.844-05:00It's amazing how easy it is - plant milkweed i...It's amazing how easy it is - plant milkweed in your back yard and soon you will have monarchs flying around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-59000768404348463852011-07-25T14:13:58.832-05:002011-07-25T14:13:58.832-05:00@Blitherypoop, its "The Private Life Of Plant...@Blitherypoop, its "The Private Life Of Plants" and its this documentary that talks about this.MAZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06998278258941026273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-10963320776535487322011-07-24T19:14:55.630-05:002011-07-24T19:14:55.630-05:00It's amazing that the monarchs take multiple g...It's amazing that the monarchs take multiple generations to complete their migration. As you pointed out, a winter drought kept the milkweed from leafing out as much in Texas where the eastern branch of the monarch population raises their first generation in their northward march in late winter. Thus there are almost no monarchs further north. <br /><br />just a couple of years ago we had very wet winters and were so thick with monarchs that the whole country must have been infested with them. I could tell because on a drive from Houston to Austin in October as they were moving back south, I'd splat about about twenty of them. I didn't worry about that, when you're splatting so many, there have to be more than can fit into those valleys in Mexico where they overwinter.Bacopanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-76449970512749515932011-07-24T17:06:59.405-05:002011-07-24T17:06:59.405-05:00I forget if it's Life In The Undergrowth or Th...I forget if it's Life In The Undergrowth or The Secret World Of Plants, but one of the Attenborough specials has a segment about this. It shows what happens if they get it wrong too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05703008684052999988noreply@blogger.com