Milkweed propagation
May 3, 2025
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During evenings from February 27 to March 7, I planted, among other things, 45 common milkweed seeds - that I'd saved in the fall and then cold stratified (some moist and some dry) in the fridge for a couple months - in pots in my basement. Just one came up about three weeks later. But I left all the pots where they were for a while and kept watering them. Then I mostly gave up and reused the soil for other things, except for one pot, which I moved up to the living room and put in a windowsill there. That was probably three weeks ago. And I kept watering it every few days, though I figured it was a lost cause. Wouldn't you know it, though? One came up. So 2 out of 45, given the conditions I put them in. I'm assuming it was temperature related. If I try this again next year, I'll try them in a warmer spot, probably in late March or early April. At the same time, they spread well on their own, so maybe I'll just dig up some new ones that come up if I want to give them away.
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