IJsbrandtGA said:Thanks so much to Mellie, Kent and Stone. I joined a website "monarchbutterflygarden.net" to participate in the Raise the Migration project.
Anyway, I have purchased MANY different kinds of milkweed seeds and direct sowed them because I don't have seed heat mats.
I direct sow ALL my milkweeds.
But... as I said, in the veggie garden.
Please tell us what soil prep you did.
If you prep the soil like you were planting carrots, and sow the seeds in drills like carrots or lettuce, they should grow... the important thing is the soil prep... and planting the seeds the minute that you get them... Perennials always do better if you plant the seed as soon as the plant makes them.
Re finding the seeds wild...
What I suggested was walking around your own property and observing the wildflowers. You are FAR more likely to spot the [milkweed] flowers than the seeds...
After you spot blooms... then you will be able to keep an eye on those plants.
sadly, the milkweeds in GA don't set that many seedpods.
My common milkweeds have never produced seed... I'm not sure if they've even bloomed... They do bloom in town... in the clay.
My asclepias amplexicaulis set seed for the first time this year... and I've been here since '07...
