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Madison, Wisconsin  BJ_Bonte Oct 24, 2021 1:01 PM CST |
| I put tge seeds in moist soil for 10 weeks. I want to broadcast them now, but it's cool and muddy. Can I wait now until spring? |
Name: Big Bill Livonia, Michigan (Zone 6a) American Orchid Society Judge              BigBill Oct 24, 2021 1:02 PM CST |
| If the seeds have not germinated, I would dry them out and wait until spring. When you grow orchids, it is all about the ROOTS!!! |
Name: Rj Just S of the twin cities of M (Zone 4b)     crawgarden Oct 24, 2021 1:10 PM CST |
| Welcome to the site! It is best to plant the seeds in autumn, to germinate the following spring. They will flower in year three. Usually much easier to purchase a plant, if they find their happy place, you will have lots of Butterfly Weed in a few years. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost   DaisyI Oct 24, 2021 2:09 PM CST |
 Broadcast them now. Once the germination process has started it can't stop it. Next time, just toss the seeds where you want them to grow and let nature do the rest. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada Webmaster: osnnv.org |
Name: stone near Macon Georgia (USA) (Zone 8a)  stone Oct 24, 2021 2:34 PM CST |
| Do you mean common milkweed? (Asclepias syriaca) Butterfly weed? (Asclepias tuberosa) Or some other milkweed? I have milkweed vines (gonolobus suberosus) that are begining to scatter their seed to the wind now... As a general rule of thumb, perennial plants produce seed at the correct time for planting... Why do you want to remove them from the soil where they've been for 10 weeks? Usually when I place seeds in soil, I leave them alone until I have plants that are large enough to transplant... Really difficult to advise you when there's so much about your question that isn't clear.... but drying out the seeds that have been planted doesn't seem like a very good idea. |
Name: Rick R. Minneapolis, MN, USA zone 4        Leftwood Oct 25, 2021 8:19 AM CST |
| Yes, plant them out now. The seed wants the cold, and should come up next spring. If the soil is wet and muddy, you will want to wait until it dries some so it is workable. As long as it is above about 35°F, you can plant them. If you have them inside the house, then in the meantime, it would be best to gradually start the cooling process and keep them in the unheated garage, until you are ready to plant. When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the losers. - Socrates |
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