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Rooting Milkweed in Water? - Are there any other species of milkweed that can be rooted in water besides A. curassavica (tropical milkweed)? Has anyone ever tried rooti... Read More
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Butterfly ID? - I took this ventral-side butterfly photo in Minnesota last summer. I think it's probably a common species, but I wasn't sure... Thanks in a... Read More
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LATE red admiral- Where do they go? - I saw a red admiral playing with fire (or should I say ICE) in Minnesota today. It looked newly hatched. We are a good week past our avg fi... Read More
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Amazing Raise 1: Raise the Migration! - By now, we are all aware of the record-low number of monarchs this season. I am trying to help give the monarch population a boost by offer... Read More
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Minnesota Monarchs - It's been a slow season up north too, but I saw two monarchs in our garden on June 26th! I found 3 eggs and one hatched TODAY so I've misse... Read More
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Milkweed Question of the Year - As a male who weighs about 200 lbs, I'm officially SCARED!!!!!!! LOL Here is a link that might be useful: Milkweed Question of the Year
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A. physocarpa survives a Minnesota winter? - I left 6 A physocarpa in the ground over winter, expecting to pull them and discard this spring, here in Minnesota. I brought in a 7th last... Read More
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Purple Milkweed (A. purpurascens) Germination Tips? - Hi, I just got 10 purple milkweed seeds from everwilde farms and I'm doing an abbreviated cold stratification. (My stratification method co... Read More
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Starting Swan Milkweed & Calotropis MW seeds - Hi everyone, Last fall was the first time I ever harvested Asclepias/physocarpa swan milkweed (hairy balls) seeds. I recently started thos... Read More
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Black Swallowtail Scent Horns stuck...is there any hope? - Hi everyone, I'm not what my problem is with raising BST's but my luck has been pretty bad...especially when you compare it to my monarch re... Read More
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