Thanks for the report, Randy. I noticed my Swamp mw up, but the A. viridis and A. asperula are just nubs at the surface. Mine is a lil slower than yours. I do have overwintered trop. mw putting on new leaves, for them to lay their eggs on. One of my "Hairy Balls" that I overwintered in the garage made it, and is putting on new leaves!!! The smaller one, bit the dirt.

I usually wrap the pod (only when dry or it'll mold) just as it splits in a coffee filter. Key words = just as it splits. I can fit multiple pods in each filter; just keep wrapping them around each other until they filter is full. For those I don't catch fast enough, like last year, I put them in a paper bag with some coins and "shake the snot out of them" too. I haven't found this to be somewhat effective, but there's plenty of seed I must dig out myself. Those that are wrapped in the filters for a few days/weeks, are rather easy to separate, since they stay intact and somewhat closed, but still, must be done outside. I try to grab the fluff by the seam and pull it out; the seed normally all falls into my cup. It's time consuming, but I'll just hang out on the deck, soak up some rays, and pull, pull, pull. I try to do this with a bit of wind, but not to much ;)

Hello anyone interested in milkweed, please email me at monarchseed@gmail. Include your address so I can send out the seeds. They need about 2 weeks stratification in the fridge which means time is running out for this spring. I'm located in Oregon. Thanks

Michael—I started out with the tropical variety (A. currassavica—didn't know any better then about planting native varieties) and had great success with transplanting the seedlings (seeds from the original plants) when they were quite young. My problem is that they don't seem to grow very rapidly. I've gotten some seeds for a native variety and hope I will have better luck with them. I haven't found anywhere locally where I can buy potted native milkweed plants, but I am going to call a FL native nursery a little south of where I am to see if they have any.