Asclepias curassavica aka Tropical Milkweed takes to transplanting better than some of the other milkweeds. However, I would locate them to their permanent home as soon as possible. I've already planted mine out, too. The tropical curassavica does better with a bit richer soil than some of the native species. They do like sun, but will survive in light shade. I put mine close together, but if you only have 6 plants, you can space them about 1' between. Pinching out the top can force lateral and basal growth, too. I feed mine with chicken manure - build the soil rather than just fertile the plants. I have a lot of seedlings from last year's plants, but we had a mild winter except for the ice storm. The plants are not hardy in our zone, so I collect the seed as the pods turn brown and crack a little. You can see the white fluff starting to peek out. Put the seed in a paper bag with several coins and shake it (this separates the seed from the pods and the down), snip a small hole in the corner of the bag and shake it some more. The seed will come out sans the chaff. Oh, and be prepared for Monarch caterpillars! Susan

I didn't even know there was a milkweed forum! I would have to assume it's some type of night-emerging slug/snail. If it were the milkweed/tiger tussock moth, you'd definitely see them during the day. Sherry

In NE FL (Jax area) tropical milkweed does die back as soon as we get a good frost here but this is a good reminder to try and 'wintersow' my other milkweed seeds I bought last spring before I totally forget about them.

Nikki, I received the milkweed seeds yesterday. Thanks for including the instructions...they're off to the refrigerator for a month's visit. I put your seeds in the mail a few days ago so you should be receiving them any day. John