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Gardening

Botany

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2. Put them into a paper grocery bag ..... out of their shell .... and let them sit their all winter

Reply to mopinko (Original post)

Sat Oct 21, 2017, 02:38 PM

Oct 2017

.... keep them in an unheated garage or porch. Next spring mix em with slightly damp
sand and place the mix into the fridge for about 2 weeks. Then spread the mix into your
meadow or garden. Or put the mix onto a flat* and cover with chicken wire (keeps out weed
seeds) and leave it out this fall and winter ...... transplant the starts next spring.

* 50 % silica sand (play) 50 % potting soil

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anybody have a trick for milkweed seeds? [View all] mopinko Oct 2017 OP

My first year w/milkweed. Stupid question here... CurtEastPoint Oct 2017 #1

i will plant them in flats in early winter and put them outside. mopinko Oct 2017 #3

Put them into a paper grocery bag ..... out of their shell .... and let them sit their all winter Botany Oct 2017 #2

Try drying then combing them between two pet brushes. Throck Oct 2017 #4

I found this quick video blaze Oct 2017 #5