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Can the Monarchs be far behind?
Jul 27, 2020 21:08:50 #
merrytexan wrote:
yea...you're gonna have monarchs! pretty shot of the well-fed caterpillars, bill! 
They surely are well fed. But even watching them eat is interesting.
I do appreciate your comment.
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Jul 28, 2020 12:44:55 #
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Jul 28, 2020 17:59:04 #
Bill_de wrote:
When I looked today there are quadruplets.
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Jul 29, 2020 11:26:21 #
Beautiful shot, Bill. Looks like they are getting pretty big. Unfortunately, I haven't had that many this year. The fact the I don't have a lot of milkweed could be the logical explanation.
Jul 29, 2020 12:58:03 #
Cwilson341 wrote:
Beautiful shot, Bill. Looks like they are getting pretty big. Unfortunately, I haven't had that many this year. The fact the I don't have a lot of milkweed could be the logical explanation.
Start now for blooms in 2002 or 03.
Collect wild seeds, correcct plant, Common Milkweed.
Let dry a month.
Refrigerate from then till February.
Plant in peat and sand. Keep just moist in a sunny location.
Hope.
Whan they have a few leaves, pot up.
Put out in June or so.
A perenial, will grow for the next year's flowers ( or the next).
Bill
Jul 29, 2020 13:13:17 #
newtoyou wrote:
Start now for blooms in 2002 or 03.
Bill
Bill
I'll guess you copied this from a very old article.
I've been lucky. Mine have been reseeding themselves and flowering the same year. And the bonus is they even come up in planters where I never planted them. I guess it depends on how the weather is through winter and spring.
Jul 29, 2020 13:18:47 #
Cwilson341 wrote:
Beautiful shot, Bill. Looks like they are getting pretty big. Unfortunately, I haven't had that many this year. The fact the I don't have a lot of milkweed could be the logical explanation.
Thanks Carol. Most of them have crawled off into the evergreens as they got bigger. I only see a few now. However, I noticed a female Monarch laying eggs on another clump, so we'll see what happens. I don't know if /how this record heat affects them, but it sure beats me up.
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Jul 30, 2020 23:17:40 #
Bill_de wrote:
It wasn't long ago I watched Mom laying eggs.
Great shot! Color and setting. Thanx for sharing.
Jul 31, 2020 06:44:58 #
Sinewsworn wrote:
Great shot! Color and setting. Thanx for sharing.
Thanks very much for commenting.
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