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On 8/15/2011 5:33 PM, Larry Bogan wrote:
> We have dry sandy soils here in Cambridge and the common milkweed grows
> and spread prolifically. If you dig up a root that has nodes on it and
> plant it you will get milkweed. The seed is also viable and we get
> milkweed sprouting years after the seed floated onto our lawn. We have
> also pulled up plants with small roots and put them in water to have
> them develop more roots.
* that's what I would have said, after some experience with Milkweed in
Eastern Ontario. If the Milkweed spreads too enthusiastically, remember
that it's a choice food for humans as well as Monarchs, and it seems to
us that when we harvest it fairly heavily the stand doesn't spread much
(to cook Milkweed, snap off stems, flowers, or pods that will snap, and
plunge them into rapidly boiling water to dissolve the alkaloids).
fred schueler
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> If you do get the milkweed to take and grow. Be sure to control its
> spread. It will spread by underground roots as well as its air-born
> seed. I would suggest not letting the seed pods mature unless you need
> the seed. Pull up any milkweed that spreads outside the area you want it.
>
> Larry Bogan
> Cambridge Station
>
>
>
> On 15/08/2011 6:13 PM, AngelaJoudrey wrote:
>> Hi there.
>>
>> Has anyone transplanted common milkweed into their home gardens?
>>
>> Is there a soil type it prefers?
>>
>> Now that I know what it looks like, I see it everywhere and would love
>> to have some at home.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Angela in Windsor
>
>
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