Episodes
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July 4th, 2024 In this episode we
Recap Pollinator Week June 17th-23rd Order Milkweed Across the USA!: POM POM Paradise! Your purchase supports the show and you can enjoy the milkweed from Spring thru Winter between the pages of the book. Shoutout to listener Mindy Frohlich and the staff at Millcreek Gardens! Member Questions from Grow Milkweed Plants Facebook Group1. Does regular care/water inhibit milkweed flowering? I’ve nursed one for three years now, (left pic) and it’s never flowered even though I can find some much smaller flowering in the wild. Am I inadvertently fooling my plant somehow to not produce flowers? TIA. near Dallas. I’m assuming green milkweed..
2. So sad, this morning I was excited to check with the caterpillar and the ladybug that's on my milkweed but they're gone..did some insects came to devour them..all I have left is the poop...
Milkweed Science Minute: links to facebook Pollinium Germination and Putative Ovule Penetration in Self- and Cross-pollinated Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca Author(s): Adam P. Kahn and Douglass H. Morse Source: The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 126, No. 1 (Jul., 1991), pp. 61-67Have a very monarch summer!
If it's good for the butterflies. It's good for me.
Host: Brad Grimm
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Recorded January 2023.
Boby Gendron presents Asclepias from across the western United States.
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Episodes manquant?
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Asclepias fascicularis plants living dangerousely close to the highway where mowing was preventing it from reseeding the surrounding area.
Seeds were collected and grown and planted back, along the fenceline to ensure the success of these plants into the future.
Grow your own milkweed from seed. Order seeds now at growmilkweedplants.com/store
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Presentation notes from the International Western Monarch Summit 2023.
Dr Gail Morris, Southwest Monarch Study Coordinator. Divergent Migration Destinations and Overwintering Strategies of Monarchs in the Southwest.
Patrick Anthony Guerra, University of Cincinnati. This or That? Orientation and Navigational Mechanisms of Monarchs who Migrate from Arizona to Overwintering in Either California or Mexico.
Dr. Francis Villablanca, Cal Poly San Luis Obisps. Milkweed is not Milkweed is not Milkweed. Milkweed Butterflies: DANAINA, AMAURINA, EPULOEINA, ITUNINA. OUABAIN Heart Medecine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouabain
Becky Martin, Toyota Corp. Sustainability Manager for Toyota. Seed Grants.
Lumberjill Garden by Dana watch the Jarmination video on YouTube. Be sure to like and subscribe to the Lumberjill Garden channel https://youtu.be/SaDAqwi_0H4
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Summarizing the events on the morning of day two of the International Western Monarch Summit 2023. Keynote speaker Dr. Myron Zalucki sets it straight that more data is needed on the Western Monarch Migration and milkweed distribution in the western United States.
Becca Lucas is a member of the YAK TITʸU TITʸU YAK TIŁHINI (YTT) NORTHERN CHUMASH TRIBE OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY AND REGION. Presentation on enviromental stewardship of the Northern Chumash. This is our promise "Return the land to us and the trees will stand until they fall down on their own." YTT Northern Chumash Tribe website https://www.northernchumashtribe.com/
Dra. Ek del Val Efforts to Conserve Monarch Butterflies in Mexico
Dr. Ryan Norris Effects of neonicotinoid on the development, survival, reproductive output and migratory orientation of monarch butterflies. MOTUS Wildlife Tracking System https://motus.org/
Amanda Barth Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies WAFWA's Western Monarch Conservation Plan https://wafwa.org/wpdm-package/western-monarch-butterfly-conservation-plan-2019-2069/
Direct download of "THE PLAN" https://wafwa.org/wpdm-package/western-monarch-butterfly-conservation-plan-2019-2069/?wpdmdl=13048&refresh=63f06e0c8db851676701196&ind=1602171186650&filename=WAFWA_Monarch_Conservation_Plan.pdf
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After a break of nearly two years. I have returned with great content to keep you plugged into the strides being made to support monarch butterflies. This eposide remineses about the 2020/2021 work done with Monarch Sanctuary Project near Austin Texas. In January monarch people from all around decended on San Luis Obispo, California for the International Western Monarch Summit 2023. On this episode I reference my hand written notes to share what I heard from Dr. David James during his presentation Western Monarchs: the Importance of a Holistic Understanding. I update you on my recent gardening exploits at the "Ghost Garden".
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GMP 50: National Plant A Flower Day
Sarah and I sow seeds and plant plants to enhance a habitat for The Monarch Sanctuary Project.
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Guest host: Sarah Koschoreck
Host: Brad Grimm
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GMP 49: Western Monarch Count 2020
1914 Monarchs counted in the 2020 Western Monarch Count.
See the data: https://www.westernmonarchcount.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/WMTC-Data-1997-2020_1.12.2021.pdf
Host: Brad Grimm
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Winter be damned. I'm gonna grow milkweed right thru the frost. Arizona milkweed and Aquatic milkweed are the number one stunners of the season. Tropical's persist, or die, depending on the duration of freezing weather.
Seed starting tips: put is soil and wait, put in soil cover with lid and wait, clip and water germinate, don't clip and water germinate. So there isn't one best way. Try different ways and see how the seeds start best for you. I learned that Aquatic milkweed likes to sit in soil for nearly a month before germinating. Most other milkweed seeds will germinate in one to two weeks.
Inspired by this wonderful Christmas gift from my wife I decided to try growing milkweed in a jar. I rinsed out the honey jar and added soil. Sprinkled a pinch of Milkweed Medley on the surface of the soil and watered the seeds and soil. Placed the cap w/ holes on the jar. Set it on the window sill and in a few weeks these milkweed plants are growing!
Jars are not great for milkweed because over watering and fungal disease is likely to occur without drainage holes.
The double-cup is a good way to care for seedlings. In the top cup you poke drainage holes. I poke three holes with the tip of my paring knife. Add soil to the cup with drainage holes. Add milkweed seeds. In this cup I am growing Green antelopehorn Asclepias viridis. Water the seed into the soil. Place the top cup in the bottom cup and place in a sunny window.
Store link: https://www.growmilkweedplants.com/store
Host: Brad Grimm
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RIP Tropical Milkweeds: Putting Your Garden To Bed This Autumn
Monarchs are in northern Mexico. Right on schedule for Day of the Dead.
Not all tropical milkweed are created equal.
Why native milkweed won't thrive in a subdivision
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Bringing Nature Home, Updated and Expanded: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants
Arizona milkweed finally has a pollinator on the flowers. Western honey bee is moving from goldenrod to late blooming Arizona milkweed. To be fair to the plant. It blooms and fruits all summer long until there is a frost.
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A Dose of Milkweed with Danny Sanchez
Danny began gardening at an early age. Take a look at one of Danny's earliest experiences in the garden.
Danny's passion for gardening has only grown over the years.
Guest: Danny Sanchez
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Host: Brad Grimm
Music licensed by Epidemic Sound
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2/28/2020 Grow Milkweed Plants Podcast Episode 45
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Two tour guides at a monarch reserve in Mexico have been found dead. Foul play is suspected. https://www.mimorelia.com/localizan-sin-vida-a-raul-hernandez-guia-turistico-de-la-mariposa-monarca/amp/
LA Times reports that a bloody war is brewing over "Blood Avocados". Is no one safe anymore? https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-11-20/mexico-cartel-violence-avocados
Sign the Change.org petition to boycott blood avocados from Mexico. https://www.change.org/p/whole-foods-boycott-mexican-avocados-buy-fair-trade
Xerces Society has released the Monarch Butterfly count for Western Monarchs; and they are bad. 29,418 monarchs counted. Below the threshold considered sustainable. Will the monarch migration in the West collapse? https://xerces.org/blog/western-monarchs-need-our-help-more-than-ever
Dr. Chip Taylor from Monarch Watch weighs in on western monarchs and the impact climate may have on the population. https://monarchwatch.org/blog/2020/02/25/monarchs-and-climate-in-the-west/?fbclid=IwAR2OuYfDhqegGypEdu92wPjpSzu_rbcRiSo8d5ZPLMNWmkFUnq2MHN967Lc
Host: Brad Grimm
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44 GMP PODCAST SHOW NOTES
Rotary Club of South Reno Octoberfest silent auction. Check their events calendar for details about upcoming event tickets. renosouthrotary.com/ Air Carrier used for the 2019 trip to Lihue (LIH) Kauai, HI was Alaska Air alaskaair.com Ground transportation used was Dollar car rental dollar.com Accommodations used Ali’i Kai Resort, Princeville aliikairesort.com Top 5 places to look at Calotropis plants in Kauai: #5 Calotropis gigantea and Calotropis procera. Kauai Seascapes Nursery Inc 4741 Kahiliholo Rd # A Kilauea, HI 96754 kauaiseascapesnursery.com #4 Private Residence (near public road) Calotropis procera. 5204 Kawaihau Rd Kapaa, HI 96746 #3 Kapa’a First Hawaiian Church. Calotropis gigantea. Enjoy from public road. Advise not to enter property without permission. Address 4-1325 Kuhio Hwy Kapaa, HI 96746 North side of property. #2 Puakea Golf Course Park Calotropis gigantea. 4391 Nuhou St Lihue, HI 96766 look East toward Costco Gas Station #1 Kekaha Beach Park Calotropis procera. 1-7698 Kaumualii Hwy Kekaha, HI 96756 Calotropis gigantea is propagated by stem cuttings. Place the cut part in water and watch for roots. Calotropis procera is propagated by seed. I sell this seed at growmilkweedplants.com/procera $8.00 Hawai’i has two native butterflies. Hawaiians should get to know them. Love them. Grow their host plants. 1 Udara blackburni which can go by the names Koa butterfly, Hawaiian Blue or Blackburn’s Butterfly. The host plant for Udara blackburnii includes but is not limited to the following species. Dodonaea viscosa (Broad leaf hopbush) and Acacia koaia (Koai’a). 2 Vanessa tameamea goes by the names Kamehameha butterfly and the Hawaiian name of pulelehua. Host plants include but are not limited to Pipturus albidus (Mamaki). Grow Milkweed Plants launched a Free Milkweed Seeds program on October 1st 2019. Did you read the email? email link $475 was raised in a facebook fundraising campaign. Grow Milkweed Plants matched $500. The goal was to ship 250 packets of Free Milkweed Seeds to 250 people by Christmas Day 2019. The goal was achieved!!! Learn more about the program at growmilkweedplants.com/freeseeds Consider purchasing a packet that funds a packet of Free Milkweed Seeds for others or make a direct donation thru the PayPal link provided on that webpage. -
MILKWEED HIT LIST
✔️ Asclepias asperula https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62298✔️ Asclepias nyctaginifolia
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62294✔️ Asclepias tuberosa
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47912✔️ Asclepias linaria
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62295✔️ Asclepias hypoleuca
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/158742✔️ Asclepias nummularia https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/158751
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Nestor R and Brad G wander the Coral Pink Sand Dunes in search of the rare Welsh's milkweed.
Plant page: growmilkweedplants.com/welshii
Observation: inaturalist.org/observations/30008278
Google's top six results for Asclepias welshii
Wikipedia Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center USDA Plant Guide (.PDF) USDA Plants Profile U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service A. welshii (.PDF) Grow Milkweed Plants - Asclepias welshiiHost Brad Grimm
Unspoken guest: Nestor Robles
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What you will hear in this episode.
Asclepias cryptoceras grows in a remote location on a shale slope in the Great Basin east of Reno NV. Three experts and me have an unplanned meeting in the mountains and talk milkweed over a rare milkweed.
Cocoa Beach Florida has sun and fun but I take a time-out under an umbrella to talk about the diverse number of locally native milkweeds in central Florida.
Guests: Anurag Agrawal, Elizabeth Pringle, Aramee Diethelm
Host: Brad Grimm
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Monarch Population Status
The Xerces Society Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count 1997-2018
The Western Monarch Thanksgiving & New Year’s Counts
Second New Year’s Count Supports Monarchs Movement Between Sites
This master gardener is luring monarchs to Las Vegas
Host: Brad Grimm
Guests: Anne Marie Lardeau, Glenda Bona, Nestor Robles, David Dewenter
ROYALTY FREE MUSIC by BENSOUND
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Jet down to Oleander Acres to see if milkweed really is bigger in Texas.
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I still laugh about the first time I "found milkweed". It was actually dogbane. I revisit this location and walk along the Truckee river in Reno Nevada. Learn about the different kinds of leaf damage on milkweed leaves. Milkweed bugs make a living on the leaf and we meet both the small milkweed bug and red milkweed beetle.
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Podcast Location: Mayberry Park, Reno, Nevada
Host: Brad Grimm
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