Collecting Milkweed Seeds
March 7, 2018
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What creature is that in the photo, you might ask...
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It's a wet old Family Jewels Asclepias physocarpa seed pod.
I kept two plastic bags full of these seed pods hanging from a hook in our little garden shed for over half a year now, foolishly thinking they would dry up, preserving the seeds.
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Now that I offered seeds to friends, I finally opened the plastic bags to remove the seeds from the pods.
The bags had not been tied shut, but they now contained a ghastly mess of wet pods.
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I had to throw out the contents of one of the bags because there was nothing left to salvage from the soggy debris.
However, believe it or not, there were a lot of seeds to be found in this bag.
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There were a lot of pods like the one in the top photo that contained plenty of lovely dried seeds.
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It was very easy to open the pods and remove the seeds.
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And collect them in an envelope.
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Some I planted in flower pots to give to friends to grow and host monarch butterflies.
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