A well-done, informative video, and Alejandro is a real pro in front of the camera.

Thank you! I just heard Monarchs are dying on the news today and quickly ordered this seed and found your video. Very helpful thank you. I’m hoping my plant flowers and draws the attention of many butterflies!

Wow, great video! I could not find any other video or site that dived this deep into the process of growing Milkweed from seed.

Alejandro is a superb teacher on a very important topic.

Excellent instructions… thank you!

Thanks, bro. Super helpful.

Excellent teaching video. Thank you.

Nice job explaining

This is one of the best video I’ve seen. Thank you

Thank you sir, very informative, !!!

❤muy bien explicado. Gracias

Great educational video. Now I know how to plant this lovely native. Thank you Alejandro!

Far and away THE BEST how to video. Thank you!

Thank you so much for the information.

Super Informative. Thank you!

Could listen to this guy all day

Great video with a very thoughtful delivery. Excellent information!

Excellent tutorial!!

Very nice 👍

Such a great guide!

Good information. Very useful.

Thank you for this informative video. I just started the process today. Looking forward to those Monarchs!

Very informative video, thank you very much.

Excellent and through video

Love it!

Just the info I needed and very well presented - so happy I found your channel

Thanks. I needed the tutorial!

Thank you Alejandro! Your passion and positive attitude is contagious. You have a bright future. God bless you!

Great information. Thank you!

thanks for this video I definitely learned some things.

TY for this informative video

Thank you for the excellent instruction! I feel more confident to begin this project. Bendiciones!

Very well explained

Wonderful presentation! Thank you Alejandro! I agree with someone else who wrote what a professional job you did. Bravo to you.!

Thank you for the info!

Awesome. I was wondering about some of what you covered, Alejandro. I look forward to talking with you again at TPF, too.

Good Indo and presentation. I noticed I get Milkweed Aphids (non-native) on my A. fascicularis seedlings and that they were on your bench plants. Very easy to treat with some soapy water. Otherwise, they can kill the seedlings.

TYVM!

Than you.

Thank you

I'm growing 4 types of milkweed plants. Gay Butterflies, Hello Yellow, Soulmate and Butterfly weed. My kiddos gifted me seeds for my birthday. Hopefully all are native to where I live in Texas and they wont disrupt the Monarch butterflies migration route. Great video .

I sowed some in the last week of August and they sprouted, just out of curiosity, because I harvested the seeds from the wild. I'm hoping the seedlings will survive the Southern California winter.

Great video! I've found I get better germ when I cold stratify the seeds for a month but maybe that is a regional thing? I live in No. Cal. Keep up the great work!

Awesome work. About how long does it take to get from germination in the plug flat to up-potting into 4” pot to transplanting in the ground? I’m in the southeast and have some Swamp Milkweed seedlings and I’m wondering when I should up-pot.

Great information. Thank you. I'm in zone 8A - (Mississippi) and was told to get Asclepias Tuberosa Milkweed vs. Asclepias Curassavica Milkweed. Can you confirm this?

Thank you! Can you share any information about how and when to gather seed from an existing narrow leaf milkweed plant?

Thank you, this is super helpful! Where should the seed plugs be housed while the seeds germinate? Outside or inside? Sunny or partly sunny spot? Thanks in advance!

Thank you so so much for the great video!! I’m newbie raising monarch!… but this year I raised 56 monarch butterflies 😀 …Was kind of expensive since cats eat like crazy!!😅😅 Two questions!! If I can ask 🙃…When is the right time to start to grow native milkweed from seeds here in CA?…. and what you do to eliminate those yellow little monsters?

How often should I water during dry season? Should I use and compost or fertilizer?

I gathered a buttload and just scattered it in appropriate places like the wind does

Hi! Would the same planting timeline apply somewhere hot like Sacramento?

Is raising showy milkweed the same? I want to get an early start and plant indoors.. is this possible?

Hola dónde te encuentras ? Yo estoy en tucson he intentado germinar las semillas desde el año pasado y no crecen!! Podrías enviarme de la semilla que tú utilizas ?? Como te contacto ? Gracias

Did you prechill the seeds before planting in the plugs? I have some Asclepias speciosa seeds and I have read that prechilling improves germination. How long would you recommend prechilling?

Hey Alejandro! I'm doing a habitat enhancement project in Norcal for the burrowing owls, and now, the monarch butterflies as well. We haven't been successful growing milkweeds from seed directly at the project site, so we're looking to have community members start them from seed for transplantation in the early spring of next year (like Feb/March). Given our timeline, is it ok to plant the seeds now and they'll be ready for transplanting in the spring? If we start them now, should we expect to move them into 1-gallon containers (or just larger containers) at some point? We'd been buying milkweeds in 1-gallon containers, so now we have a lot of those that we can reuse for this project, but should we even use them or is it best to transplant them before they'd need a gallon container? We'd been purchasing the gallon-sized milkweeds because we suspected they'd be more successful at our project site.

Will seeds survive if they were frozen a couple weeks?

Which milkweed is good for Florida monarch butterflies.

How much space between plants if you are planting starter plants?

What happens next? How often do you water initially them maybe when a month or two goes by and then full size.? My soil is hard and clay like so am sure its different than your sandy soil. I just dont want to overdo. Thank you!!

Hi there! I live on the east coast of the U.S. particularly in the tri-state area. Your vid was very informative! I know you mentioned best time to plant the seeds is during March - July... However, I've also heard that you can plant seeds in the fall or winter months. Is that accurate? Thanks

Alejandro how do you keep the aphids and other bugs out from the milkweed plants? Thank you

Does this method apply the same way to A. speciosa and A. eriocarpa? I have both those seeds but not narrow leaf. Thank you!

How long does it take the baby milkweed im growing(from seed)to become established and can back off watering? Is it like 1 year like other plants?

Can the seedlings be transplanted into the ground from the small plugs or should they be moved into a larger container before putting them in the ground?

I am in Chicago, IL & want to start the seedlings inside. Can I do this if so do I need to take any other steps? Thank you

When do you put them in ground. How big are the seedlings to be

Which milkweed varieties should I start in North Carolina? I live in the Southeastern part of the state,on the edge of the Sandhills and the coastal plains.

Is milkweed a perennial? If so, when and how should you prune?

Alejandro I have very sandi soil in florida, have a hard time reasing milkweed

You mentioned the seeds will get sunlight even though they are under 1/2 inch of soil. How do the seeds receive sun half inch under the soil? That's confusing to me. I only mention as some type of milkweed need sunlight to germinate. To me the varieties of milkweed seeds needing sunlight to germinate should not be half in under the soil. Can you explain more places

How long does it take the start to grow until it can benefit the Monarch butterflies?

I just planted 5 of these narrowleaf milkweed in my yard. My fear is that they will go out of control and would spread too much.

How many 4” plants should be planted in each 3ft x 3ft area?

Can I have your greenhouse? 🥳

The main problem I have is the seedlings grow to 2-3 in and then a monarch lays eggs on it . They eat the small plant and and go wander out looking for more ! And then there’s the virus NPV which will wipe out every one ! 😩

What state is this?

Can milkweed become invasive?

Another tip - make sure there are no tussock moths or caterpillars around because THEY WILL devour the milkweeds. I have seen this first hand and have resorted to cutting the plants down. I don't want to but the tussocks are a relentless, poisonous creature.

Great video, but how do you get your fingernails so clean!? :)

Does anyone know how "toxic" milkweed is? I prefer to be like Alejandro and garden without gloves personally because I like touching the earth.

Here after watching " The Guardian of the monarchs" in Netflix 😭

Are you not concerned about the absolute aphid infestation on those baby seedlings?

WOW...those seedlings were full of APHIDS!

Bro the milkweed doesn’t look like this😐

that doesn't look like milkweed, and it takes 3 years to flower yo