GMP 50: National Plant A Flower Day Sarah and I sow seeds and plant plants to enhance a habitat for The Monarch Sanctuary Project. Follow The Monarch Sanctuary Project on Facebook or Follow The Monarch Sanctuary Project on Instagram Watch the video on Facebook Guest host: Sarah Koschoreck Host: Brad Grimm
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
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 ov...
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 (paid link) Try Audible and Get Two Free Audiobooks 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.
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 instagram @adoseofdannysgarden facebook Danny Sanchez YouTube A Dose of Danny Host: Brad Grimm Music licensed by Epidemic Sound
2/28/2020 Grow Milkweed Plants Podcast Episode 45 For complete show notes visit www.growmilkweedplants.libsyn.com 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 impa...
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 Airalaskaair.com Ground transportation used was Dollar car rentaldollar.com Accommodations used Ali’i Kai Resort, Princevillealiikairesort.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 96754kauaiseascapesnursery.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 ...
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
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 welshii Host Brad Grimm Unspoken guest: Nestor Robles
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