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anipgarden · 1 year ago

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Catch me out here making posts on how to collect milkweed seeds because I'm hoping at least SOMEONE out there has good luck

*collapses to the ground* my fuckin swamp milkweeds got Heat Waved and barely even flowered, let alone got pollinated.... I'll have to see if my root stock ones or Swampy even come back next year, but this year definitely isn't the Year of the Ani Swamp Milkweed Success

#out of queue #ani rambles #oh yeah if anyone was wondering I do name my milkweeds sometimes #my three root stock swamp milkweeds are named Ross Lizanne and Alana #then I got Swampy. Swampy lives in the big pot by my window.#then I got Taylor. Taylor's another swamp milkweed she lives with Ross Lizanne and Alana #I also got a big butterfly weed plant and 2 plugs so they're named Albert Brett and Isaac #i think they died kinda early on though. Either that or I just can't fucking find them #what i thought was Albert ended up being my bee balm plant so minus 2 points in my milkweed identification skill #my bestie recently got me 3 swamp milkweeds and one of them had a butterfly weed growing in its pot too #i forgot to water them so i thought they died but they came back so i put them in a pot recently near Swampy #i havent officially named them yet but I have ideas #I might name two of the swamp milkweeds Morgan and Charlotte #and maybe I'll name the little butterfly weed Miles #but I still need a name for the third swamp milkweed.......#or actually. scratch that #third swamp milkweed is Miles and the butterfly weed is gonna be Maddi #anyways long story short #Swampy Ross Lizanne Alana and Taylor MIGHT be dead #I haven't been able to even FIND Albert Brett or Isaac since like July #Morgan Charlotte Miles and Maddi are my newest additions and are currently confirmed FINE #BUT its almost October so if they can't get super situated before the frosts start later this year they may be doomed #granted im in North Florida so frosts won't happen until late December/early January but STILL #and NONE of them flowered #well clarification #Swampy flowered but no other swamp milkweeds were flowering at the same time as her #I think Taylor ALMOST flowered but then heat wave happened #either Morgan Charlotte or Miles WAS flowering when I first got them but then Heatwave Happened #so uh. unless I get a post-heatwave economic miracle. no swamp milkweed seeds for me.

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