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Growing Arizona Milkweed

Arizona Milkweed. Indoor sowing recommended over winter.

Grow plants for eight weeks indoors, before planting outdoors, after the last frost date.
Plant  milkweeds 24 to 36 inches apart. Keep the plant watered until established and protect from and animals for the first season. Arizona milkweed likes a little shade. Plant near each other for monarch habitat.

Starting seeds in pellet growing medium
  1. Soak milkweed seed overnight in warm water. 
  2. Soak the pellets in warm water until they expand fully to 1 to 1-1/2 inch. Appx 10 min. They will be malleable enough to push into seed tray divots.
  3. Open the top of the pellet netting, using something like a chopstick or nail, make a small hole down about 1/8 of an inch
  4. Add two seeds and Cover lightly with the soil by gently tapping,  cover with plastic lid or humidity dome and place in sunny window or use grow light.
  5. Check the pellets after a few days. Germinates in 10 to 12 days.
  6. Watering.  Keep top moist by spraying top every day it 2 xs a day. If use a heating mat, 2xs a day.
  7. Remove the lid and prop it up to allow air in when the plants start to sprout. Try will need grow light or sunny window at this time. Reduces chance of mold.
  8. Remove the lid when the plants are tall enough to hit the cover and transplant to a pot with seed starting mixture. Before you repot , pull netting off pellet.
ARIZONA MILKWEED Asclepius angustifolia



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