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Pollinating Milkweed.

15 years ago

If you google "hand pollinating milkweed", there are two videos on utube that show removing the pollinium and inserting the pollinium. I tried to post the links but noticed my post was removed. Don't guess Gardenweb likes utube!!

For all of you who are trying to get seeds on your variegata plants, this may be the best way. I am hoping I have enough flowers this season that I can attempt cross pollination. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a seed pod or two.

sandy

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Mary Leek
15 years ago
Sandy,

I tried hand pollinating last year with one of my A. variegata blooms, using a tiny watercolor paint brush. I just read about it somewhere, didn't know there was a video showing how to do it. I'll go search youtube and see if I can find video instructions. Thanks for the heads-up.

Mary
fighting8r
15 years ago
hmmm... been wondering about how to get my giant milkweeds to make seed. I'll have to investigate this.
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butterflyman
15 years ago
I had a very poor years last year with all types of milkweed seed. I'm going to try some hand pollination myself and see what happens.

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