Which species of milkweed plants have you UNSUCCESSFULLY tried growing in CONTINUOUS growing regions (including central/south Florida, southern California, South Texas, South Louisiana, etc)

In your CONTINUOUS growing region, do you grow milkweed in containers or planted directly in the garden?

Is running out of milkweed for monarch caterpillars a problem in your CONTINUOUS growing region?

Do you cover milkweed to let plants mature before hosting monarchs?

After one batch of monarchs devours milkweed in your CONTINUOUS growing region, do you clean/disinfect plants before the next eggs are deposited on the plants?

If you clean or disinfect garden milkweed, what techniques do you use?

If a landscape or gardening company offered a paid service for covering/disinfecting garden milkweed plants in CONTINUOUS growing regions, would you be interested?

Do you have photos of your SETUP for covering milkweed plants in your garden? Please send them in an email to: tony@monarchbutterflygarden.net (Emailed Photos may be included in an upcoming article on MonarchButterflyGarden.net, so please upload high resolution photos) Thank you for participating in the discussion to help gardeners and monarchs thrive in continuous growing regions!

No it grows wild......and I cut seeds for containers for the new season

I plant milkweed directly in the garden

I cut them back most of the time and sometimes use a bleach solution depending on whether there are aphids. I root the cuttings and within a couple of weeks I can plant them in a small paper cup or whatever container and grow new plants very quickly.

I grow milkweed in containers

I plant milkweed directly in the garden

I plant milkweed directly in the garden

I plant milkweed directly in the garden

I plant milkweed directly in the garden

I continually kill Aphids with my fingers and Alcohol. I also kill spider mites with soap water continuously.

I plant milkweed directly in the garden

I plant milkweed directly in the garden

I have photos of my setup

I plant milkweed directly in the garden

I grow milkweed in containers

I plant milkweed directly in the garden

Covering won't keep the spider mites out. I'm invaded!

I plant milkweed directly in the garden

I plant milkweed directly in the garden

No but after reading this I'm going to have to try something

Water at beginning and middle of season, cut back around Octobet

Having milkweed at various stages of maturity, the monarchs usually choose the most mature. If the lay eggs on the immature plants I just clip off the leaf and put in floral tube

I grow milkweed in containers

Not sure if it is my tablet or the survey but it wouldn't let me select more than one type of milkweed I am growing. I have mostly tropicl but I also have 2 native varieties. When I cut back the plants I clean the cut offs and root them in water to have continuous plants starting to keep up with demand. I only grow outside. I live in central Florida.

I plant milkweed directly in the garden

I grow milkweed in containers

I grow milkweed in containers

I grow them in pots and keep them in my enclosed pool area. When they have full growth I take only one plant outside until I see new caterpillars and then I bring it in. It takes all of my plants combined to feed those caterpillars!

I also grow giant milkweed successfully but it would only let me select one

I grow milkweed in containers

I grow milkweed in containers

I plant milkweed directly in the garden

I grow milkweed in containers

I plant milkweed directly in the garden

I plant milkweed directly in the garden

Also bring cats in w/ mature MW to keep Wasps from killing/eating them!

Asclepias Incarnata (swamp milkweed), Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed), Asclepias viridis (spider milkweed), asclepias speciosa, asclepias purpurascens

this was the first year- i cut down the tropical MW and removed all leaves Feb 1st. I made mini greenhouses out of IKEA Dimpa bags. I had debated using the 5 gallon paint screeners but decided to go for more of a complete barrier.

Cut back milkweed stalks to 12", Disinfect Plants with a Bleach Solution, Rinse Plants with Water, usually my plants get cut down to 3-5 inches :( and the mamas STILL lay eggs on the newly sprouted baby leaves.

not anymore, my plants are out. most of the tropical is potted bc aphids can be brutal. It's much easier to inspect if i can lift up the plant. The aphids are the reason I've had so much difficulty getting incarnata to grow into maturity.

I plant milkweed directly in the garden

Cut back milkweed stalks to 12", Disinfect Plants with a Bleach Solution, Disinfect Plants with a Hydrogen Peroxide Soultion, Rinse Plants with Water

Asclepias asperula (antelope horns), Ascelpias curassavica (tropical milkweed), Asclepias Incarnata (swamp milkweed), Asclepias Perennis (aquatic milkweed), Asclepias viridis (spider milkweed), Calotropis gigantea (giant milkweed), Gomphocarpus physocarpus (balloon plant)

Cut back milkweed stalks to 12", Rinse Plants with Water

I plant milkweed directly in the garden

Ascelpias curassavica (tropical milkweed), Asclepias Incarnata (swamp milkweed), Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly weed)

Asclepias asperula (antelope horns), Asclepias Incarnata (swamp milkweed), Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed), Asclepias viridis (spider milkweed)

Ascelpias curassavica (tropical milkweed), Asclepias Incarnata (swamp milkweed), Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed), Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly weed), Calotropis gigantea (giant milkweed)

I plant milkweed directly in the garden

I grow milkweed in containers

I plant milkweed directly in the garden

Cut back milkweed stalks to 12", Rinse Plants with Water

I plant milkweed directly in the garden

I plant milkweed directly in the garden

Cut back milkweed stalks to 12", Disinfect Plants with a Hydrogen Peroxide Soultion, Rinse Plants with Water

I plant milkweed directly in the garden

I plant milkweed directly in the garden

I plant milkweed directly in the garden