Starting from 1:12, regarding build-up of protozoa, please cite your source. Also, the statement, It will damage them, it will kill them, spread them to other butterflies. Again, source
Wow I didn’t know that I have 2 Tropicale milkweed and 2 hairy balls milkweed which grow big. I did ordered online a native milkweed which I just planted the bulb how often show I water that?
I have 10 tropical milkweed plants in my garden. If I cut them back, and remove all of the leaves in the winter, is it still a viable food source, or will it harm the caterpillars?
you are good to go. Don't worry since you are in a cold wintering climate. Also if the orange milkweed is Asclepias tuberosa, then you are growing a native in your area. Enjoy.
Save Monarch butterflies? I have some in my property without milkweed. My wild birds control the population of butterflies. I will see a couple every year. But that's good enough. I will plant more native flowers, not for butterflies, but for birds. When you have insects, birds will come and serve as their control. I want to plant milkweed for my native bees and to suppress gophers and voles. You can't just think about butterflies. You have to think about a balanced ecosystem.
You do realize that the ecosystem is unbalanced since the monarch butterfly is endangered and these people want to save them because we want to BALANCE it out, you just made a fool of yourself
Monarch caterpillar also eats yarrow,parsley. I know this cause I've seen them on these my plants .
I got orange milkweed from Baker Creek marked as native milkweed.
There is a milkweed with orange flowers, that is a native varitety called Asclepias tuberosa which is orange
Not native to CA though.
Starting from 1:12, regarding build-up of protozoa, please cite your source. Also, the statement, It will damage them, it will kill them, spread them to other butterflies. Again, source
If you cut your tropical milkweed all the way to the ground won't that help eliminate what is bad for the monarch?
Thank you!
The wild native milkweed in Arkansas is orange.
California Narrow Leaf Milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis)
Wow I didn’t know that I have 2 Tropicale milkweed and 2 hairy balls milkweed which grow big. I did ordered online a native milkweed which I just planted the bulb how often show I water that?
I have 10 tropical milkweed plants in my garden. If I cut them back, and remove all of the leaves in the winter, is it still a viable food source, or will it harm the caterpillars?
It will still harm the caterpillar. The tropical milkweed also interferes with the Monarchs' migration.
Is the Globe / Hairy ball milkweed a non native to Ca?
I live in Virginia and I have the orange milkweed. It does die down and go dormant. Does it kill the Protozoa?
you are good to go. Don't worry since you are in a cold wintering climate. Also if the orange milkweed is Asclepias tuberosa, then you are growing a native in your area. Enjoy.
Save Monarch butterflies? I have some in my property without milkweed. My wild birds control the population of butterflies. I will see a couple every year. But that's good enough. I will plant more native flowers, not for butterflies, but for birds. When you have insects, birds will come and serve as their control. I want to plant milkweed for my native bees and to suppress gophers and voles. You can't just think about butterflies. You have to think about a balanced ecosystem.
You do realize that the ecosystem is unbalanced since the monarch butterfly is endangered and these people want to save them because we want to BALANCE it out, you just made a fool of yourself
Monarch butterflies are marked endangered. Monarch butterflies are pollinators making them very important.