Pollination: Trading Food for Fertilization
Do bees have a sixth sense? New research shows that opposites really do attract: bees are positively charged and flowers are negatively charged. Animal pollination occurs [...]
Finding & Collecting Milkweed Seeds
PHOTO: Susan Pelton, UCONN Most milkweed species grow particularly well in disturbed areas, so start by looking in the following places: roadsides, pastures, along railroad tracks, bike [...]
Removing Floss from a Milkweed Seed
How to defloss milkweed for seed collection.
What is Cold Stratification?
Cold stratification is the process of subjecting milkweed seeds to both cold and moist conditions as they require these conditions before germination will ensue. [...]
Milkweed & the Allied War Effort
Milkweed takes its name from its latex or milk-like sap. In autumn, it is easily recognized by the large greenish-gray pods which eventually dry and split open to reveal seeds [...]