Re: aphids and mandevilla

In a message dated 12/21/2000 3:27:52 PM Central Standard Time, 
maridube@teleport.com writes:

<< Paul, did you soak them in room temperature water or what?  An overnight
 soak or?  I have never tried Asclepias from seed, but would like to.
 Marilyn Dube' >>

They are easy to raise from seed-fast growing for the most part.

Soak the seeds in Hot water for 2 days.

Here is what I have found to work very well.

Use a large glass-16 oz and fill it with HOT water out of the tap, put seeds 
in and replace the water with fresh water every 12 hours or so. 

After two days you should notice that the seeds have become "plump"- sow them 
and cover the pot with plastic.

If you just sow the seeds, germination is very slow and spread out over a 
month or two. But by soaking the seeds-you can have most of the seeds 
germinate in a week to ten days.

So far this has worked for five species that I have tried.

If you like butterflies and you like native plants-try Asclepia incarnata.  
Plants will bloom the first year-but like most perennials put on their best 
display when three years old or older. Easy to grow in wet to normal garden 
soils in full sun to half day shade.

Paul

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