Growing Milkweed From Seed Pods. Before growing milkweed find out the best varieties for your area ensuring they are non invasive. How to grow milkweed from seed.
Direct sow in fall or indoors in spring. You can make this a reality with the simple addition of milkweed to your garden. Milkweed seeds require stratification cold treatment for three weeks to three months for optimal germination.
Last week i harvested 50 milkweed pods and dried out the seeds.
To stratify the seeds in potting mix place a handful of soilless potting mix or a mix of 4 parts peat moss mixed with 1 part vermiculite or horticultural sand. The seeds require several weeks of cold temperatures to germinate. Imagine butterflies happily fluttering around in your garden from flower to flower. Milkweed grows naturally in meadows fields and ditches throughout the state.