Mexican Milkweed Seed Pods. Once a pod opens it can spread all the seeds in as short as one afternoon. Last week i harvested 50 milkweed pods and dried out the seeds.
There are several things you can check on to make sure the seeds are mature. When you have taped up all the pods keep an eye on them and look for when they start to turn brown. The plant easily self seeds in warmer climates.
Here are a couple of tricks to ensure that your seeds are mature and viable.
Mexican milkweed is easy to propagate and many options are available to multiply plants. The seed pod has started to turn slightly yellow. If the pod is brown and has already popped open releasing their silky fluff also called coma you know that they are ready and you can harvest them and remove the fluff later. Asclepias curassavica commonly known as tropical milkweed is a flowering plant species of the milkweed genus asclepias.