{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"GMP 57: Summer of Milkweeds","description":"July 4th, 2024 In this episode we:&amp;nbsp;  Recap Pollinator Week June 17th-23rd Order Milkweed Across the USA!: POM POM Paradise! Your purchase supports the show and you can enjoy the milkweed from Spring thru Winter between the pages of the book.&amp;nbsp; Shoutout to listener Mindy Frohlich and the staff at Millcreek Gardens! Member Questions from Grow Milkweed Plants Facebook Group  1. Does regular care\/water inhibit milkweed flowering? I\u2019ve nursed one for three years now, (left pic) and it\u2019s never flowered even though I can find some much smaller flowering in the wild. Am I inadvertently fooling my plant somehow to not produce flowers? TIA. near Dallas. I\u2019m assuming green milkweed.. 2. So sad, this morning I was excited to check with the caterpillar and the ladybug that's on my milkweed but they're gone..did some insects came to devour them..all I have left is the poop...  Milkweed Science Minute: links to facebook Pollinium Germination and Putative Ovule Penetration in Self- and Cross-pollinated Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca Author(s): Adam P. Kahn and Douglass H. Morse Source: The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 126, No. 1 (Jul., 1991), pp. 61-67   Have a very monarch summer! If it's good for the butterflies. It's good for me. Host: Brad Grimm ","author_name":"Grow Milkweed Plants","author_url":"http:\/\/growmilkweedplants.libsyn.com\/site","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/31982627\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/31982627"}