Seed Needs Orange Milkweed Seeds for Planting Butterfly Weed - Heirloom & Untreated Perennial Flower Seed to Grow a Monarch Butterfly Garden (2 Packs)

In my neck of the woods, we have an invasive bug called lantern flies that really destroyed plants. I spent last summer swatting the things trying to kill them, but there’s too many to keep doing that. I read that milkweed plants will attract butterflies, and lantern flies, but it kills them lantern flies. So I planted these seeds and within a week I got results. I will wait another month until the plants get bigger and I will plant them outside. I’m very happy with these seats. They were worth the price and I can’t believe how many are growing and will be growing. I highly recommend them.

80%+ of the seeds produced sprouts and everything seems healthy so far. All the seeds look good - no obvious duds or deformities. I like that this particular variety of milkweed is native to my location, which apparently is important for the Monarch's health. Apparently, local-sourced seed is superior, but I'm doing this out of season and the price is excellent for these seeds. (BTW, xerces.org has a ton of great info on everything about milkweeds and Monarchs.) Here's what worked for me (I'm a complete noob at this, so some of this may be overkill, backwards, or completely wrong): + Soak the seeds for 90 minutes, separate them out on a moist paper towel, seal them in a Ziplock, and leave them in the fridge for a month. + The Jiffy Strips 'N Greenhouse (TS50H) makes for a very simple, no-hassle system that include the little peat holders and a covered tray to trap the humidity and keep things warm. For soil, I used what I had on hand: a palm, cactus, and citrus mix with about 10% additional perlite. + Plant each seed under just a tiny bit of soil - like 1/4". The packet had 74 seeds, so it fit the 36 peat pot in the Jiffy system by using 2 separated seeds pot. + Apparently, the seeds need to see daylight - I used a $6 Sylvania grow light bulb set on a timer for 12 hours/day and the tray was getting some indirect sunlight too. + For water, I started with wet soil and used a spray bottle every other day...just enough to keep everything moist. The lid help a lot with this. + 5 days after planting, the first sprout popped up. + 10 days after planting, 2/3rds of the seeds had sprouted. There were a few seeds that tried to grow upside-down or were too deep in the soil. + By 2 weeks, 3/4 of the seeds were going. No new sprouts since then. + The picture is almost a month in. So far, so good.

Great and I have plenty if food for monarchs

Got them to sprout in my greenhouse but germination rate is less than I expected.

Planted about 20 seeds indoors to avoid frost. NOT ONE SINGLE SEED EVEN SPROUTED! Planted the remainder outside in 3 different locations. NOT ONE SEED EVEN SPROUTED. This product is worthless. No butterflies will be benefitting from it on my property.

Quick delivery. Seeds have a great germination percentage. Will buy from this company again.

I bought mine in 2016 and they grew. Now I have plants all over my yard that come up every year plus new ones from seeds that fell out.

The package says to expect 100 seeds but There was less than 50 seeds in the pack.