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Milkweed monarch caterpillar dilema

14 years ago

I have a situation I hope you can help me out with. I recently set up a butterfly garden of sorts and had lots of milkweed etc, ordered some monarch larvae and raised them. They hatched and have since laid eggs etc, well the problem is after the initial batch my milkweed can not support the worms/eggs they have laid on them now, I have no idea where to buy or find milkweed around here (covington Ga). I ordered all of my plants online last time but now I dont believe I have time to order and wait for delivery, so I guess my question is does anyone know where I can buy or find milkweed around here pretty quickly or does anyone have a garden setup that can take care of some of these caterpillars? Let me know if you can help

Thanks

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girlgroupgirl
14 years ago
Try Thyme after Thyme in Athens. They usually have some in stock!
ba5s
Original Author
14 years ago
Thanks for the info on Thyme after Thyme, they did have some. Caterpillars are munching away now. :)
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cyrus_gardner
14 years ago
Have fun!
But when the butterflies emerge, they will not going to be bound to
your garden. They have wings and can fly away.
I don't like caterpilars much. They are ugly and chew up on my plants. So if I spot them, just take them away, far away.
Despite that, there are a lot of butterflies around my garden.
They are the pretiest insects with an ugly past (wink, wink)

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