Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Help with milkweed problem!, 0 by yakmon

yakmon wrote:
I came home from work today and noticed several of my scarlet milkweed ( http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/604/ ) stalks beginning to wilt - I had the same problem the other day, but without as many stalks affected. Upon closer inspection, they are breaking at the base. I twisted them gently and all of the stalks broke apart at the base. I don't see any invaders at the base of the plant, but they look rotted. Here are a couple of pics. I lost several nice stalks today, and I have tons of monarch cats on them right now. I am worried I won't have enough plant left to go around! Please let me know if any of you have seen this and/or know what to do about it. The plant is 3 years old and was very healthy looking until a couple of days ago. I seem to be losing about 3-4 stalks per day.

Thanks in advance!

Russell

This message was edited Apr 11, 2011 8:25 PM