#life finds a queue

[anipgarden]

Collecting Milkweed Seeds - All Facts, All Seeds, No Fluff

(OK but please also consider I'm not an ~expert~ I'm not a ~scholar~ I'm just a nerd on Tumblr who really likes milkweed and wanted to make a fun lil post about it)

[Image ID: a green, leafy common milkweed plant (Asclepias syriaca) with five large, ovalish and bumpy green seed pods. The seed pods are currently unopened.]

It’s fall, which means if you haven’t seen them already, now’s the time that milkweed plants will start producing seed pods! (Well, technically, they’re called follicles, but fuck it they’re seed pods).  Each pod has dozens of seeds inside, some species can even have up to 200 seeds, so even collecting just a few can be a good way to boost your pollinator gardening efforts big time! What you do with them then is up to you--adding life to your backyard garden, sharing with friends, making seed bombs--but first you’ve gotta collect them.

The first thing you want to do is identify your milkweed plants--in an ideal world, you’d be able to tell precisely what kind of milkweed you’re collecting from (so you can know precisely what growing conditions that species prefers.) But when they’re dying back, forming pods, and releasing their seeds, it can be hard to tell. It helps to visit sites early, to know what milkweeds are there, and while you’re there you might even find some forming pods. 

It can be helpful to band off the pods early! This will keep the seeds from escaping, so you can come back later and collect them! I would only do this for a couple of pods--each pod has a lot of seed in it, so only taking one or two from each plant should still net you plenty of rewards! When I’m doing this in my backyard, I tend to use rubber bands--the size of rubber band you’ll need varies depending on the species. I’ve also seen people use the lacy-looking jewelry bags to a similar effect--if the pod splits open, all the seeds get trapped in the bag!

[Image ID: the first image is of appears to be swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) with about fifteen long, green, smooth and pointed seed pods. Most of the pods have small black rubber bands wrapped around the midsections. The second image is of what appears to be common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) with two large, ovalish and bumpy green seed pods. A white fine mesh bag has been tied over the pods.]

For people who want to get seeds from unopened pods, you have to be very careful not to force open a pod that isn’t ready--otherwise, the seeds inside won’t fully develop. How do you tell if a pod is ripe? There’s a seam in each pod, and it should open fairly easily with minimal pressure if it’s basically ready. If you’re basically prying it open, you’re too early. The seeds inside should be a nice dark color, and be plump in the middle--if they’re creamy colored or light orange, you’re too early. There may be some undeveloped seeds in each pod (I am talking maybe 1 to 3 here), but if the majority of them are ready, you’re good to go!

[Image ID: a tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) seed pod that has been opened at the seam, revealing dark brown seeds and lots of creamy white floss. Four seeds are floating away from the pod on fluffy white comas. The pod is being held between a white person's fingers.]

I’ve also seen people who go late late late into the season, after most of the pods have already fully split off and released their seeds. Some of the seeds occasionally stay in the pod, so they’ll take the leftovers that didn’t get scattered after winter passes. That’s a fair strategy! I prefer to get mine way early on, so I can get a clear ID of what kind of milkweed it is (some will flower and produce pods at the same time), but if you already got an ID early in the season and then come back later this can also work! But…

[Image ID: several dried brown seed pods have opened fully, releasing a cloud of milkweed floss with seeds attached. Some seeds are still in the pods, but many are primed to float away.]

There is, however, one thing that tends to be a bit annoying about collecting milkweed seeds--and that’s the fluff. These fluffy white bits attached to the seed--called comas--function similarly to the iconic fluffy dandelion seed. A milkweed seed’s coma allows it to float through the air and on the water until it (hypothetically) reaches bare soil or an otherwise suitable start to settle down and germinate. If you’re collecting the seeds for later use, though, that same coma can mean your milkweed seeds are traveling through the air and away from where you’re collecting them, or all over your apartment once you get them home. Removing the comas by hand is an option, but tedious, and still leads to a nice pile of fluffy that will get airborne at the first gust of wind. At the end of the day, for many people trying to collect milkweed seeds, the coma is just an annoying part they dread.

Fortunately, there are plenty of ways to collect milkweed seeds without having to deal with the comas long-term!

[Image ID: A single brown milkweed seed floating on a comparatively huge mess of white fibers.]

Method 1

So this is my favorite method because it's honestly one of the simplest and easiest once you get used to it. You open the pod, grip the top part of the middle ‘pith’ section tight, and gently scrape off the seeds into a bowl or bag. This leaves you with almost no fluff in your collection bin, and you can then toss the middle fluffy part--or I’ve heard of people collecting milkweed fluff for spinning! Most of the videos I’ve seen on it use common milkweed or other large milkweed pods as an example--however, I’ve successfully done this with smaller milkweed pods like A. curassavica as well. 

Method 2

This method is one I’ve used in the past. Take the seeds and fluff and put them into a bag (paper or plastic) and add a coin or two. Shake the bag around--a lot. The coin will dislodge the comas from the seeds. The seeds will then drop to the bottom of the container, and the fluff will float around on the top. I’ve also seen this with buckets and blocks, like in the video below!

Method 3

I’ve seen a handful of people discuss burning the floss of the seeds! Apparently the seeds themselves aren’t damaged badly by the fire, though honestly this is a method that I am simply too anxious to try myself.

Method 4

This was a method I found while I was looking for other methods people have done. Apparently, you can just roll the pod between your hands and it’ll work to dislodge the seeds? I may have to try it next time!

Hopefully this advice is helpful for you all! I know collecting seeds was a hassle for me before I learned my favorite method. If I had a nickel for every time I got yelled at for releasing milkweed fluff into the house...

If you've got a method that I haven't heard about yet, let me know!! I'm always down to learn more about milkweed, and it can also help someone else down the line!

#milkweed #asclepias #seed saving #seed collecting #pollinator garden #outdoor gardening #gardening #flowers #ani rambles #out of queue #i think this was my first time doing image descriptions??? if they suck ass let me know and I'll Make Adjustments As Recommended #i've seen people talk about spinning the milkweed floss??? but I saw online that it was too brittle to be spun???? #but either way if you wanna save the floss and do Stuff with it go for it #did you know. or actually this is me functioning from memory. #but if I recall correctly I believe in either the WWI era or the WWII era #people would pay kids to go around fields collecting milkweed seed pods and pay them by the pound #and then they'd take the floss and use it to fill life jackets for soldiers? #i think this was less of a 'extorted child labor sweat shop' deal and more of a like #'hey kids wanna earn some cash and also be a Patriotic Citizen? go find some seed pods and we'll give you money' #which i guess many people WOULD consider an Extorted Child Labor kinda deal but like #idk seems like a chill deal to me #anyways hope you guys like this post #Youtube

[guardian-angle22]

911: Lone Star | Paul Strickland + orange

#911 lone star #911lsedit #paul strickland #he looks good in every color but im on a mission to find out which is my favorite so... i will start with orange #it gets a 10 out of 10 #i need more paul in my life and so does everyone else #my gifs #vacation mode queue #911ls fashion

[burnt-cookii]

#{ ☆ Sweet Tower of Queue ★ } #oc // cereal cookie #dark choco cookie #[✧] #{ mini comic } #moo's art #cookie run #cookie run kingdom #cookie run oc #oc x canon #long post #{ : finished ch. 14 5 days ago and i'm so happy for dark choco breaking free and finally finding peace x'0 } #{ : now all i ask is for dark cacao and dark choco to speak to each other again hhhhhh #{ : thought i'd throw in my dum ship au where he looks for her to confess and continue on with his life peacefully } #{ : another installment of: idk if he's ooc or not! } #{ : can't draw dark choco and it h u r t s hhh }

[downtherabbitholewithlucy]

#Ain't no party like DJ Lethal party cuz a DJ Lethal party don't STAHHHP #this has been sitting in the drafts for far too long. figured it was time to let it be free. #god the guys look so carefree just having blast partying and supporting their dude Lee #Lee is in the zone doing this thing on the tables like the mad scientist he is #John is having the time of his fucking life being Lee's hypeman and I just wanna take him to the dancefloor and get down #Sammy's so cute shaking hands with that his cheeky smile of his #and Wes is like “y'all know where to find me. just keep the shots coming bitchesssss🤪” #I just wanna party with these guys so damn bad #Limp Bizkit #nu metal #DJ Lethal #John Otto #Wes Borland #Sam Rivers #Showin' mad love for the Dee Jay on DJ Lethal Thursday #down the rabbit hole #just give me something to queue

[crimezi]

okay so i was thinking about how the winners of the life series get assigned a celestial body that corresponds with their personalities

grian - the sun: the origin of life, an authority or divinity, that which everything revolves, light of the server, a ever burning source of shock and awe

scott - the stars: all the light that’s too far to reach, unchanging predictable path, always reliable, infinite and unattainable, a sort of destiny

pearl - the moon: that which inspires insanity, a constantly evolving and always present force, can change the tides, she’s got range <3

martyn - mars: the symbol of war for wars sake, rather easily manipulated despite his own knack for manipulation, ancient to the point of rusting, willing to betray everyone for a leg up in the terror

so i came up with at least my reasons for the rest >:3 i did my best to mix different symbolism and a few of them are more sound in their reasoning but i’m happy

mumbo - mercury: two sides of an extreme either too hot or too cold, constantly making insane twists in logic, a follower of sorts (he’s insane constantly in an out of control, seeks out information and spreads it around)

skizz- venus: the goddess of love <3, from afar a simple bright light but upclose the most volatile mix of elements, incapable of hosting life (he just wants to see everyone together but also he loves it when he’s given a reason to go a little crazy he’s so Aphrodite coded)

scar- earth: being returned to which sustains us, something something cycles and rebirth, potential, the roots that connect us, the feeling of stability and belonging, a strength that goes unnoticed (he is the flesh maggots adore, where would we be with out him)

gem- aurora borealis: the goddess of the dawn, circle of life, a connection to the dead, power and wonder (i only have so much to work with but also she is the embodiment of a spectacle the shimmering chaotic brightness and also dawn imagery is her thing)

bdubs- eclipses: a doom or foreboding sense of darkness, something so profound that can extinguish even the brightest light, seemingly inextricably connected livable chaos (bdubs is simultaneously very dark and very bright he’s always on edge and genuinely i think we should be more terrified of his ability to flip in a dime he’s very volatile and i love him)

jimmy - meteorshowers/shooting stars: gift from heaven, mystery beyond human comprehension, forces beyond control (boy falls so much, no but his brief but beautiful existence like transience, he moves so fast he burns himself always right before or at the beginning of the unravelling chaos)

cleo- ceres : the mother <3, death and rebirth, the rhythms of the seasons, fostering and adopting, unconditional love, all the issues of devotion, attachment, separation, sacrifice, loss and grief (big sad feelings every season, they always have a deep connection that’s brutally severed)

joel- jupiter: lonely despite all his efforts, all about improvement and good karma, lots of energy spent in forming relationships, calls forth miracles and changing fates, big eye for an eye vibes (he’s the big man!!, he’s always very focused on improving his game and making good deals but still incredibly stubborn)

etho- saturn: a very divorced married divorced planet, very focused in discipline and wisdom, lots of personal responsibility but can also represent shame and suffering (he’s got this very interesting balance going on between being very civil but also very anxious, i could study him for hours)

tango: uranus: hehehe, raw genius and eccentricity, upheaval and innovation hand in hand, out of balance a little rebellious!!! (tango is oops all unconventional ideas also he’s always better off in groups but his individuality and need to discover stop consistently leads him into unexpected sudden issues)

lizzie - neptune: the mystical realm the domain of dreams and delusions, always just a little to vague with intentions, idealism to a fault, a emphasis on creativity and intuition (she is confusion incarnate, listen everything about lizzie comes back to magic fairy shit)

bigb- pluto: a new approach and new perspective, the underbelly of emotions what lies beneath the surface, an unconscious mind exploring dark domains and cycles of harm, spirt over matter (listen bigb is the physical embodiment of ‘what happens if i exculswively go with the flow and just sorta stuble upon answers to questions nobody had?’ and i love him)

impulse- the void: all things ambiguous, the gap inbetween your real self and the replacement ego, incomprehensible emptiness (impulse always has like five facades up and behind all of that is nothing knowable there’s a gnawing sense of dread in all his seasons)

ren - supernova: an explosive transformation, change itself, unleashed potential, fusion in a strange and tragic ways, the afterlife, never ending chain of destinies (he’s just got so much energy he fucking exploded that’s why he’s not in the last 2 seasons he’s crazy powerful he’s just sets things in motion so often, he’s also very pretty <333)

okay i think all of that makes sense lmao

#life series #trafficblr #secert life #3rd life #last life #double life #limited life #just to cover my bases #y’all i’m so very ill so all i can think about is these idiots #i couldnt find another post of someone placeing all them but i will argue for most of these placements #i’m procrastinating writing my fic that i’m using to procrastinate writing my book that i’m using to procrastinate working #i’m gonna queue this for later tonight for reasons

[kinokoshoujoart]

fellas i need you to be aware that marlin is canonically 185 cm (~6 feet 1 inches)

and celia is 155 cm… (5 feet 1 inches)

v-vesta………………….

#ma’am i’m not worthy #several of her lines are rolling around in my head rn #harvest moon a wonderful life #hm anwl #bokumono #hm awl #story of seasons #sos awl #still going insane thinking about Her #queue tea pie #vesta deserves to find love again + men are intimidated by her = i need to marry her asap #editing tags because i’m once again up at 2 AM thinking of Her #realized marlins pompadour makes him look taller here #v-v-vesta…………………..👀

[gothicprep]

I always find it funny when I’ll be looking at STEM-related subreddit, and some joker trying to make their case about how their lab or department is a bad work environment says something to the effect of “all of the women are ‘pick-me’ girls”

ever considered that you might be part of the problem?

#queue junk #‘pick-me’ is just code for ‘woman I find unrelatable and annoying’ #if I never hear that term again in my life I will die a happy bitch

[moregraceful]

i was gonna watch the vgk-dal game to bandwagon the stars but then i realized that if i have to see hertl in that jersey even once it's literally my last day, and also mike grier's last day, on planet earth, so.

#KELLY MCCRIMMON I HOPE THE CEILING FAN FALLS ON U #pulling a dq and telling people to just throw me off a bridge honestly #i usually try to have a value-neutral position on teams idc abt but the hertl trade made me blacklist every possible variation of the #team's name and lb and every associated tag so. sorry. lol coming out of my cage and i'm not doing fine #i wrote robo/nick s instead #2.3k and nothing happens in it #they literally go drink boba and yearn for manju but the manju shop is closed #also have been given some valuable feedback. there are cities in which people recognize hockey players in the wild?? that happens in #quebec??? god imagine seeing and recognizing nick suzuki in the grocery store i would just leave #imagine seeing a shark in the grocery store i would not even notice i'd just be like get out of my way you're blocking the kombucha #so i have to do some rewriting anyway bc a chunk of the fic is like has nick suzuki ever been recognized in his life. answer: yes!!! #i assume robo is not being recognized by non-hockey fans anyway lol dallas has american football baseball and basketball #the city got other concerns #i always laugh when canadians are like isn't hockey one of your big four sports 🤨 #i'm like. tiers of american sports: 1: college basketball and college football. 2: football basketball and baseball. 2.5: hockey #u could put connor mcdavid in a grocery store and people would be like get this guy's ass out of the fruit section he's killing the vibe #i spent 20 hours at church over the weekend guys and i refused to read or answer a single email from anyone associated with church #all day bc i was like i need a break from you people. but people started texting me instead i was like .... #didn't read or answer those either lol #i was gonna refill a queue tonight but a i just spent 45 minutes on these tags b i saw a picture of trea turner that got me in my 🥺 #c was writing a touching tribute to manju and hot guys of which there are none in san jose (hot guys. there's plenty of manju #in san jose) #and now i am like. am i crazed enough to have an opinion on 150 posts in one hour?? #let's find out lmao #fresno oilers.txt

[oxventurequotes]

corazon: does this resort have a sir james buffett's village of margaritas?

#corazon has a case of the mondays #corazon de ballena #oxventure #outsidexbox #oxbox #life finds a dob #are queue working bard or bardly working?

[tiredassmage]

*confused puppy head tilt*

#sorry i'm filling my queue again while i have. half a second of life in me during holiday break xD #woe! troopertyr screenshots be upon ye! #out of order as i find them interesting to post lol #swtor #swtor screenshots #vs: kiss with a fist / self control in locker room showers [trooper!tyr] #vs: all their words for glory / they all sound so empty [outlander trooper!tyr]

[write-it-motherfuckers]

🖤~Song Of The Day~🖤

The song of the day is:     How Fare the Gods? -by- Syven

The challenge is to write something based off of this song, be it the name, the cover, the lyrics, or the tune itself. Let your imagination go wild and see where the music takes you.

Have at it Darlings!

#write-it-motherfuckers #writing prompt #writing prompts #writing #prompt #story prompt #story prompts #story #prompts #story time motherfucker #song of the day #Found this one in my queue and I'm pretty sure it was requested at some point but I cannot for the life of me find anything connected to it #either way I'm trying to clean out the queue a little and figured I should just post it #sorry to whoever requested it way back when. Probably back when I first started having askbox problems a few years ago #it's been so long that I've honestly kind of forgotten how I posted requests originally #my apologies Darling ones

[breezypunk]

Random moments between Vaughn & Goro that make them fall in love with each other a little more 5/? Shippy Saturday edition.

-

Vaughn: Look at you, I knew it. You hear meows and you melt.

Goro: It wasn't the meows that called me in here, V. It was you talking to him like he is a baby.

Vaughn: He is a baby.. Anyway I thought you said you weren't tired, you look about ready to pass out.

Goro: I just wanted the company of my two favorite boys, V. Such a crime?

Vaughn: No. Do you want me to talk to you like a baby too? Would that help you fall asleep? You need the rest.

...

Vaughn: Gor- 5 seconds.. It took 5 seconds for you to start snoring. Fuck sake..

#cyberpunk 2077 #shippy saturday #oc: vaughn leblanc #goro takemura #takemura x v #otp: golden hues #male v #vaughn & goro's cat: loki #my screenshots #queue mean the world to me #- #trying to find some energy to do photostories again #but my laptop is garbo lmao #so for now small little stories are my thing <3 #and this random moments series gives me life so here are some bbs

[evakant]

they finally added a pause button for the queue????

#oh life's worth living again #i was going to bed but i'll test it by pausing the regularly scheduled 1am queue posting #and we'll find out if it works tomorrow morning #fra.txt

[tarmac-rat]

TFW you're two weeks removed from leaving your entire life behind and moving to Night City but you're restless and anxious and can't sleep so you sneak out in the dead of night and do something reckless and the only person you know who can fix you up is that old doctor guy your new friend took you to see in a basement last week for back alley chrome and fighting tips.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

(insp.)

#Cyberpunk 2077 #CB2077 #V #My V #Riley Aldana #Viktor Vector #I've been nursing a story of sorts that I'm debating penning out but my writing drive is so fickle these days #Riley-- two weeks moved into Night City and not coping well-- sneaks out of the Welles house and stumbles across a Tino fight #(AKA the same spot you fight Cesar) #and fights a younger Cesar 18 months before BotB but gets her ass kicked and run out #So at like 3 in the morning she goes to Vik's with a broken wrist like 'can you please help me?' and he can't turn her down #So they get coffee at Toms and talk about shit after her sets her wrist #Riley-- a nomad who as never once had a dad in the picture-- takes his words to heart #IDK I find Riley and Vik would get along very well due to their similar no-nonsense approach to life and I one day want to explore that #emphasis on one day #But enough of me rambling this post'll get reblogged and then it's just another shitpost so enjoy a laugh I hope #Maybe one day in the future this'll be a fic worth reading #Aldi speaks #Been Good to Queue Ya

[sylvies-kablooie]

very sad when you go to look at a tag for a topic you enjoy and most of the posts are things you posted yourself... we need more biodiversity in this ecosystem!!!

#this is about the sylki tag #i definitely wouldn't say MOST of the posts there are mine but a decent number are. just go along w it for the post. #i have so much work to do and i'm so tired so i was hoping to dig up someone else's thoughts on my faves #need to sustain the brainrot even when life calls yk? #maybe i'll find a way to sort posts in a tag from oldest to newest #get that sweet sweet 2021 content back in the loop #i mean i have 250+ things in the queue that are just that BUT i have seen those things already!!!!

[stuff-for-your-scroll]

So what I do is I read books that came out this year exclusively in print and I read decades-old classic literature in my emails.

Mainly I do this in order to defy god’s will.

#reading #reading life #dracula daily #whale weekly #jekyll and hyde weekly #votn #voyage of the nautilus #meanwhile my library queue is all books that came out in 2022 #and despite all the emails I refuse to become an e-reader #I can only read on screen for small chunks #idk I just find the juxtaposition funny #old methods for new books and new methods for old books #mix and match #defy god’s will