Since we grow milk weed we have the pleasure of watching the pods develope. The will start about the size of a peanut and then grow to maturity. You want them just be fore mature.



As I said we grow them in all the vacant fields around us and in ditch banks. The monarchs only use the leaves not the pods for food. The honey bees just love the nectar from the flowers too.
the Monarchs also love swamp milkweed.
Here are some larva stage on our swamp milk weed.















Takes some gall to chastise some one for posting a recipe when they spray a herbicide.

Any one want to buy some seed, and get a little education?
http://www.livemonarch.com/free-milkweed-seeds.htm

Al