Common Milkweed: [ Ссылка ] The Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) is probably best known as one of the host plants for the Monarch Butterfly caterpillar. It makes a great addition to the garden, but can be rather aggressive.
These seeds were collected from the milkweed plants in my garden in late winter, so they were cold-treated by nature. The video is taken over 15 days. Seeds were first planted and watered seven days prior to that.
The seedlings became rather "leggy" due to the artificial light. They are now in a south-facing window and are doing great. They will be given away to friends since I have plenty in the backyard already. Now I'm trying to start some Butterfly Milkweed seeds, for planting in my yard.
I took the photos that make up this video in my basement. I'm still working out the bugs of this set up. I learned a lot from this first "studio" attempt. The video has some odd pauses in it, this must be from the way YouTube processed it.
Technical stuff:
Camera - Sony a580 dslr
Lens -- "kit" Sony 18-55mm
Timer - Vello shutter boss
Photos edited in Adobe Lightroom 5
Video produced in Sony Movie Studio Platinum 13
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