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Cake day: September 6th, 2023

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  • People think that as long as you’re buying native milkweed in Florida, you’re solving this OE problem," he said. "It’s an assumption or an extrapolation of some evidence from other places in the country, anywhere else in the country, native milkweed is the answer. Native milkweed will die back in the winter. All of the OE spores that were on those plants then disappear, and then the plant comes back in the spring, fresh from the ground (with) new leaves.

    Doesn’t seem to be an issue in places where the milkweed dies every winter. It’s a problem in Florida due to their climate, and especially with non-native tropical species of milkweed that have a longer lifespan.