Poppies from Seed

[Rich McKinney]

All,

Has anyone tried to sprout poppies using the poppy seeds from the grocery
store?

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[Ignoramus32087]

In article >, Rich McKinney wrote:
> All,
>
> Has anyone tried to sprout poppies using the poppy seeds from the grocery
> store?
>

I did, it works. Maybe not with all batches, but it worked for me. I
tried it last week and planted a whole lot of poppies in the backyard.

i

[agnatha3141]

i think that they are called breadseed poppies
http://plantsdatabase.com/go/238/
all kinds of poppyseeds will germinate easily, but as i recently found out, will not grow very big or very fast in zones 7 and above. i dont know if this helps.

[Rich McKinney]

Thanks, That was quick....

[Ignoramus32087]

In article >, agnatha3141 wrote:
> i think that they are called breadseed poppies
> http://plantsdatabase.com/go/238/
> all kinds of poppyseeds will germinate easily, but as i recently found
> out, will not grow very big or very fast in zones 7 and above. i dont
> know if this helps.

Well, this is simply an experiment, I am in zone 5.

i

[gregpresley]

I have grown poppies using store seeds. They are the usual opium poppy
foliage - the flowers were single, sort of a pinkish lavendar - pretty,
although not my favorite color in a poppy. In my opinion, the peony flowered
doubles - either in pink or red - are the best looking opium poppy
varieties. I think the shirley poppies, especially the ones with painted
rims, are generally more attractive, although the gray-green opium poppy
foliage is beautiful until after the flowers bloom - when it goes tan and
gets ugly pretty quickly.
"Rich McKinney" > wrote in message
om...
> All,
>
> Has anyone tried to sprout poppies using the poppy seeds from the grocery
> store?
>
> --
> Rich McKinney
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[Ignoramus29346]

In article >, gregpresley wrote:
> I have grown poppies using store seeds. They are the usual opium poppy
> foliage - the flowers were single, sort of a pinkish lavendar - pretty,

Um, are these opium poppies legal to plant?

I planted them in an area where we removed a few trees and planted
four new fruit trees as a new orchard. Because the new trees are very
small, that area has a lot of unnused land. Icould not think of
anything easier than just spreading store poppy seeds on the ground
and raking it a bit. Hopefully, we could harvest some poppy seeds
later, if not, I would simply have wasted 50 grams of store bought
seeds.

i

> although not my favorite color in a poppy. In my opinion, the peony flowered
> doubles - either in pink or red - are the best looking opium poppy
> varieties. I think the shirley poppies, especially the ones with painted
> rims, are generally more attractive, although the gray-green opium poppy
> foliage is beautiful until after the flowers bloom - when it goes tan and
> gets ugly pretty quickly.
> "Rich McKinney" > wrote in message
> om...
>> All,
>>
>> Has anyone tried to sprout poppies using the poppy seeds from the grocery
>> store?
>>
>
>

[Rich McKinney]

I am in Zone 7b (Southern NC). My wife wants to try it anyway.

[gregpresley]

They are legal to plant as long as you're not planning to harvest the pods
for opium. However, it's too late in the year to plant them now. They, like
all other annual poppies, need to be started while the weather is still
cold - earliest spring in the north (like late February to late March) , and
fall in warmer zones. Some believe that frost helps to break the seed
coat - and in any case, the roots need to develop long before hot weather
strikes.
"Ignoramus29346" > wrote in message
...
> In article >, gregpresley wrote:
> > I have grown poppies using store seeds. They are the usual opium poppy
> > foliage - the flowers were single, sort of a pinkish lavendar - pretty,
>
> Um, are these opium poppies legal to plant?
>
> I planted them in an area where we removed a few trees and planted
> four new fruit trees as a new orchard. Because the new trees are very
> small, that area has a lot of unnused land. Icould not think of
> anything easier than just spreading store poppy seeds on the ground
> and raking it a bit. Hopefully, we could harvest some poppy seeds
> later, if not, I would simply have wasted 50 grams of store bought
> seeds.
>
> i
>
> > although not my favorite color in a poppy. In my opinion, the peony
flowered
> > doubles - either in pink or red - are the best looking opium poppy
> > varieties. I think the shirley poppies, especially the ones with
painted
> > rims, are generally more attractive, although the gray-green opium poppy
> > foliage is beautiful until after the flowers bloom - when it goes tan
and
> > gets ugly pretty quickly.
> > "Rich McKinney" > wrote in message
> > om...
> >> All,
> >>
> >> Has anyone tried to sprout poppies using the poppy seeds from the
grocery
> >> store?
> >>
> >
> >

[Frogleg]

On Sat, 22 May 2004 01:13:12 -0700, "gregpresley"
> wrote:

>it's too late in the year to plant them now. They, like
>all other annual poppies, need to be started while the weather is still
>cold - earliest spring in the north (like late February to late March) , and
>fall in warmer zones. Some believe that frost helps to break the seed
>coat - and in any case, the roots need to develop long before hot weather
>strikes.

I direct seeded at the end of April here (zone 7b) in a plot in full
sun, and had blooms well before season's end. I don't know how many
successful plant for the number of seeds sown, but quite a few. It may
be ideal to start them earlier in spring, or way earlier, in the
previous fall, but they seemed to do OK.