On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 11:14:21 -0800, (Jan Flora)
wrote:

In article , Frogleg
wrote:

On 07 Sep 2003 02:14:50 GMT, pamfree (Zemedelec)
wrote:

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I've grown Papaver somniferum, or breadseed poppy. They're pretty much
full-sun plants.


Hey Frogleg, I've got some somniferums growing right now (Red Bombast)
and want to save some seed, but still want the plants to keep blooming.
Do you let a couple of pods dry on the plant or what? I can't find anything
on the web about it.

Just leave the seedpod on the plant until it's dry. As I recall (it's
been a while) the top of the pod eventually developed little holes and
some seeds could be shaken out of the pod, so you need to 'harvest'
before a stiff wind knocks the seeds all over the place. There are
zippdy-zillion seeds in each pod. If you let a half-dozen pods mature
fully, you'll have seed for years and years. These are also, as the
alternate name indicates, the poppy seeds used in baking. Good luck
with them. Mine were an anaemic lavender -- Red Bombast sounds super!