Jim Carter writes:
(Cdonahey41) writes:
I bought some white poppy seeds for cooking and plan to plant some. What kind
of plant, flower can I expect? Do I plant them in the early spring like other
poppy seeds?

Any poppy seeds sold here (Australia) would have been heat treated
first so that they will not germinate. Just imagine if they weren't!

Eden Seeds in Australia lists two different types as well as a mix of poppy
seeds that they sell.

http://edenseeds.com.au/content/seed...ion=3&letter=P

Well, yes, they do sell *some* poppy seeds, but I don't know that I'd
recommend they be used in cooking!

AFAIK the only poppy seeds used in cooking are those of the opium poppy.
There are large plantations of opium poppies cultivated in Tasmania under
tight security (much tighter than that in Afghanistan), with the opium
itself sold for medicinal processing and the seeds heat treated then
marketed for culinary uses. The seeds are heat treated to prevent them
germinating if someone decides to try planting them in the home garden.
These seeds are usually black. Perhaps the white ones the OP mentions are
a different variety from the common one? A search on google brought up:

! Persian White Opium Poppy
!
! Pure white blooms of a Persian heirloom. Light colored seeds.
!
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John Savage (newsgroup email invalid; keep news replies in newsgroup)