On Sat, 2 Jul 2011 23:07:58 +0000, kay
wrote:


'Pete C[_3_ Wrote:
;928901']I have a couple of seed heads from a poppy growing wild on a
vacant plot
near mine. Can I grow poppys from this, if so, how?
Thanks
Pete C
SE London

Poppies like to be free of competition and are triggered by light - ie
they stay buried in the soil for years, but when light reaches them it
means the soil has been churned up, so they have a chance to grow while
they're not in competition with other plants. That's why they grow so
well wherever soil has been turned over, like roadworks, and why they
used to be a cornfield weed, not a plant of the hay meadows.

So from your point of view, just scatter them on to bare soil and don't
cover them.


Now or later in the year?

We've got some seeds from OH's mums poppies - they're californian ones
(mostly yellow for some reason the other colours didn't do as well)

The tiny seed shakers are so cute!
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