Free poppy seeds for SASE...
http://www.sirinet.net/~hs/poppy.htm

What color?

Dwayne

"Happy Shopper" wrote in message
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Free poppy seeds for SASE...
http://www.sirinet.net/~hs/poppy.htm

Will they grow in partial sun, zone 9a? Glad to send you some ginger and canna
seeds along with the SASE.
zemedelec

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

Will they grow in partial sun, zone 9a? Glad to send you some ginger and canna
seeds along with the SASE.

Check the web reference. It is somewhat unclear about the distinction
between "free" and "1000 for $10."

http://www.sirinet.net/~hs/poppy.htm

If anyone knows of a poppy with a 4" seed pod, I'd like to hear about
it.

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

Ginger seeds? Say what?

Check the web reference. It is somewhat unclear about the distinction
between "free" and "1000 for $10."
BRBR

Not at all. According to the Website, if you send a SASE you get 50 free
seeds, if you want to buy in bulk (1,000 seeds) it's $10.
zemedelec

In article , Frogleg
wrote:

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

[...]

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.

Thanks,
Jan

50 free poppy seeds...hmmm - these are like grains of sand - you could
easily fit 50 on a finger nail and still have a ton of space left over. I
saved a few hundred pods when I cut my poppies down in late July - who knew
I was sitting on a gold mine?
"Zemedelec" wrote in message
...
Check the web reference. It is somewhat unclear about the distinction
between "free" and "1000 for $10."
BRBR

Not at all. According to the Website, if you send a SASE you get 50 free
seeds, if you want to buy in bulk (1,000 seeds) it's $10.
zemedelec

Ginger seeds? Say what?
BRBR

Costus specialis or something like that, plus some yellow and some peach
hedychium. The latter were a swap with an acquaintace across Lake Ponchetrain;
so far they haven't made any sort of appearance, but they may be biding their
time and morphing into bulbs. If you live in an area that can support hardy
tropicals (like SE Louisiana, where I live in New Orleans) send a SASE yourself
and I'll send a few seeds. You never can tell 100% what will grow where until
you push the limits.
zemedelec

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:

[...]

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!

In article , Frogleg
wrote:

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:

[...]

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!

If I can manage to save some seed from those plants, would you like some?
I bought a couple of plants from the nursery this spring. The owner said,
"You'll love them. Give 'em a try." She was right -- they just keep cranking
out the blooms and they're gorgeous!

Thanks for the hints, Frogleg : )

Jan

On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 14:51:28 -0800, (Jan Flora)
wrote:

In article , Frogleg
wrote:

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.

If I can manage to save some seed from those plants, would you like some?
I bought a couple of plants from the nursery this spring. The owner said,
"You'll love them. Give 'em a try." She was right -- they just keep cranking
out the blooms and they're gorgeous!

Unfortunately I no longer have any sunny spots to plant in. Thank you
for your kind (and tempting) offer. Maybe if Isabel comes through here
and knocks down all the trees..? Would love to see pictures,
however.

I've seen some gorgeous Ps's growing in Half Moon Bay in northern California,
half a mile, if that, from the ocean--red doubles. They were in full sun as I
remember, but HMB is a pretty foggy place so unobstructed sun must not have
been something you could count on,
zemedelec