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Any advice please on when I should sow poppy seeds,what type of soil do they
prefer? Fenton O'Shea --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.516 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 01/09/2003 |
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On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 13:02:51 -0000, Fenton@O'Shea wrote:
Any advice please on when I should sow poppy seeds,what type of soil do they prefer? Afghanistan soil HTH -- ®óñ© © ²°°³ |
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Fenton@O'Shea wrote in message ... Any advice please on when I should sow poppy seeds,what type of soil do they prefer? Fenton O'Shea Poppies should be planted where you want them to grow in the spring. They are not fussy about soil type and proably do better on poor soil than rich :~) More info at: http://hortparadise.unl.edu/newsrele...ws/poppyII.htm Jenny |
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On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 16:59:52 +0100, "JennyC" wrote:
Fenton@O'Shea wrote in message ... Any advice please on when I should sow poppy seeds,what type of soil do they prefer? Fenton O'Shea Poppies should be planted where you want them to grow in the spring. They are not fussy about soil type and proably do better on poor soil than rich :~) More info at: http://hortparadise.unl.edu/newsrele...ws/poppyII.htm Talking of maanzaad, the local warmbakker has been adding hennep to his brood http://www.leidschdagblad.nl/Index Oegstgeester bakker bakt hennepbrood OEGSTGEEST - 'Gewaagd', noemt bakker Leonard Mark zijn nieuwste broodsoort. Sinds een week bakt hij hennepbrood. Afgelopen zaterdag gingen daarvan 80 stuks over de toonbank bij bakkerij Hugo de Groot in Oegstgeest. Vooral oudere klanten gaan voor het sneetje hennep met kaas. ,,Maar ik heb ze nog niet voor acht uur 's morgens op de deurmat zien liggen omdat ze in een paar dagen verslaafd zijn geraakt. Dat zou helemaal een stunt zijn.'' -- Martin |
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"Ron Clark" wrote in message ... On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 13:02:51 -0000, Fenton@O'Shea wrote: Any advice please on when I should sow poppy seeds,what type of soil do they prefer? I have always wondered what it is that makes one particular species of poppy produce that very expensive resin. Has anybody experimented with any of the common or garden species/varieties to find out if they might actually be worth their weight in gold? Franz |
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On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 17:02:12 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann"
wrote: ~ ~"Ron Clark" wrote in message .. . ~ On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 13:02:51 -0000, Fenton@O'Shea wrote: ~ ~ Any advice please on when I should sow poppy seeds,what type of soil do ~they ~ prefer? ~ ~I have always wondered what it is that makes one particular species of poppy ~produce that very expensive resin. Has anybody experimented with any of the ~common or garden species/varieties to find out if they might actually be ~worth their weight in gold? ~ ~Franz ~ ~ I think it's temperature dependent. I read somewhere earlier this summer that normal British temperatures aren't hot enough for poppies to produce anything dangerous. Might even have been on here!! Don't know if this is correct, but I'd be fascinated to find out. I passed thousands on the southbound M1 verge near Northampton in early summer. Very pretty they were! -- jane Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist but you have ceased to live. Mark Twain Please remove onmaps from replies, thanks! |
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In article , Franz Heymann
writes "Ron Clark" wrote in message .. . On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 13:02:51 -0000, Fenton@O'Shea wrote: Any advice please on when I should sow poppy seeds,what type of soil do they prefer? I have always wondered what it is that makes one particular species of poppy produce that very expensive resin. Has anybody experimented with any of the common or garden species/varieties to find out if they might actually be worth their weight in gold? P nudicaule 'contains some opium ...used locally to relieve pain' (Usher: A Dictionary of plants used by man) I imagine some of the others do too, but maybe in lesser amounts/not so easily extractable? But there again - why do we drink Camellia sinensis, but not C japonica or C drupifera? -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm |
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"jane" wrote in message ... On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 17:02:12 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann" wrote: ~ ~"Ron Clark" wrote in message .. . ~ On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 13:02:51 -0000, Fenton@O'Shea wrote: ~ ~ Any advice please on when I should sow poppy seeds,what type of soil do ~they ~ prefer? ~ ~I have always wondered what it is that makes one particular species of poppy ~produce that very expensive resin. Has anybody experimented with any of the ~common or garden species/varieties to find out if they might actually be ~worth their weight in gold? ~ ~Franz ~ ~ I think it's temperature dependent. I read somewhere earlier this summer that normal British temperatures aren't hot enough for poppies to produce anything dangerous. Might even have been on here!! Don't know if this is correct, but I'd be fascinated to find out. I passed thousands on the southbound M1 verge near Northampton in early summer. Very pretty they were! Yes. And think of the vast amounts of wealth which is probably going to waste in the Vale of York. Franz |
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"Kay Easton" wrote in message ... In article , Franz Heymann writes "Ron Clark" wrote in message .. . On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 13:02:51 -0000, Fenton@O'Shea wrote: Any advice please on when I should sow poppy seeds,what type of soil do they prefer? I have always wondered what it is that makes one particular species of poppy produce that very expensive resin. Has anybody experimented with any of the common or garden species/varieties to find out if they might actually be worth their weight in gold? P nudicaule 'contains some opium ...used locally to relieve pain' (Usher: A Dictionary of plants used by man) I imagine some of the others do too, but maybe in lesser amounts/not so easily extractable? But there again - why do we drink Camellia sinensis, but not C japonica or C drupifera? If, as you say, P. nudicaule contains some opium, which of us is boing to have a look to see if it is there in commercially viable quantities? Franz |
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"Franz Heymann" wrote On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 13:02:51 -0000, Fenton@O'Shea wrote: Any advice please on when I should sow poppy seeds,what type of soil do they prefer? If, as you say, P. nudicaule contains some opium, which of us is boing to have a look to see if it is there in commercially viable quantities? Franz http://www.opiates.net/ :~)) Jenny |
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"Franz Heymann" wrote in message ...
snip I have always wondered what it is that makes one particular species of poppy produce that very expensive resin. Has anybody experimented with any of the common or garden species/varieties to find out if they might actually be worth their weight in gold? P nudicaule 'contains some opium ...used locally to relieve pain' (Usher: A Dictionary of plants used by man) I imagine some of the others do too, but maybe in lesser amounts/not so easily extractable? But there again - why do we drink Camellia sinensis, but not C japonica or C drupifera? If, as you say, P. nudicaule contains some opium, which of us is boing to have a look to see if it is there in commercially viable quantities? Franz Some 25 yrs ago I new a bunch of people who would regularily collect the seed heads, put them into a teapot and pour boiling water over them. They would drink the resulting concoction and get extremly stoned and then sleep for a long time. They kept on doing it so I presume it was enjoyable enough. As to whether it could be commercially viable, I would think that the cost of paying people even a minimum wage in this country to cut the seed heads and then collect the dried resin would make it unlikly you could compete with pay rates in Afganistan. Unless of course you could mechanise it in which case Franz, you could become the Opium drug lord of Yorkshire !-) |
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"Mark Fawcett" wrote in message om... "Franz Heymann" wrote in message ... snip I have always wondered what it is that makes one particular species of poppy produce that very expensive resin. Has anybody experimented with any of the common or garden species/varieties to find out if they might actually be worth their weight in gold? P nudicaule 'contains some opium ...used locally to relieve pain' (Usher: A Dictionary of plants used by man) I imagine some of the others do too, but maybe in lesser amounts/not so easily extractable? But there again - why do we drink Camellia sinensis, but not C japonica or C drupifera? If, as you say, P. nudicaule contains some opium, which of us is boing to have a look to see if it is there in commercially viable quantities? Franz Some 25 yrs ago I new a bunch of people who would regularily collect the seed heads, put them into a teapot and pour boiling water over them. They would drink the resulting concoction and get extremly stoned and then sleep for a long time. They kept on doing it so I presume it was enjoyable enough. As to whether it could be commercially viable, I would think that the cost of paying people even a minimum wage in this country to cut the seed heads and then collect the dried resin would make it unlikly you could compete with pay rates in Afganistan. My understanding of the trade is that the poppy farmers get very little and that the price is hoiked by the various middlemen through which the product goes. Unless of course you could mechanise it in which case Franz, you could become the Opium drug lord of Yorkshire !-) Franz |
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"JennyC" wrote in message ... "Franz Heymann" wrote On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 13:02:51 -0000, Fenton@O'Shea wrote: Any advice please on when I should sow poppy seeds,what type of soil do they prefer? If, as you say, P. nudicaule contains some opium, which of us is boing to have a look to see if it is there in commercially viable quantities? Franz http://www.opiates.net/ :~)) What an interesting URL. It will need reading at leisure. Franz |
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"JennyC" wrote in message
... Fenton@O'Shea wrote in message ... Any advice please on when I should sow poppy seeds,what type of soil do they prefer? Fenton O'Shea Poppies should be planted where you want them to grow in the spring. They are not fussy about soil type and proably do better on poor soil than rich :~) More info at: http://hortparadise.unl.edu/newsrele...ws/poppyII.htm Jenny Sow them now as well, since they tend to do better after a couple of frosts, or at least after a period of cold weather. Let's face it now is when the plants would sow them ! Duncan |
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On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 07:42:46 +0100, "JennyC" wrote:
"Franz Heymann" wrote On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 13:02:51 -0000, Fenton@O'Shea wrote: Any advice please on when I should sow poppy seeds,what type of soil do they prefer? If, as you say, P. nudicaule contains some opium, which of us is boing to have a look to see if it is there in commercially viable quantities? Franz http://www.opiates.net/ :~)) BOING! next question :-) -- Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad |
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