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Any advice please on when I should sow poppy seeds,what type of soil do they
prefer?

Fenton O'Shea


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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

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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.''
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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!


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you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
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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
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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!

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
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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/ :~))

What an interesting URL. It will need reading at leisure.

Franz

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"JennyC" wrote in message
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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


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 :-)
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