My Papaver

Here is a thread backing up Mccormick's Papaver Somniferum L.http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/8868545/fpart/1/vc/1

Got some good stuff in there.

The seeds are so resiliant you can buy them at wally world, boil em to make a tea, then just throw em on you compost pile and if the don't get too hot or dry out.. You'll be rollin in the good stuff

No Problem Brother

One Human Family

Hey great to see a thread on pap som. I myself have been growing for 3 years. Poppies like cool weather. Here is how I germinate them. I get 1 3/4 inch or 2 inch jiffy strips. 1 3/4" - 72 per flat, or 2" - 50 flat. Fill with potting soil, get the soil completely wet, then sprinkle seeds on, put just a skim of dirt over, and water lightly. Poppies need light to germ. Put in a spot that will get around 35 deg F during the night and 50 deg F during the day. When you see them starting to grow, move them outside, do not take out of peat pots, poppies hate to be transplanted. Plant them around 18 inches apart. When they become a little older thin each jiffy pot down to one strong plant. Poppies thrive well in poorly fertlile ground. So no fertlizer. Also they prefer to be on the dry side. When young they need to be kept moist, as they get older stay away with the water, unless they are showing stress. I get my seeds from Izmir spice and oil. Check out the Afghanistan strain. It takes alot of poppies to make anything. Grow happy and have fun.
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does anyone smell bacon??

i guess so, i keep having all of these people asking for my address. gets me a bit jjumpy. i will chill out

address.....thats kinda odd? Whats their reason for needing it?

they want to help me get started with my grow by sending me some decent beans.
but none of them are long time members or anything..
if i don't get the beans i will let you guys know who's who.

yeah man, i steer clear of newcomers asking for things man.

so my papavers never came back and actually got overrun by spider mites....just went in one day and they were covered in cob webs....they didn't get on my girls though....lcuky break....to I trashed em and gunna start again...this time im gunna document it so here we go;

this is the pod



here are the seeds



and this is the start of a new beginning



still looking for any info from someone who has done this successfully inside.....many say its' not possible and they have to eventually go out??

So here in the two pics, we some some wiggly worms coming outa the seeds in the one pot and some sprouts already sprung in the second!

Here's an update....as you can see i got some sprouts now!

4 days to germ, 11 days to get to this point!

Ive got some started outside. Cant have any going inside as I only have a veg chamber which i keep on 16/8 with a 250w 65k. To my understanding they still need red light for flowering (alot of it). Im also under the impression, if you plant them out in autum, rather than spring, they should flower in summer, as the winter season gives them that growth they need rather than planting in spring and waiting a year...

I C...thanks man, been trying to clear that up for a while now.....so I guess no real way to get a harvest indoors eh?

its all ways worth a try, there must be a poppy forum somewhere, ive seen articles on growing them hydro so im sure it can be done, probably just need equiptment dedicated to the cause

i joined a poppy forum but found it really hard to navigate and their not as open as pot growers imho...

can we see the sprouts? I'm having a hard time identifying mine.

hey many sorry for the late reply, I gotta get some new shots, there are a couple above, but basically they look like two elongated leaves with a little circular leaf in the center.....don't have a cam at the moment so I will post up some pics for ya tomorrow!

Cheers!

OldGrowth420 said:

can we see the sprouts? I'm having a hard time identifying mine.

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have you still got them going? if so how are they getting along?

so about how many pods does it take to get a nice gram of O? or how many for an ounce that would be sweet. that pod you are using seeds from looks very small. i have ordered pods off the internet that are the size of base balls. i wish i still had some of them seeds. lol. wouldnt you get bigger plants with bigger pods if you took seeds from one of those gigantum pods instead of the tiny one your using? or was it just premature?

lazaah said:

have you still got them going? if so how are they getting along?

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pretty good, i'll try to get some pics up tonight....

sk8disgruntled said:

so about how many pods does it take to get a nice gram of O? or how many for an ounce that would be sweet. that pod you are using seeds from looks very small. i have ordered pods off the internet that are the size of base balls. i wish i still had some of them seeds. lol. wouldnt you get bigger plants with bigger pods if you took seeds from one of those gigantum pods instead of the tiny one your using? or was it just premature?

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To be honest....no idea....this is the first time im trying to grow it, the first time.....i had troubles after the sprout phase, the second time they got really big and then overtaken by spider mites, like crazy, in the matter of a day or two, ....so im trying again.....as for the pod size this was a mature plant as far as I know...there are different variations in the strain I belive and I'm sure a smaller pod can harvest a seed that will grow into a larger one....but either way.....i'll find out soon enough.....hopefully!