Poppies from Seed

[Rich McKinney]

All,

Has anyone tried to sprout poppies using the poppy seeds from the grocery store?

[Ignoramus32087]

I did, it works. Maybe not with all batches, but it worked for me. I tried it last week and planted a whole lot of poppies in the backyard.

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[Rich McKinney]

Thanks, That was quick....

[agnatha3141]

i think that they are called breadseed poppies

kinds of poppyseeds will germinate easily, but as i recently foun out, will not grow very big or very fast in zones 7 and above. i don know if this helps

- agnatha314

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[Ignoramus32087]

Well, this is simply an experiment, I am in zone 5.

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[gregpresley]

[Ignoramus29346]

Um, are these opium poppies legal to plant?

I planted them in an area where we removed a few trees and planted four new fruit trees as a new orchard. Because the new trees are very small, that area has a lot of unnused land. Icould not think of anything easier than just spreading store poppy seeds on the ground and raking it a bit. Hopefully, we could harvest some poppy seeds later, if not, I would simply have wasted 50 grams of store bought seeds.

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[Rich McKinney]

I am in Zone 7b (Southern NC). My wife wants to try it anyway.

[gregpresley]

[Frogleg]

I direct seeded at the end of April here (zone 7b) in a plot in full sun, and had blooms well before season's end. I don't know how many successful plant for the number of seeds sown, but quite a few. It may be ideal to start them earlier in spring, or way earlier, in the previous fall, but they seemed to do OK.