Poppies!

[Dwg]

Poppies! (Gigantaeum - Tazmanian)


Here they are at 2~ weeks old.

[Dwg]

@ near end of Veg stage

[Dwg]

Flowers!

[Dwg]

They make such for wonderful pictures!

*Note: I did not post this thread in the grow journal section due to this isnt what i'd consider a journal, but rather just a small collaboration of information i've gathered from this year's plants.



Growing Conditions:

Started out as spreading seeds in early Spring (NOT winter!)
Spread seeds upon a freshly tilled bed, then packed the soil down by walking over it.

Miracle Grow potting soil was arranged upon the base of the plants. (BE CAREFUL doing this, I had some wood chips mixed in my soil, and wood + poppy = instant browning-off disease. Dont ask me why, but every poppy that came in contact with wood of any sort (sticks, branches on the ground) died the following day.)

They were given a generous amount of 10-30-10 fertilizer (Rose Fertilizer) ONCE; the day before flowering stage began. I then switched to a more modest 15-20-15. I figured if i resumed using 10-30-10 it would eventually burn them all up. I am experiencing 0 fertilizer burn on any plants and they are all very healthy.


Upon flowering stage, the buds swell very large and become too heavy for the stems, I helped them out by staking them, although they probably would have corrected themselves in the long-run. I am continuing to stake these poppies as they bloom.
The surrounding plants are clover. I chose clover because it is easy for me to trim, and keeps other "big" weeds out of the flower bed. Next year I will attempt using some mulch (very cautiously though.)

The plants behind the poppies are Marigolds, developing sunflowers, and a small blackberry bush.

Any comments, questions, or suggestions are welcome.

[some dude]

Don't see that every day here. It's the sap in the flowers your after correct?

[stickynugs]

COCAINEEEEEEE

hahaha. its weird to see a cocaine opperatin on a marijuana growing website.

but whatevers clever. nice poppys. share the wealth lol

[some dude]

Originally Posted by stickynugs

COCAINEEEEEEE

hahaha. its weird to see a cocaine opperatin on a marijuana growing website.

but whatevers clever. nice poppys. share the wealth lol

Opium actually.

[Flawles]

Originally Posted by some dude

Don't see that every day here. It's the sap in the flowers your after correct?

The flowers actually fall off and the pod(seed pod)enlarges, then the latex(alkaloids) are collected from the pod by scoring/cutting it and letting the goods ooze out

[McBLUNT]

Originally Posted by stickynugs

COCAINEEEEEEE

hahaha. its weird to see a cocaine opperatin on a marijuana growing website.

but whatevers clever. nice poppys. share the wealth lol

really??? dont mean to sound mean but come on...

anyway is this youre first grow? if not how much you expecting per plant? never smoked opium but wounldnt mind growing it for $$.

[notbakedenough]

Originally Posted by stickynugs

COCAINEEEEEEE

hahaha. its weird to see a cocaine opperatin on a marijuana growing website.

but whatevers clever. nice poppys. share the wealth lol

lmfao wow....

[pomangro]

Nice poppy patch.
Post some pics of the resin you collect please.
Great stuff

[stickynugs]

oh yea opium lol i got the two mixed.
good shit though post the finished product if you get a chance. new shit is good to see

[Dwg]

Originally Posted by McBLUNT

how much you expecting per plant?

Per plant? I suppose it would be around 5-7 good bowl packs of pure opium, depending on a few things:
how many times i decide to slice them, they can cut more than once, waiting a few days in between each collection.

-More can further be obtained by drying the entire plant (similar to the way we do with marijuana) and then creating a tea using the foliage/dried pods/extra trimmings.

Another thing would be pod size, which varies greatly from plant to plant, and from variety to variety. For example, the "Gigantaeum" Pods have the potential to swell to the size of a small orange, these I suspect will yield the most out of all.

More pictures will come once they are harvested. They still have a few days left before I begin my first collection.

Thanks everyone for your kind words.

[cantharis]

Botanically, what species are they??

[home-grown]

Originally Posted by cantharis

Botanically, what species are they??

Papaver somniferum.


Pod tea is great. Just don't drink it too often

Dwg, what's your climate? Earlier this spring I tried some seeds I had saved up and got nothin'.