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Olive
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Late Poppies
#597195 - 11/16/11 04:06 PM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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Received some poppy seeds from a mate late this season Germinated them in a pot then transplanted them to a garden bed Have been feeding them heaps of organic liquid fertiliser to try and get them big enough before it's to hot Its been a late and wet spring here which has been good for them
They have raced to flower as the weather is getting warmer There are lots of flower heads and I'm very happy with them
Their in the same bed as some radishes and basil
I have noticed since they have begun going to flower that there seem to be two varieties, a grey leaf and green/grey leaf, they grey leaf are going to flower first. I consulted the bloke who gave me the seeds, he says that he gave 2 types, Purple and white
Not long now till I find out for sure
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Re: Late Poppies [Re: Olive]
#597211 - 11/16/11 06:07 PM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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look healthy
poppies are so much fun to watch grow
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Olive
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Re: Late Poppies [Re: P-O]
#597594 - 11/19/11 07:33 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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The first flowers are open
Im so for them
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Re: Late Poppies [Re: Olive]
#597630 - 11/19/11 11:05 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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nice poppies , cant wait to see harvest shots
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Re: Late Poppies [Re: Scraps]
#597936 - 11/22/11 02:28 AM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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I grew mine in huge flower pots.
I loved watching them grow everday
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Olive
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Re: Late Poppies [Re: P-O]
#597959 - 11/22/11 05:19 AM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
PositiveOutlook said:
I loved watching them grow everday
They grow so quickly I'm loving them with lots of water and food
More flowers are opening everyday
There's another type thats growing amongst the pinks They have larger flower heads and should be open in a day or 2 Some have 3 and 4 flower heads per plant
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Re: Late Poppies [Re: Olive]
#597977 - 11/22/11 06:53 AM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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I thought they hated being transplanted?
What soil did you use and how did you sow them? Did you just sprinkle them on top of the soil or did you poke them into the soil a bit?
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Re: Late Poppies [Re: shanker]
#597980 - 11/22/11 07:15 AM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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Sowed the seeds in a large pot when they were about 2-3 cm I transplanted them into the garden bed divided a few and left the rest in clumps of 3 and 4 seedlings dug in some compost and a few bags of potting mix before transplanting -regular applications of organic liquid fertiliser has done them good
The transplanting did slow their growth for a few weeks
Ideally sowing the seed strait to the garden bed would be preferable
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Re: Late Poppies [Re: Olive]
#598461 - 11/25/11 05:32 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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The larger form has opened Turns out their large pink ones
These pics are of the 2 types together, mauve and pink
Lots more buds and the pods are fattening nicely
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Re: Late Poppies [Re: Olive]
#598610 - 11/26/11 07:49 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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They're sure real purdy like. What are you going to do with the seeds?
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Re: Late Poppies [Re: shanker]
#598668 - 11/27/11 02:29 AM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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shanker said: They're sure real purdy like. What are you going to do with the seeds?
Save some to plant next season
Trade the rest, interested?
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Re: Late Poppies [Re: Olive]
#600309 - 12/07/11 01:58 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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Beautiful man
I just planted about 30 seeds into 3 big 3 gallon pots. Its cold here but perfect temperature for them in a window, I was thinkin about keepin a log for people to appreciate them if they turn out. Lots off people are interested in poppies just not enough people grow them so hopefully I can get some good indoor teks going to start helpin other people out and get a good community going for some indoor growing. I got about 800 seeds to plant in the spring in my back yard . Keep up the good work
(sorry im stoned)
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Olive
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Quote:
JusTsHroomiNn said: Beautiful man
I just planted about 30 seeds into 3 big 3 gallon pots. Its cold here but perfect temperature for them in a window, I was thinkin about keepin a log for people to appreciate them if they turn out. Lots off people are interested in poppies just not enough people grow them so hopefully I can get some good indoor teks going to start helpin other people out and get a good community going for some indoor growing. I got about 800 seeds to plant in the spring in my back yard . Keep up the good work
(sorry im stoned)
Thanx Hope your grow goes well Indoor poppies sounds good
These are my happy pods now
Have sampled them several times already - 4 days in a row is not recommend
They're fattening up niceley
and wil be consumed on an irregular and respectful basis
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Re: Late Poppies [Re: Olive]
#600673 - 12/09/11 03:50 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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Very nice work Olive!!!
I planted some poppies myself. Unfortunately, they were neglected as I got sucked into the cannabis growing hobby, lol.
Seeing your post I walked out to check on my ones, I'm so embarrassed, lol. 98% of them died before the cabbage stage. 3 of them did survive, but are so tiny, petals have just opened.
They are so small they are cute, lol
Any potential of extracting opium from these little guys?
Here's some pics
I struggled with opiate addiction for a long time, I guess it is a blessing in disguise. God's probably telling me I'm not strong enough to touch it again and keep away. I'm not ready to sit on a big stash and not get hooked. I was worried about having heaps of opium, getting hooked again and running out, lol
On another note, they are such beautiful flowers.
Should I save the seeds from these little guys? Reckon I could vape the pods? I heard it is the best way to smoke. Looking at it, I wouldn't even have enough to get high, lol
Maybe I'll try again next year I plan to build a raised garden bed if I do, then fence it off to keep the dog out. What kind of fertilizer did you use?
Cheers DrMagickz
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Re: Late Poppies [Re: magick81]
#600674 - 12/09/11 04:01 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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I had 3 just like that and they got me .2 of sap+ some relaxing tea. Mine were the diameter of a penny lol..
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Re: Late Poppies [Re: Dimo114]
#600682 - 12/09/11 07:41 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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Lols I don't know how big a penny is but I am sure these are much smaller. Here's a pic to show size:
Olive, how big are your bulbs?
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Re: Late Poppies [Re: magick81]
#600704 - 12/09/11 10:28 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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A penny is about 1.5cm in diameter. These were grown in 18oz cups:)
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Olive
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Re: Late Poppies [Re: Dimo114]
#601004 - 12/11/11 05:27 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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I fed my poppies on organic liquid fertiliser and dug some nice rich compost into the soil before transplanting the seedlings
Most of the 'bulbs' are 3-5 cm across Heavelly resined, and have all but finished flowering
I am aquiring some gigantium seeds for next season
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Re: Late Poppies [Re: Olive]
#601027 - 12/11/11 08:16 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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Nice grows you guys... Maybe ill post some pics of my lil babies... I got 3, 3 gallons with about 10 seeds each in them. In the larger diameter pot we have about 7 seedlings about an inch long!! very exciting. The smaller pot had 3 seedlings but my kitten decided to sleep in the pot overnight and woke up noticing one of her paws hanging over the edge... Only one seedling remains.. haha. But more of the seeds could still pop.
Last pop still has nothing but Im not worried if none pop in the next week and a half Ill just throw in some more seeds (I have PLENTYY)
Ill have to get in on this an post pics as I go as well xD
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Olive
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This is how my poppies ended up looking
Have been away and the plants have suffered without water Harvested the pods this morning enjoying some nice strong tea now
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