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 Re: Poppies - from Poppyseed to Opium [Re: toastandjam]
#6801184 - 04/17/07 06:15 PM (5 years, 1 month ago) |
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Does anyone know anything about the turkish giant strain?
Also, are there any good fertilizers available at Home Depot or Lowes that are good for vegetation and blooming(seperate).
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Re: Poppies - from Poppyseed to Opium [Re: agar]
#6806233 - 04/18/07 07:55 PM (5 years, 1 month ago) |
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I don't understand why RED CLAY gets such a bad rep in poppy gardening.
Zone 7
All red clay for germination-flowering.
NO soil amendments.
I'll let the pictures do most of the talking.
And finally a BIG, healthy root system that only others can dream of!
I have found that as flat levels of soil, red clay is just as good as in mounds. Drainage was never an issue. In fact, I had even heartier germination in the vallies than the mounds!
YUMMY!
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Re: Poppies - from Poppyseed to Opium [Re: MycoCakeEater]
#6818817 - 04/22/07 10:13 AM (5 years, 1 month ago) |
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Hello here are some pics from my garden. Is it normal for the young buds to turn darker color? You can see in some of my pictures what I am talking about.
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Re: Poppies - from Poppyseed to Opium [Re: wowitch17]
#6842905 - 04/27/07 07:45 PM (5 years, 1 month ago) |
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Hey guys, today I bought some blood meal(12-0-0) and some Bone Meal(1-11-0.
2 of my plants have grown a small pod(they're still under 2 feet tall).
Should I use either one of these yet?
It'd be pretty cool if I could get some huge pods.
Oh right, there are also a couple of plants under 5 inches.
Anything I should use on them?
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Re: Poppies - from Poppyseed to Opium [Re: MycoCakeEater]
#6846174 - 04/28/07 04:59 PM (5 years, 1 month ago) |
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Awesome pics, Myco-dude!!!
Those are some big 'ol pods! How many weeks from seed, do you recall?
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Re: Poppies - from Poppyseed to Opium [Re: mockeylock]
#6864803 - 05/02/07 07:52 PM (5 years, 30 days ago) |
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these flowered yesterday. they should be gigantemums (sp?), but i dont know what color that strain's flowers are. how do they look?
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Re: Poppies - from Poppyseed to Opium [Re: shane]
#6865550 - 05/02/07 10:21 PM (5 years, 30 days ago) |
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Planted early October, Harvest early May 
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Re: Poppies - from Poppyseed to Opium [Re: MycoCakeEater]
#6872024 - 05/04/07 10:56 AM (5 years, 28 days ago) |
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only one flower per plant. just a problem of light i suppose?
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Re: Poppies - from Poppyseed to Opium [Re: shane]
#6873333 - 05/04/07 05:47 PM (5 years, 28 days ago) |
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My china white poppies seem to be growing a pod at every base of a leaf.
They still haven't flowered yet(just extra info).
Is this normal?
Will the opium from the smaller pods be as good as the opium from the main pod?
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Re: Poppies - from Poppyseed to Opium [Re: bukujutsu]
#6898367 - 05/10/07 02:55 PM (5 years, 22 days ago) |
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heres some pod porn. Hens and chicks
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Re: Poppies - from Poppyseed to Opium [Re: wowitch17]
#6906695 - 05/12/07 04:47 PM (5 years, 20 days ago) |
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so what is wrong with smoking opium thats been cut, scrapped, and dried over night?
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Re: Poppies - from Poppyseed to Opium [Re: C-Dizzle]
#6906780 - 05/12/07 05:27 PM (5 years, 20 days ago) |
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well...not much...
but you'll be smoking undesirable plant matter, it won't be 100% latex... that's why you cook it... to remove the undesirable plant matter...
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Re: Poppies - from Poppyseed to Opium [Re: C-Dizzle]
#6906788 - 05/12/07 05:29 PM (5 years, 20 days ago) |
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There's nothing wrong with smoking opium.
Unless you mean raw opium.
Raw opium has too much junk in it.
You should process it so it'll be mostly made up of the main alkaloids.
If you were talking about the moral reasons, then I stand by my 1st sentence.
I'm pretty sure about 40-50% of cooked O is morphine.
You know, the stuff they give you in hospitals when you need significant pain relief.
Of course, if you don't have the self-control to prevent yourself from getting addicted, you shouldn't use it.
Okay, now I need someone to help me with my dilemma.
My plants are growing pods at the base of some leaves, but they already have a main pod that's about ready to be scraped.
I read that to get max opium from a poppy plant you should stop watering once it flowers, but the small pods need water, right?
What should I do?
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Re: Poppies - from Poppyseed to Opium [Re: bukujutsu]
#6907288 - 05/12/07 07:34 PM (5 years, 20 days ago) |
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Stop watering until after you've collected from the mature pod?
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Re: Poppies -- from Poppyseed to Cooked Opium [Re: namaste]
#6909476 - 05/13/07 09:54 AM (5 years, 19 days ago) |
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nice write ups 
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Re: Poppies -- from Poppyseed to Cooked Opium [Re: retro_killa]
#6913588 - 05/14/07 09:48 AM (5 years, 18 days ago) |
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ive got the same problem. the growth seems to be at a standstill. i wanna make sure they get to proper seeding. is it still a bad idea to be watering them, if im careful not to get any water on above ground parts of the plants?
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Re: Poppies -- from Poppyseed to Cooked Opium [Re: shane]
#6931765 - 05/17/07 07:15 PM (5 years, 15 days ago) |
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can you recommend some good fertilizers?
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Re: Poppies - from Poppyseed to Opium [Re: Phish_Dude]
#6935056 - 05/18/07 02:03 PM (5 years, 14 days ago) |
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does anyone know... is it okay to water the poppies a little bit? the clock is ticking and they get drier every day so i need to know whether to harvest or water em. and can i pull em at different times or do i do it all at once?
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Re: Poppies - from Poppyseed to Opium [Re: shane]
#6935845 - 05/18/07 05:29 PM (5 years, 14 days ago) |
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Only collect the mature pods.
Ferts high in P and K for lettuce and N for flowers, Superthrive is good too.
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Re: Poppies - from Poppyseed to Opium [Re: namaste]
#6935920 - 05/18/07 05:54 PM (5 years, 14 days ago) |
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but can i water them a bit? the bottom leaves are all started to get brown and crackly.
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