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purpleprint90
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Best grocery store poppy seeds to grow
#12586476 - 05/18/10 03:21 PM (13 years, 8 months ago) |
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Hi everybody , Ive heard that some poppy seed companies are using a new strain of poppy that produses vary minute amounts of morphine and are pointless to gorw. Ive bought miccormick, some from sprouts(in the bulk bins),and sadaf. A fellow member mentioned that he grew miccormicks every yeay with no problems, but the post wasnt too resent as I think this new strain is quite new. (p.s. I dont have the ability to get seeds off the net. THX.
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Re: Best grocery store poppy seeds to grow [Re: purpleprint90]
#12588502 - 05/18/10 08:41 PM (13 years, 8 months ago) |
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Try buying dried pods from a craft store/department and harvest the seeds from those to grow if you can't get any off the net.
Also try mail order gardening catalogs, they often have wide varieties of poppies.
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Re: Best grocery store poppy seeds to grow [Re: Gr33nTree73]
#12590706 - 05/19/10 07:53 AM (13 years, 8 months ago) |
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McCormick Grew these Gourmet Brand McCormick beauties two years back Each plant got over four foot tall,and each plant produced at least eight pods per plant!!!
  
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purpleprint90
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Re: Best grocery store poppy seeds to grow [Re: KBG1977]
#12591361 - 05/19/10 10:57 AM (13 years, 8 months ago) |
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KBG1977, Your the guy I wanted to talk to. In csae you didnt hear they have some new strains out that are very low in morphine and high in a nother chem. that starts with b that is poison I guess. Just want to be safe you Konw? Hopfully your beloved brand is still ok. Im going to gorw out all Three brands and see What happens.
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Re: Best grocery store poppy seeds to grow [Re: purpleprint90]
#12591693 - 05/19/10 11:51 AM (13 years, 8 months ago) |
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Re: Best grocery store poppy seeds to grow [Re: cpw1971]
#12591923 - 05/19/10 12:43 PM (13 years, 8 months ago) |
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yeah,and that's not new,I've known about those for years.They don't sell that strain to the public for seeds.I've grown grocery store seeds for years,and all were potent,beautiful poppies
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purpleprint90
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Re: Best grocery store poppy seeds to grow [Re: KBG1977]
#12596906 - 05/20/10 09:15 AM (13 years, 8 months ago) |
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Thanks KBG1977 Ill give them a go.And sorry for my ignorance of thebaine.
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StInvetroThomas
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Re: Best grocery store poppy seeds to grow [Re: purpleprint90]
#12597679 - 05/20/10 11:55 AM (13 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
purpleprint90 said: Hi everybody , Ive heard that some poppy seed companies are using a new strain of poppy that produses vary minute amounts of morphine and are pointless to gorw. Ive bought miccormick, some from sprouts(in the bulk bins),and sadaf. A fellow member mentioned that he grew miccormicks every yeay with no problems, but the post wasnt too resent as I think this new strain is quite new. (p.s. I dont have the ability to get seeds off the net. THX.
McCormick seeds should be just fine as long as they are not from Poland. Actually many years ago already Poland developed not one but three strains of poppy that produce very little in the way of morphine. Przemko which looks a lot like any other high morphine poppy the Michalko and the Miezko which look different.
Look for bulk seeds from India or turkey, would be your best bet... you can often find them at Asian grocery stores. But if all you can find are McCormick, you'll be just fine.
Cheers
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KBG1977
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McCormick seeds come from the Netherlands I've grown all the different kinds,and the Gourmet are by far the best,and the most expensive
 
Edited by KBG1977 (05/20/10 12:16 PM)
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purpleprint90
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Re: Best grocery store poppy seeds to grow [Re: KBG1977]
#12598183 - 05/20/10 01:30 PM (13 years, 8 months ago) |
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THX everyone, you put my mind at ease. I was scared to ingest a potentially nasty chem. just out of curiosity, is there a difference in appearance at all when it comes to przemko vs. the high potency strains?
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Re: Best grocery store poppy seeds to grow [Re: KBG1977]
#12598209 - 05/20/10 01:35 PM (13 years, 8 months ago) |
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go look in some garden center you are bound to find some
good luck a-myco
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Re: Best grocery store poppy seeds to grow [Re: purpleprint90]
#12598703 - 05/20/10 03:02 PM (13 years, 8 months ago) |
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Sorry I currently can't find any photos, but I have seen pics of them in the past and they look quite a bit like the McCormick poppies above. That being said, papaver somniferum comes in way too many colors and variations to list here and many of which are potent.
http://www.google.ee/images?um=1&hl=et&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=papaver+somniferum&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&start=0#start=0&tbs=isch:1&imgsz=l&tbo=1
Check the link above.
I currently grow about 8 different varieties, but have seeds for another 7 or so. My beds are heavily planted with 2 varieties though, an Afghan and a Taz, but there are multiple varieties within these groups. The poppy world is a big one Just plant them and enjoy their beauty. As I suggested above though, try your hand at whatever you can find... those Turkish and Indian bulk seed varieties will not disappoint.
-------------------- "...I found dozens of single specimens. That's what I call hunting. There are only a few "good" hunters here, even now. You're certainly in that group. I would imagine if we hunted together we'd find our styles are similar." - Mr. Mushrooms RIP Matt, your friendship and your contributions to the world of fungi will be missed. Unfortunately we never got to hunt together. St Thomas
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purpleprint90
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THE SADAF BRAND THAT i BOUGHT WAS IMPORTED FROM A PLACE IN OR NEAR TURKEY. iT HAS MIDDLE EASTERN WRITING ON IT. i ALSO RESENT LY FOUND SOME HUNGARIAN BLUES HEIRLOOM FROM MY LOCAL GARDEN CENTER!
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Re: Best grocery store poppy seeds to grow [Re: purpleprint90]
#21823241 - 06/18/15 11:36 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Hello. I had 2 lbs of grocery store bulk seeds that I just threw in my front flower beds just to see what would happen. I was surprised that some sprouted. They've been growing for about 6 weeks now and they are only like 9 inches tall and they have tiny buds already opening. Are they supposed to be this little? I thought poppy plants were taller. I have pics. I just have to figure out how to put them on here. Sorry if I'm bringing up an old post. I didn't want to start a whole new topic when I found a relevant one here. I know some places frown against that. Thank you.
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