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To grow or not to grow... (poppies)
    #14509432 - 05/25/11 11:38 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

I've have recently become interested in trying to grow poppies. I would like to do them indoors but from what I have been reading it doesn't really seem worth the while. I should also say that my goal would be to gather opium from the plants, not to use the pods to make tea. It seems like one needs to have a lot of pods to get a real amount of opium from them, perhaps someone could let me know about how many plants are needed. I want to do them indoors because I live in the city where the isn't very much outdoor space. I could potential try and plant some seeds that I have from an old dried pod in my back yard. But considering that I want opium from the plants I'm not sure if it is worth the while. I also have to worry about others seeing them, though they might not even think twice about them. I should also mention that I have never grown any plants before and growing them outside sounds like you only need to plant the seeds and then let nature take it from there. I guess I could plants some seeds just to watch them grow and then use the pods for tea, but that is just a last resort as I really just want to have some opium. Thanks!

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Re: To grow or not to grow... (poppies) [Re: MrFantasy]
    #14509439 - 05/25/11 11:40 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Opium Tea be your best bet

If your thinking of extracting your gonna need a field full lol not a couple dozen.

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Re: To grow or not to grow... (poppies) [Re: kelpfish]
    #14509455 - 05/25/11 11:44 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Its sooooo damn easy and effort less :shrug: There pretty much weeds :thumbup:


Im growing, well have just started,


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Re: To grow or not to grow... (poppies) [Re: Locky]
    #14509462 - 05/25/11 11:45 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

if they are easy enough I would say grow as much as you can...

Small amounts would do well with tea tho I have tryed some in Vancouver when they were selling the pods all round.

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Re: To grow or not to grow... (poppies) [Re: kelpfish]
    #14509476 - 05/25/11 11:48 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

The only hard part is thinning the fukers out if they grow too close :mad2:


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Re: To grow or not to grow... (poppies) [Re: Locky]
    #14509567 - 05/25/11 12:10 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

So unless I have a field opium is out of the question? Basically then I guess I'm not all that interested because I can just buy pods online. Of course I could get the satisfaction of growing them myself but.....

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Re: To grow or not to grow... (poppies) [Re: MrFantasy]
    #14509594 - 05/25/11 12:17 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

noooo you can just grow 5 or more plants :thumbup:

No need for a crop




The more plants the more pods :shrug:


Might as well buy and grow


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Re: To grow or not to grow... (poppies) [Re: Locky]
    #14509825 - 05/25/11 01:05 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

So 5 plants is enough for opium? How much would be expected from 5 plants?

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Re: To grow or not to grow... (poppies) [Re: MrFantasy]
    #14510349 - 05/25/11 03:19 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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MrFantasy said:
So 5 plants is enough for opium? How much would be expected from 5 plants?



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MrFantasy said:
So 5 plants is enough for opium? How much would be expected from 5 plants?


5 poppy plants each plant bearing 5-7 pods and each pod producing 200-600mgs of raw latex = 12,000mg = 12 grams

and don't forget you can harvest more than once.
these are only estimates.


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Re: To grow or not to grow... (poppies) [Re: 245willow19]
    #14511430 - 05/25/11 07:04 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

I mentioned before that I have seeds that are still in a dried poppy pod, should I use these to start growing, or should  I just buy seeds online that I know will grow? I know a site that has good seeds, so should I risk using old ones or just get new ones in which I will also know what kind they will be?

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Re: To grow or not to grow... (poppies) [Re: MrFantasy]
    #14511544 - 05/25/11 07:33 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Is the pod you have a opium poppy pod?
Im sure they will grow fine


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Re: To grow or not to grow... (poppies) [Re: Locky]
    #14511636 - 05/25/11 07:58 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Yeah, it is from a batch that I had made tea from, I just wanted to keep one. I guess I can use those seeds then. Just need to get a few other supplies and I will give it a try.

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Re: To grow or not to grow... (poppies) [Re: MrFantasy]
    #14514281 - 05/26/11 09:30 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

you can still use the old ones, and if they're dead buy new ones


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Re: To grow or not to grow... (poppies) [Re: 245willow19]
    #14519013 - 05/27/11 01:26 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

i say don't pick between tea and opium latex, why not just bleed the pods, then harvest them and make tea and smoke

*anyone have any idea when the price of poppy pods is going to return to normal?  if ever?

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Re: To grow or not to grow... (poppies) [Re: AgingHippy]
    #14520358 - 05/27/11 11:37 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Today is day 1, I planted 4 seeds in 4 separate 8in pots. I was able to put all 4 pots on my window sill which faces east and seems to be pretty open for sun. I guess now I just have to wait a week or two and see if they sprout. Wish me luck!

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Re: To grow or not to grow... (poppies) [Re: MrFantasy]
    #15877398 - 02/28/12 06:04 PM (12 years, 5 days ago)

Good luck!

How did it go?

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Re: To grow or not to grow... (poppies) [Re: Par]
    #15878315 - 02/28/12 08:52 PM (12 years, 5 days ago)

Not very well... I was able to get two small pods, very small. They were not really worth anything, but it was cool to see the actual plant grow into a flower and then have the petals fall off. I've started over though, and tried to make it better. Hopefully it works out this time.

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