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Allium
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I know one of the culprits are slugs, but maybe your technique will reveal more!
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Re: 2020 poppy thread [Re: Allium]
#26576035 - 04/03/20 08:05 PM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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Allium said: Well, I put my container poppies in my flower bed, all spaced out nicely, and the birds dug massive holes in the soil, and plucked most of the sprouts out while I was gone to work 
I manged to salvage some, and I put some other flower seedlings in the place of the ones that perished though.
I also put some chicken wire over the top to keep them out, and now the slugs are having a feast!
Not looking good for me this year for that bed.
On a side note, the poppy beds that are mixed with other wildflowers, haven't been touched by anything, go figure!
I'll post a pic soon.
that shit sucks man
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Allium
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Hey, it ain't all bad.
The ones that survived are looking nice
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Re: 2020 poppy thread [Re: Allium]
#26576772 - 04/04/20 07:06 AM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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Holy crap, my new goal in life!
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Re: 2020 poppy thread [Re: Allium]
#26576778 - 04/04/20 07:09 AM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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Wow, by removing the main stem, you can get multiple buds form your plants!
I knew this, just never practiced it.
Now, I will 
If this chick couldn't kick my ass, I'd be in love, ahahaha!
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Re: 2020 poppy thread [Re: Allium]
#26576846 - 04/04/20 08:22 AM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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Allium said: Holy crap, my new goal in life!
Very grateful all the way around. What's her addy. Forget the flowers.
Edited by Hobbit GDF (04/04/20 08:22 AM)
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Allium
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I know right!
Why can't I find a woman like that 
She does it all, even grows mushrooms!
You know that was a husband doing all the filming though
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Re: 2020 poppy thread [Re: Allium]
#26576852 - 04/04/20 08:26 AM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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I gotta watch it all over again, and again, and again......
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Re: 2020 poppy thread [Re: Allium]
#26576911 - 04/04/20 09:06 AM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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at 3 minutes she shows peshawar poppies. they have a great pod to plant size ratio. I've had 6 foot tall poppies that only made 2 inch diameter pods, and 3-4 foot poppies that made 3+ inch diameter pods. thats that shit i'm after. I find middle eastern opium cultivars have the best pod to plant size ratio, and many european industrial cultivars to have the worst.
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Allium
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Same here man, her pods were huge!
I never have gotten anything remotely like that!
Time to start looking for more seeds
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#26577174 - 04/04/20 12:25 PM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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I'm going to be selecting which varieties I want to keep growing this season based on characteristics like pod size and plant size. I'm also going to add Galania, Asian OB and Zahir to my collection next season. I had an old Indian cultivar years ago that had massive pods and laciniate white flowers, lost those seeds when i moved.
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right on man, have you ever tried to create your own hybrids?
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Re: 2020 poppy thread [Re: Allium]
#26581040 - 04/06/20 05:21 AM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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Great thread everybody wish I’d seen it sooner.
Wasn’t aware they don’t transplant well so pricking them out today and crossing my fingers. Spread some more seed around incase they don’t take.
Btw these were germinated inside at around 20C
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Allium
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Awesome job brother 
They will take for sure!
People try to make poppy growing seem harder than what it really is.
Poppies are a very resilient, and hardy plant
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Re: 2020 poppy thread [Re: Allium]
#26582348 - 04/06/20 06:06 PM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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My babies are doing good. My dog ran thru them but didn't damage much. When should I thin them out?

I water them twice a day to keep moist. They are protected by the window screens.
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Allium
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As I said earlier that I never thin my poppies, if I were too, I would do it sooner than later.
Looking great
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#26582373 - 04/06/20 06:18 PM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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That is also the stage that they transplant really easy!
I would pluck the thinnings out with a toothpick, and start up another bed, spacing them just right for ultimate growth
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Re: 2020 poppy thread [Re: Allium]
#26582387 - 04/06/20 06:22 PM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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In case y'all missed it, the poppy goddess promotes her website around 11:30 in the above video.
Edit: removed link
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Allium said: I know right!
Why can't I find a woman like that 
She does it all, even grows mushrooms!
You know that was a husband doing all the filming though 
Don't care, I would share
Edited by dizzy_simmons (04/07/20 07:35 PM)
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nice plants everyone. I can't wait to grow some asian ob next year.
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Allium
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dizzy_simmons said: In case y'all missed it, she sells seeds of all those varieties at Starfish Honey
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Allium said: I know right!
Why can't I find a woman like that 
She does it all, even grows mushrooms!
You know that was a husband doing all the filming though 
Don't care, I would share 
Hell yeah!
I'm ordering for sure!
Thanks for looking out
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