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Re: 2020 poppy thread [Re: Allium]
#26589777 - 04/09/20 09:38 PM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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So almost all mine died. I covered it with glass last night and didn't get out there till after noon and sun cooked them. I layed down more seed. They all didn't die but 97% did die.
It's going to be cold so I put more of same varieties down and soaked the ground.
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Allium
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That really sucks man 
Do you think that you'll have enough time for more to grow?
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Re: 2020 poppy thread [Re: Allium]
#26590928 - 04/10/20 12:01 PM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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Idk. It's cold out now. I'm trying to keep them moist. So all the others died but like 2. Really sucks. Hopefully the other set will sprout and live that way I can at least get more seeds from them. I still have more but I am keeping them in case I need next season
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Yeah, I think you may have more time.
It got freezing cold here gain too, after temps in the 80s a couple of days ago.
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Re: 2020 poppy thread [Re: Allium]
#26591416 - 04/10/20 03:58 PM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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Fuckin snow flurries today on the south shore of LI Did not help the plant sales... It's crazy how different 7b can be across the US
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Re: 2020 poppy thread [Re: bw86]
#26591449 - 04/10/20 04:11 PM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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That's nuts brother!
I'm in 7A, and although it got freezing last night, the sun has been out all day and it's near 60.
I lost some Coleus,and possibly my Brugmansia's from this freak cold snap, but no poppies of course.
Oh, It turned my Pomegranates leaves brown too
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Re: 2020 poppy thread [Re: Allium]
#26591494 - 04/10/20 04:31 PM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yeah, when i lived in northern california i was in zone 9a and we averaged over a foot of snow annually. sometimes we would have frosts through april. The only thing hardiness zones tell you is the lowest temperature you'll see.
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Yeah, as of the past few years, our lows haven't even got close to as low as my zone calls for.
We have actually had zone 8 winters, and I believe some of my tropical plants could have made it just fine staying outdoors throughout the whole winter.
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Re: 2020 poppy thread [Re: Allium]
#26592223 - 04/10/20 09:44 PM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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https://www.usclimatedata.com/climate/nevada-city/california/united-states/usca0755 I just checked, and we actually averaged 18 inches of snow there. completely different than a zone 9a in florida. I was actually talking to a gardener in florida about the climate there and she said i must've gotten something wrong because "it barely ever snows in zone 9a". back on topic, i'm considering doing a late sowing of asian ob poppies, I know they would bolt early but I really want to see them bloom this year lol.
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I lived in zone 9A Florida, and zone 9B Florida, and I saw saw snow only a couple of times in my 10 years of living there, but that was only in 9A, and it was just flurries that melted once they hit the ground.
I say go for it, you may just get stunted poppies that still at least bloom
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Re: 2020 poppy thread [Re: Allium]
#26593015 - 04/11/20 09:01 AM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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 volunteer poppy growing in compacted clay soil. these are weeds. theres a bunch of them around here, i must have dropped some seed or something.
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Nice!
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Re: 2020 poppy thread [Re: Allium]
#26594241 - 04/11/20 08:44 PM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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I just ordered some poppy seeds 10,000 actually. Can't wait to start. I hope it's not to late though I'm in the north east.
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It may be too late for you.
I sowed poppy seeds a couple months late, years back, and they grew little tiny three inch plants, with microscopic pods.
However, with that many seeds, might as well give it a shot
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Re: 2020 poppy thread [Re: Allium]
#26595127 - 04/12/20 06:45 AM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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I about to sow my 3rd pack in over a month.Why the fuck will Somnifera not pop for me. Maybe ill just germinate some indoors and transplant as a Last resort I have fabric cell packs that can be planted directly; no reason for the root to be disturbed. my California poppies that are in the shade are growing
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Re: 2020 poppy thread [Re: bw86]
#26595153 - 04/12/20 07:18 AM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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That's strange that they aren't germinating. are they getting buried maybe? is the soil being kept moist?
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Re: 2020 poppy thread [Re: bw86]
#26595155 - 04/12/20 07:20 AM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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I think, by the time you do all that, it will be too hot out to even put them outside.
if you had the room, you could do this....




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Re: 2020 poppy thread [Re: Allium]
#26595158 - 04/12/20 07:21 AM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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ah, I remember the thread those first pics are from. classic.
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Allium
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Yep, but maybe he could at least try that out, since it's not working for him outdoors.
I know he is a half zone ahead of me, and there is no way in the world I could sow poppy seeds this late, as hot as it will be getting, starting next month.
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Re: 2020 poppy thread [Re: Allium]
#26595400 - 04/12/20 10:08 AM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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How can you grow them indoors like that if they need cold?
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