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Knoa6
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starting poppies indoors for spring planting.
#8009215 - 02/11/08 03:12 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I am planning a mixed poppy garden for spring. I understand poppies don't enjoy transplant, however I am accustomed to giving my seedlings a healthy indoor start under flouros before garden planting. I am wondering if sowing the poppy seed in 4" peat pots under flouros will be OK until the threat of frost has past and I can stick the whole peat pot in the garden, or I should be patient and just wait until spring and sow directly to the garden. Also, would high humidity be a problem for the seedlings if started indoors? Any help is appreciated!  Knoa
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Re: starting poppies indoors for spring planting. [Re: Knoa6]
#8009262 - 02/11/08 03:23 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Ima newb but it sounds like you have a good plan. If take the whole thing out of the pot(don't disturb the roots) it should be fine.
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Re: starting poppies indoors for spring planting. [Re: Knoa6]
#8009535 - 02/11/08 04:49 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Sounds like they would be fine Im wanting to do a small poppy field myself. You will have to let me know how yours goes
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Re: starting poppies indoors for spring planting. [Re: KillerPicklez]
#8010672 - 02/11/08 08:13 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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should work use 12/12 lighting they have reversed lighting cycles than cannbis
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Re: starting poppies indoors for spring planting. [Re: cpw1971]
#8010971 - 02/11/08 09:18 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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you can sow them directly outside, even if there's snow on the ground. sow early spring or late fall. i just sowed some at random places in my yard, they will not die with frost or cold temps..
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Re: starting poppies indoors for spring planting. [Re: casgoodie]
#8011272 - 02/11/08 10:48 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Late fall?
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Re: starting poppies indoors for spring planting. [Re: FarFromHere]
#8011362 - 02/11/08 11:27 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Poppies germinate best at cooler temps (40-60f). The small seedlings are also very cold-hardy.
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Re: starting poppies indoors for spring planting. [Re: FarFromHere]
#8011532 - 02/12/08 12:26 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
FarFromHere said: Late fall?
yes, early spring and late fall.
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Re: starting poppies indoors for spring planting. [Re: Knoa6]
#8012801 - 02/12/08 10:50 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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all I know is that they like to germinate in cold weather. Like if you wanted to plant them early, you should have planted them outside in the fall. They would have germinated and got started first thing in the spring.
Good luck because all these plants need is a root busted to die.
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Knoa6
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Re: starting poppies indoors for spring planting. [Re: SheikCorp]
#8013428 - 02/12/08 02:51 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Our night temps. here can be as low as 25F and around 60F in the day high. I read in Wiccan's thread that the small seedlings are very sensitive to colder temps.
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Re: starting poppies indoors for spring planting. [Re: Knoa6]
#8013868 - 02/12/08 04:44 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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i don't believe it.
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Re: starting poppies indoors for spring planting. [Re: SheikCorp]
#8014316 - 02/12/08 06:33 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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yea you can if you want. most species i think need a bit of a cold shock to germ. if you make like plugs with several sprouts that if you move wont disturb the roots. then jsut put that right into the ground in the spring. after a few weeks and there nice and established do yoru thinning then.
and you can also throw some seed down right outside. worst thing you wil just need to do a bit more thinning. then you have yoru bases covored
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Re: starting poppies indoors for spring planting. [Re: the man]
#8014324 - 02/12/08 06:36 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I think I'll sow some now...
What do y'all think...
I'm just gonna scatter them in a feild.
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Re: starting poppies indoors for spring planting. [Re: FarFromHere]
#8014518 - 02/12/08 07:19 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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i did that last week just dumped seeds at random edges of my yard, different strains mixed together. i just saw the scond successful indoor poppy grow at a hydro shop today, i guess an HPS can make it happen
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Re: starting poppies indoors for spring planting. [Re: casgoodie]
#8015350 - 02/12/08 09:51 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Knoa6, personally I would work the soil outside giving it some good drainage and some ferts and then broadcast sow some outside. You could still do the indoor bunch, and I've had some success transplanting poppies (but it's rather time consuming and a delicate process), but I bet they'll do nicely outside. Best thing about poppies is they have a lot of seeds.
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Re: starting poppies indoors for spring planting. [Re: Knoa6]
#8015412 - 02/12/08 10:03 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I just planted about 20 poppys
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Re: starting poppies indoors for spring planting. [Re: Cubie]
#8015651 - 02/12/08 11:00 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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My plan is to pick about 5 different locations.
I'm going to dig a hill, fill it with potting soil, then add the seeds.
The should spourt in spring?
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Re: starting poppies indoors for spring planting. [Re: FarFromHere]
#8015862 - 02/13/08 12:16 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I'm doing mine indoors.
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Re: starting poppies indoors for spring planting. [Re: Cubie]
#8015865 - 02/13/08 12:17 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I don't think that will work so great...
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Re: starting poppies indoors for spring planting. [Re: FarFromHere]
#8016049 - 02/13/08 12:52 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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if you have space and good lighting system they can be grown indoors alright. but it's really easier and cheaper to do it outdoors
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Knoa6
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Re: starting poppies indoors for spring planting. [Re: PoC]
#8019177 - 02/13/08 07:43 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
PatternOfChaos said: Knoa6, personally I would work the soil outside giving it some good drainage and some ferts and then broadcast sow some outside. You could still do the indoor bunch, and I've had some success transplanting poppies (but it's rather time consuming and a delicate process), but I bet they'll do nicely outside. Best thing about poppies is they have a lot of seeds.
Thanks-good reply! Could you elaborate on soil prep and additives?
Edited by Knoa6 (02/13/08 09:06 PM)
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Re: starting poppies indoors for spring planting. [Re: Knoa6]
#8020926 - 02/14/08 02:10 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Hey you know I haven't gotten too picky about fertilizers yet. On the indoor poppies I've done usually most of it is Black Gold potting soil with some perlite or pumice + horticultural sand. I'm new to ferts and I arbitrarily added some blood meal to the mix on the last transplant. Outdoors I used some potting soil that was inside and a little moldy and some perlite and added it to the soil. If I were to do it again I think Black Gold potting soil + perlite or pumice and compost or some sort of fertilizer.
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Re: starting poppies indoors for spring planting. [Re: PoC]
#8022930 - 02/14/08 03:47 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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my outdoor raised bed for poppies and herbs is much like that with worm castings, compost, perlite and course sand. I hope my fennels, stevias, scullcaps, verbanes, and mints do ok with the poppies.
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Re: starting poppies indoors for spring planting. [Re: Knoa6]
#8029874 - 02/16/08 01:02 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I plan to have in and outdoor. I have indoors that are already popping up. They seem to love warm too, bout 70 degrees.
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Re: starting poppies indoors for spring planting. [Re: Psy Baba]
#8030223 - 02/16/08 05:57 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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i plan in starting mine indoors too in the pots that disintegrate when you put them in soil, this way when it comes time for my wife to put them in her "flower garden" they are already started and healthy.
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Re: starting poppies indoors for spring planting. [Re: royer]
#8030946 - 02/16/08 11:45 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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royer9864 said: i plan in starting mine indoors too in the pots that disintegrate when you put them in soil, this way when it comes time for my wife to put them in her "flower garden" they are already started and healthy.
At what temp. do you plan to start the indoor grow? Normal room temperature? Under HPS?
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Re: starting poppies indoors for spring planting. [Re: Knoa6]
#8042991 - 02/19/08 02:07 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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i have some at norm room temp and their sprouting great. i put some outside too but they havnt come up yet i gotta check tomorrow
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Re: starting poppies indoors for spring planting. [Re: Cubie]
#8043657 - 02/19/08 05:06 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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i am starting them right now in my basement about 50 deg F , i did the same last year and 99% or what i planted popped up in a few days . they will be under a 400 watt hps with a fan slightly blowing on them until it gets nice enough to put them outside
hope that helps
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