Poppy seeds?

[Indydirtfarmer]

A friend gave me a package of "100,000 poppy seeds". (NO, I haven't verified the count yet) /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

When do you plant these suckers????? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[Egon]

Plant them anytime.

The poppy seeds one buys in the grocery store are of the type that the sap from the seed pods contain opium.

In Canada There is a limit to how many can be legally planted.

Egon /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Darren]

The DEA in the US has been mum about poppys. I don't think they want folks to know that those flowers in grandma's garden can be used to extract opium. One of the magazines (Atlantic Monthly?) ran an article about it a couple of years ago. I'm guessing if someone had a huge field of poppies the local law enforcement might get interested if they were aware of the potential. But because poppies are so common, they'd probably overlook it. Nobody expects grandma to be messing around with drugs.

 

[Hypernix]

Egon,

So poppies can be grown in Canada? Is this something you have to plant every year or they will grow back the next year?

Now how/were can I get my hands on poppy sseds? /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Hypernix /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[_RaT_]

In California, we broadcast the seeds in winter. Right now the poppies are in full bloom out here. Since the Golden Poppy is the state flower, it is illegal to pick them in the wild. They nipped the opium problem in the bud. Make it illegal to pick them so as to make it more difficult to extract the opium, how clever. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Egon]

Many different varieties of poppy's. Some are annual - some biannual - and some perrenial. Not all are capable of producing opium.

Any place selling seeds will have pakages of poppy seeds.

Grocery store's may have them in the bulk food section.

Egon /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif