Re: was Mystery Plant now Papaver Somniferum

Well, to tell you the truth, I'm not sure.  Being a poppy, I wouldn't
think they would be hard to start, and I've seen my neighbor just fling
about a bunch of seeds and she had hundreds.
I guess that I like (and value) my seed so highly that I figure, in a
warped sort of way, that if I don't sow it, I can't lose it.
Beats me.  Let's see if there is any feedback from others, and if others
say that it isn't too late, I'll go throw the seed out by the sign.

The Greenhouse Nursery
81 S. Bagley Creek Road & Hwy 101
Port Angeles, WA  98362
(360) 417-2664
Zone 8

Tim & Christa wrote:
> 
> So are you saying that these are hard to start from seed?  I was planning
> on getting the seed from the pods and growing lots more next year.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diana L. Politika <diana@olympus.net>
> To: perennials@mallorn.com <perennials@mallorn.com>
> Date: Tuesday, June 02, 1998 11:55 PM
> Subject: Re: was airhead now Mystery plant
> 
> >>Hmmm....now where could that Opium Poppy have possible come from,
> >Officer?
> >Quick, run!  Save yourself!
> >Actually, the federal government would love to see this plant eradicted,
> >but it will be around for years and years.  It's the true poppy that
> >opium is derived from, but the seed is used liberally by bakers.
> >The origion of the plant in your front border could be from you running
> >off to work with a poppyseed bagel in hand.
> >I have a plastic bag full of this seed in my bedroom.  If I thought that
> >I could germinate it, I'd throw it all at the base of my sign by the
> >highway.  I've read that you should throw the seed in the snow.  But we
> >had no snow this year, so my seed languishes on the shelf.  Perhaps next
> >year.
> >Anyway, depending on just how much renegade blood you have coursing thru
> >your veins, you may wish to stay low key and move the plant away from
> >direct view of the public.  Or you could leave it be and stand your
> >ground against the DEA.

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