Re: was Mystery Plant now Papaver Somniferum -Reply

The thing with poppies is, even if you throw
out all your seed with abandon, in the worst
case scenario you'd get one plant of one type
(ha!) and that seed head alone will supply with
with next year's seed.  They are so prolific.  

>>> "Diana L. Politika"
<diana@olympus.net> 06/03/98 06:43pm >>>
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.

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE PERENNIALS
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index