poppies as a field crop
- Subject: poppies as a field crop
- From: "Tiede, Karen E" k*@eds.com
- Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 09:42:21 -0500
>>Off topic a bit, I will add here for Don M. the question on a specific
strain
of poppy for drug production. In the Rix/Phillips newest on annuals they
state that the P. somniferum grown for opium production is a strain with
pods
4 inches in length. I have never seen that plant. Their description is 10
cm. which would be about 4 inches.
I was in Tasmania a few years ago and saw a LOT of fields with signs that
said, "Keep out, toxic," something to that effect. Finally stopped to take
a closer look. Opium poppies, by the acre. I assumed it's where the
pharmaceuticals get their raw material. Didn't notice the seed pods because
I was so amazed at the idea of poppies as a publicly-grown field crop.
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