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Re: Is the UK so much different? Re: Hi, introduction +question(poppies)

I think that the US law is kinder to growers of opium poppies than to
growers of hemp -- even for fiber. My understanding is that it is illegal
to sell opium seeds, but not to grow the opium poppies. I've seen them
growing here in the east in gardens -- they're prettier than many other
poppies -- and out west in Washington state. They seed around easily. It
would be hard to get rid of them all.

Speaking of hemp, I've heard that there's a "Johnny Hempseed", or a group
of them, spreading Cannabis seeds in vacant lots and abondonded fields to
make it ubiquitous that it can't be eradicated. The purpose is to try to
establish hemp fiber agriculture, since it requires fewer pesticides
(perhaps none) than cotton. Not a bad idea if it would work out as
intended. Has anybody else heard about this?

Debby
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>My only question is whether the writer has any cause to be concerned
>because, in the USA at least, his poppies would be considered contraband and
>he could be prosecuted and his assets seized.
>
>Isabelle Hayes
>
> I have grown Papaver Somnifera, the opium poppy,
>>for many years,
>>Allan Day  Hereford HR2 7AU allan@crwys.demon.co.uk
>>
>>


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Debby Shanahan, Syracuse, NY
53 days of sun/year, 120-day growing season
36" precipitation equiv/year
Min temp minus 20 F -- Good snow cover
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