It’s my favorite time: poppy sowing season! This video highlights all the basics you need to understand for successful poppy growing. Check out my “How to Grow Poppies” playlist for all the videos that I’ve made on this topic 👍
I had 18, 10 gallon, textile, planters. I had mixed commercial top soil, compost and manure with organic fertilizer, peat moss and some of those white things "pearl light?" and stirred it up in a wheel barrow with a shovel. I had all these seeds that I ordered and I wanted to distribute them evenly. I got something like a salt shaker except it had somewhat larger holes. I put all my seeds into a dish and divided them up into 18 little piles of about the same size. I'd say there was about 100 seeds per pile. I put some sand into a little Dixie cup, placed one pile of the seeds in it then stirred it and poured it back and forth with another Dixie cup then I poured it into the spice shaker. The sand and seeds would slowly come out of the shaker as I poured it all over the planters. I did it 18 separate times to insure even distribution among the planters. It worked great! It looks like most of them germinated and they are only a few weeks old now.
"Exercise some common sense". Great advice! Gardening is like cooking, once you know the basics, you need to know how to exercise intuition and common sense. Really excited to have available garden space this year for poppies since last year we were still moving into our home.
I’m excited to see these germinate & grow this year! I need to look for nigiella seeds to add to the display. I scatter my columbine seeds similarly & usually have a beautiful display in the spring.
I'm in zone 10a/9b and start my papaver poppies on a heat mat. They sprout in less than a week, then I transplant to a larger container and move outside. They do great. I have never put my seeds in a refrigerator. Don't be afraid to break all the rules. The only problem that I've had with poppies is extremely windy conditions, and mid summer heat in direct sunlight all day.
I'm experimenting with poppies here in south Brazil zone 10b. Still haven't figured out how to do it properly, the plants get very big but last year it rained in the week the flowers were opening and I lost the full bloom. Only saw the few early ones. I plant them April end of summer when the temperatures start to lower, and they grow all through the winter and bloom in September beginning of spring. But the beginning of spring is also a bit rainy Wich made me lose the flowers last year. Trying again this year hoping to see them. Papaver somniferum is prohibited, we can only find Oriental poppy, Papaver rhoeas and Icelandic ones.
I put seeds out too late last year following you in Jan 1 I think is when you did the last of them. None of them came up so I planted today EVERYWHERE! I'm sure this time will be a success but I always have CA Poppies that grow in my rock yard, only a few come up in dirt planting areas. I LOVE them every year and have high hopes they will look like yours this next year----- Everyone walking by comments on how lovely they are. I've given seeds out to anyone who wants them. ZONE 7 AZ
From watching your videos, it seems they like to settle in crevices between tiny rocks or fine mulch. That way the rain doesn’t wash them away. I cleared a brushy area and its poppy field or bust.
I'm in zone 6 my wonderful neighbor gave me a bag of red poppie seed heads. I must have 5k or more seeds I'm going to plant some in pots some in ground thanks for info
Well I guess mine probably won’t grow to their full potential. It’s now June 4th and I managed to get an entire flower bed of poppies to germinate a few weeks ago. I’m in East Tennessee and had no prior info on growing them. I planted one small bed of mixed wild flowers and one small bed of imported poppy seeds. A UK variant and a Tasmanian variant. I still have plenty of seeds so if they don’t mature I now know to try again in the fall. But I will say they are growing like crazy and i’ve had to thin them a couple times. Practically look like grass seed they were so thick.
What time of the year would you recommend planting poppy papaver in (Huntington beach California) I believe it is in zone 10b.....ok I kept watching and realized I'm going to have to do some research on this question myself
i transplanted last spring, and they didnt grow any more after that. Theyre still the same size after the whole summer. Ill direct sow from now on lol thank you!
Brie, I had given up on poppies, but you've encouraged me to give it one more try! 😀 I have 2 questions: 1) I have triple-shredded hardwood mulch in the areas I want to sow, which keeps a TON of oxalis in check. Can I put down an inch or so of good compost over the mulch, then sow over that? 2) These areas get winter light from dawn till 1pm-ish--will that be enough? Thank you in advance for your help & encouragement! 😊
Yes you can Topdress on the mulch- maybe add a thicker layer to make sure the seedlings have enough to root into. And yes, morning sun till noonish should be adequate 👍 sending good vibes!!!!
Well its April 22 and I just got the various Poppy seed I ordered. I appreciate your videos, as I listened, I learned that I probably should wait until Thanksgiving, to even try to grow these poppy seed I just received. I'm also in North Carolina about 2.5 hrs from Raleigh but we are in zone 8A Southeastern NC, about 25 miles from the South Carolina border. So my understanding is correct that it's too late to plant my poppy seed and have them bloom this year?
Hi Brie! I'm excited to plant the poppies i purchased from you at your Open Garden. Quick question...I also purchased larkspur from you. I want to plant them in the same bed. Should I plant the larkspur 1/4 in deep and then broadcast the poppies after the larkspur is planted or can I broadcast both at the same time? Thanks!🌸🏵🌿
I would not recommend that at all. Why not follow my instructions and direct seed? I prove year after year this method works. Why do you need to do it differently?!?
I can tell you about my experience with an Oriental Poppy in zone 6. It’s perennial. Just a pile of leaves most of the year. It blooms for maybe 3 days in June. It’s a loser. California poppies bloom all summer with no care. I’m not sure if it’s perennial or reseeding, but it returns each year. It’s a winner.
@@BrieThePlantLady thank you! And thanks for all the poppy guidance! (As I bowling sow the seeds I will probably be thinking, “Poppies will make them sleep…” 🧙♀️😁)
I finally.got.my.hands.on the peonie ones..and i usually just toss out seeds...this time I am starting them in green house... ANY HINTS ON DOING THIS??? WILL IT WORK??? Oh shit U just saud it wont ..crap
This is my very 1st attempt to grow these. Can I germinate these for indoors? Any tips for a newbie? I stratified my seeds 6 days ago....... Nothing yet. Thank you!
@@BrieThePlantLady thank you ma'am. I'm confined to a wheelchair in doors, no outside access - i have soil, food & a grow light. Any suggestions or special tips i should know?
