Anyone here ever grown opium poppies? What level of difficulty was required to grow them, I've heard that it is alot easier to grow than weed, anyone know any good sites on the topic? :rasta: :thumbsup: ;)
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Anyone here ever grown opium poppies? What level of difficulty was required to grow them, I've heard that it is alot easier to grow than weed, anyone know any good sites on the topic? :rasta: :thumbsup: ;)
There are no sites. You have to fail, learn, fail, learn. I have a set of 12 right now that are just seeding :D took me about 10 growroom adjustments before I finally got their envoronment right. Buy some seeds from an online botanical shop and fool around with them.
Rasta is right. The best way to learn how to grow your own, MJ, poppies or fruit, is to learn yourself. Trail and error, over and over, with plenty of patience...but it's fun too. Seeing what works and what doesn't.
As long as you have the basics down of growing, anything, then you should be okay.
To get a seed to grow, dirt, water, light, repeat...a flourishing plant needs food, fertlilizer. Dirt, water, light, feed, repeat.
That's all there is to it. I'm not sure about poppies though, that isn't an interest to me, but good luck on what you're findnig!
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Originally Posted by RastaKaze
picture please!!!!!
Okay, I thought the white poppies were illegal. Can you actually buy opium poppies from a shop...? I highly doubt
You can buy Papaver somniferum seeds, which will produce opium.
I'm not sure about a shop but online im pretty sure you can buy white ones....wether they were the correct species of poppy to obtain opium, i do not know.... however i know there are some you can buy which produce opium....but the white ones are best (yeild wise...according to erowid)
But I was actually thinking about growing some aswell....lol....i would love to try some opium. Just once...:)
Search Ebay for Papaver somniferum
opium poppies are completely legal until you slice the pod open, which out oozes the white substance, that after a few hours turns a blackish colour, which is raw opium. Many, many gardeners have opium poppies in their gardens due to the fact that they are pretty flowers and the dry pods are often used in dry flower arrangments.
scrool down http://www.neonjoint.com/drug_recipes/chapter9.html look under Harvesting Opium from Poppy seeds
Brittoker is correct... "Papaver somniferum" why are you even asking us lol??? And I'm sorry Garden I can't post pictures... I stopped doing that when kids I kneww were checking out my grow thread. What can I say I'm a secretive motherfucker :)
just remember poppies are weeds not a plant! treat it like a weed you dont need any fancy lights florecents work fine outdoor grows are easier imo poppies like alot of compition when growing i have had a few i accidently stepped on and they grew up to be one of the bigger plants
The only thing I can't figure out is when to harvest.........
the best time is about 2 weeks after the petals have fallen off
when u make ur incisions dont cut too deep 3mm at the most otherwise it will flow too fast cut them in the afternoon and collect the folowing day
nice mate i didnt know u could get opium that easily i thought it was complicated to extract it, seems not!! wouldnt mind trying a bit
Actually endo you can harvest at different times depending on the desired effects... drop me an email brittoker I'll set you up with all the info you need
here is a pic the morning after the cuts the pods will ooze for a few days after the cut
yea thast is just a general rule of thumb but you must inspect each pod to see if it is ready to harvestQuote:
Originally Posted by RastaKaze
Wow, cool information here people. :thumbsup:
I never knew much about opium.
i think I like exotic botanicals better then weed...
sorry for askin so many questions ,but how do you know when it's ready to harvest? btw thanks for all the info as I'm finding it hard to locate on any sites. :rasta: ;) :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by endo..jay
Cheers mate, whats your address? :rasta: :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by RastaKaze
is it too late to plant if you live in a dry region?
also...
How long does it take from seed to pod on average?
What's the best place to get seeds, are the tasmanian ones good?
doh! of [email protected]Quote:
Originally Posted by Brittoker
here's where i get my supplies. they also sell dried pods with seeds inside...well, just go see...
http://www.izmirpoppy.com/
i had no idea so many people liked opium..
yea and even more ppl grow it:thumbsup:
if you're growing opium poppies outside be careful because they spread like wildfire and you dont want them choking out your other plants
Hen&Chicks. OMG......................
Drools all over keyboard.
harvested pods do not produce viable seed tho...
I'm going to be growing it starting this spring, along with mushrooms, and my friend is growing weed, so i'll be all set for the summer
Oh man. I'm giving myself wood. :)
Yeah here http://ieo.org/opm_mass.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by RastaKaze
Good read.
After you lance the pod the pods can be dried and seeds can be extracted Del...Quote:
Originally Posted by del...
Ahhhh shut up you knew what I meant :)
ill definately have to try harvesting opium some time, sounds fun.
There are some books on it. Here's a good site. www.unclefesterbooks.com
Trich, you sound well informed about opium.
How to grow opium
http://www.a1b2c3.com/drugs/opi006.htm
I am the cultivation Masta.... lol I've grown it but cannabis is my drug of choice. I really don't enjoy walking around with an opium haze and a 4 day boner. HAQuote:
Originally Posted by Brittoker