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RE: Poppies

Jinny — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:22:12 GMT

Hello penny
Sending them off this morning...really bad rain here for the past 2 days..couldn't get out yesterday the little one wants to walk everywhere now and she knows rain that she goes in her pram...so could not get her out of the house....lol

You should get them in a day or two x

RE: Poppies

Tuppence — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:24:51 GMT

Hello and thank you very much, Jinny. I'd like very much to have the seeds. What a nice selection.

I've sent you a p.m. and look forward to growing the plants.

:):cool:

RE: Poppies

Jinny — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:50:54 GMT

Hello Penny

How are you..I have a few packets of seed here i bought on a whim last year....and this year decided i don't want them..theres cornflower blue ball...2 pkts tomatoes,sweet pea,foxglove, poppy(wildflower and iceland mixed colours)...and 3 small packets of busy lizzie...do you want them if so pm me your address and i'll post them out tomorrow for you

RE: Poppies

Tuppence — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:02:03 GMT

I have a pot of little seedlings and I just cannot remember what they are - they're probably seeds I collected from flowers last year! They're big enough to prick out individually and I must do that. Do wish it would warm up enough to get things planted in the garden. Hopefully it will in the next couple of weeks.

I bought cornflower seeds, "Double Blue", and want to sow some of them, too. I love cornflowers.

:)

RE: Poppies

keithmart — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:10:11 GMT

we still have plenty of potting up to do.

the fish have started feeding, at last!

the frogspawn has mostly hatched, and I have turned the filters on.

maybe spring has sprung!(i hope)

RE: Poppies

Stymie — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:20:59 GMT

My annual bedding plants are all in their own pots now. Dozens of them which will have to be going out for hardening off soon surely. The place looks a mess. they're all over. Things should start to warm up soon or we will be unable to move around.:P

RE: Poppies

Tuppence — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:38:45 GMT

My one plant is a cherry type, too. I might keep it in the portable greenhouse with the flap open, removing some of the shelves so it can grow upwards, unhindered! :)

RE: Poppies

Stymie — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:58:07 GMT

I'm growing cherry tomatoes which may prove to be slightly more hardy.

RE: Poppies

Tuppence — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:01:54 GMT

Like us, Stymie, you're weather is still wintery! I did plant out the spring onions this morning, though. My fuschia, tomato plant and the beans are still snug in the portable greenhouse.

:)

RE: Poppies

Stymie — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:04:38 GMT

I've spent a couple of cold hours, potting Impatiens on. They look like needing another month inside. I've got a combination of East wind and drizzle just now.

RE: Poppies

Tuppence — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:23:44 GMT

Very interesting. Thanks. I saw the programme on Kew the other day where they had germinated seeds collected 200 years ago!

RE: Poppies

jimothy — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:42:43 GMT

[quote][b]Tuppence (1/23/2008)[/b][hr]Thank you very much, Jimothy. I'll send on my address. A friend grows the Welsh poppy, the yellow one. :)[/quote]

Ah, yes, the welsh poppies are very nice, although strictly speaking they're not true poppies, belonging as they do to a different genus ([i]Meconopsis[/i], rather than [i]Papaver[/i]). They are, in fact, more closely related to the blue Himilayan poppies ([i]M. betonicifolia[/i], etc.) Now THOSE are beautiful plants, but I've never had any luck growing them from seed.

[quote]
Yes, Stymie, the seeds are so tiny. Thanks for the tip about the sand.[/quote]

I don't think covering is necessary to deter birds - the seeds are so small and numerous, I doubt they'll find them all. Also, bear in mind that poppy seeds need light to germinate (that's why they appear as if from nowhere on disturbed soil. If buried they will lie dormant for up to 100 years, apparently).

RE: Poppies

Tuppence — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:22:09 GMT

Thank you very much, Jimothy. I'll send on my address. A friend grows the Welsh poppy, the yellow one. :)

Yes, Stymie, the seeds are so tiny. Thanks for the tip about the sand.

:)

RE: Poppies

jimothy — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:17:28 GMT

Penny - I've got a packet of seed for [i]Papaver rhoeus[/i] (field poppy) - not the standard red form, but a variety of pinks with some dounble-coloured ones as well if i remember correctly.

If you want it, just send me a PM with your address.

Jim

RE: Poppies

Stymie — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:47:40 GMT

Poppy seed is so small isn't it? a very light covering of sand may stop the birds from taking it, or some mesh or similar until it sprouts.

Poppies

Tuppence — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:40:03 GMT

Do you like poppies of all sorts? I do! I'm hoping to grow them in the front garden this year. I want to broadcast seeds and see if they come up that way, rather than plant them.

Penny