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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
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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.
My name is Don and I'm a bonsaiholic. If at first you don't succeed, try again with something easier.
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Penny - I've got a packet of seed for Papaver rhoeus (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
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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.
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Tuppence (1/23/2008)
Thank you very much, Jimothy. I'll send on my address. A friend grows the Welsh poppy, the yellow one.
Ah, yes, the welsh poppies are very nice, although strictly speaking they're not true poppies, belonging as they do to a different genus (Meconopsis, rather than Papaver). They are, in fact, more closely related to the blue Himilayan poppies (M. betonicifolia, etc.) Now THOSE are beautiful plants, but I've never had any luck growing them from seed.
Yes, Stymie, the seeds are so tiny. Thanks for the tip about the sand.
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).
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Very interesting. Thanks. I saw the programme on Kew the other day where they had germinated seeds collected 200 years ago!
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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.
My name is Don and I'm a bonsaiholic. If at first you don't succeed, try again with something easier.
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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.
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