Quick facts
- Bees love this!
- Easy to harvest poppy seeds for home baking
Papaver somniferum
Red flowered poppy reaches 2.5' high with stunning, short lived blossoms. Seeds are easy to harvest and bake into any poppy-seeded delight or add to salad dressings.
For seed harvest, wait until the seed heads dry down and simply shake out the black seeds like a salt shaker!
How to grow it:
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Germ Temp
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Indoor Start
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Germ Days
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Frost Tolerant
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Sun
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Seed Depth
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Plant/Row Spacing
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65 day
40 night
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Not rec.
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6-10 d.
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Yes
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Full
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1/16”
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6”/12”
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Direct sow around the last frost date. Cover lightly with a scant amount of soil. Tolerates a wide variety of conditions from shade to full sun, but prefers well-drained soil. Great as roadside flower planting, moderately drought tolerant.
Seed specs: Packet size, 1/2 g~ 500 seeds
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