Anyone grow poppies? (Papaver Somniferum)

[lusimax]

here is a friends duble grow weed and somnis
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[MrEDuck]

FFOF is going to be WAY too hot for poppies. Remember they grow well in poor soil that isn't fertile enough to grow other crops. At most I would use FF Light Warrior.

 

[CreepyStevie69]

Straight and to the point mr e. Thanks. I think I have some plain black top soil too somewhere and sand. then just adjust nutes as needed?

 

[FourZeroTwo]

So MrEDuck, I live in florida..should I just go out back and dig up some soil? Its plenty sandy here, kinka like in Afghanistan.

 

[MrEDuck]

Straight and to the point mr e. Thanks. I think I have some plain black top soil too somewhere and sand. then just adjust nutes as needed?

Its quite probable they wont need nutes. Poppies aren't heavy feeders. Have you ever grown anything other than cannabis?

So MrEDuck, I live in florida..should I just go out back and dig up some soil? Its plenty sandy here, kinka like in Afghanistan.

That should work but I would bake it prior to use to kill any bugs if you're bringing it into an indoor grow. Definitely not worth bringing bugs inside.

 

[Budget Buds]

The best poppy crop I ever grew was on a sand dune overlooking the lake michigan shore line, I just threw a few hundred extra seeds on the dune and came back a month and a half later totally surprised they were thriving, they loved it and produced tons of latex, No nutes needed nor did I need to water them once. They were the persian white variety .The sandier the "soil" the better IMO, You wont want to go overboard and buy anything more then a bag of sand and cheap no nute miracle grow . I just go out to the apple orchard and dig soil, then go to the beach and get my sand, I strain both and mix it at about a 25% soil to 75% sand mix and have never had a problem with them thriving. My favorate varietys are persian white hens and chicks and the giants. I was not impressed with the tasmainan kind. I was told they are bred to produce thebaine for making pharmaceuticals and (my experience) they lack mostly any kind of codeine or morphine, I believe this to be true, I only ever got a slight buzz from ingestion and more of a headache then anything.

 

[killemsoftly]

The best poppy crop I ever grew was on a sand dune overlooking the lake michigan shore line, I just threw a few hundred extra seeds on the dune and came back a month and a half later totally surprised they were thriving, they loved it and produced tons of latex, No nutes needed nor did I need to water them once. They were the persian white variety .The sandier the "soil" the better IMO, You wont want to go overboard and buy anything more then a bag of sand and cheap no nute miracle grow . I just go out to the apple orchard and dig soil, then go to the beach and get my sand, I strain both and mix it at about a 25% soil to 75% sand mix and have never had a problem with them thriving. My favorate varietys are persian white hens and chicks and the giants. I was not impressed with the tasmainan kind. I was told they are bred to produce thebaine for making pharmaceuticals and (my experience) they lack mostly any kind of codeine or morphine, I believe this to be true, I only ever got a slight buzz from ingestion and more of a headache then anything.

Very helpful. Good to know.
Thanks Bb