No problem theonesx, let me know how they turn out. If they are any good save some seeds! One pod, or even part of the seeds in a pod would be MORE than enough...
And about the varieties, tasmanian, for example, are quite potent, and found often in some culinary seeds... Its grown (you guessed it) in tasmania, and australia actually by some of the only legal poppy fields in the world. They harvest the opium more medical reasons, then market the seeds to culinary markets.
As for the Mccormick seeds, they use seeds from the Netherlands, most likely Dutch (this is all done via a google search, and McCormicks website itself). Dutch poppies arent the heaviest of producers, but actually have some of the better quality opium of all the strains. Thats one reason why I chose McCormicks seeds, because after a lot of research I found that they (should) be of good quality.
Now, if I WAS going to purchase seeds, I would want one of two types. Either a fast flowering (I hear tell of one that flowers in 55 days or less), or a super size/super yield monster. What I will likely do, space and money permitting, for my second grow is grow a different variety in each pot, or have one plant of each type (depending on how many pots, and how much space I have). My main concern is volume. Quality can be increased by purifying and what not, but your stuck with what you have. Of course a gram of 5% morphine content is the same as half a gram of 10%, so there has to be a balance.
I hear persian whites are super good, and like I said, tasmanian. Theres just so many varities, its hard to know which is best. A good way to go (seirously) I think... If your growing these for personal use that is... Go by looks. Sure you might not get that extra .02% morphine content, but who cares? If they look good, toss the seeds everywhere and youll have enough poppies to harvest all the crap you want.
Heres a link by the way, where I got my dutch poppy info: http://forum.poppies.org/lofiversion/index.php?t10546.html
It also mentions that the morphine content of the rest of the plant (other than the pod) is about 1/10 of the pod itself.
And about the varieties, tasmanian, for example, are quite potent, and found often in some culinary seeds... Its grown (you guessed it) in tasmania, and australia actually by some of the only legal poppy fields in the world. They harvest the opium more medical reasons, then market the seeds to culinary markets.
As for the Mccormick seeds, they use seeds from the Netherlands, most likely Dutch (this is all done via a google search, and McCormicks website itself). Dutch poppies arent the heaviest of producers, but actually have some of the better quality opium of all the strains. Thats one reason why I chose McCormicks seeds, because after a lot of research I found that they (should) be of good quality.
Now, if I WAS going to purchase seeds, I would want one of two types. Either a fast flowering (I hear tell of one that flowers in 55 days or less), or a super size/super yield monster. What I will likely do, space and money permitting, for my second grow is grow a different variety in each pot, or have one plant of each type (depending on how many pots, and how much space I have). My main concern is volume. Quality can be increased by purifying and what not, but your stuck with what you have. Of course a gram of 5% morphine content is the same as half a gram of 10%, so there has to be a balance.
I hear persian whites are super good, and like I said, tasmanian. Theres just so many varities, its hard to know which is best. A good way to go (seirously) I think... If your growing these for personal use that is... Go by looks. Sure you might not get that extra .02% morphine content, but who cares? If they look good, toss the seeds everywhere and youll have enough poppies to harvest all the crap you want.
Heres a link by the way, where I got my dutch poppy info: http://forum.poppies.org/lofiversion/index.php?t10546.html
It also mentions that the morphine content of the rest of the plant (other than the pod) is about 1/10 of the pod itself.
. It would suck if you got caught with that grow, cultivating opium doesnt sound very good....
haha
