It's crazy how massive these plants are compared to all my others. The genetics are nuts. Just under 6ft tall blooming way ahead of anything else with at least another 1.5 months growing season.
This is one of the pods from the red poppy that I posted pictures of earlier.
Although the undersides of the leaves were COVERED in aphids or some kind of orange bug. It turned out to be a queens 😃
Day 64 on English Pharma's and Asian OB x Afghan Galania. Plants in the pvc planters (and terra cotta pots) were transplanted twice prior to this fourth destination. They are smaller but are showing that they are still maturing well enough in that they are developing stems. In the future I would not use terra cotta pots, but rather small peat pots.
this is the reddest poppy I’ve ever grown! you should see it in person. it almost glows!!!
The way they are popping up seems consistent with how I threw the seeds down. They were wet, so a lot may have fallen in specific clumps. A good majority were bread seeds bought by the LB. And a few on one side were Hens and chicks
These are 6-8weeks old and compared to what I see on here they seem super small. This is my first year growing these, non of my outdoor ones came up. As these are all I have left that came up I’m putting every ounce of effort in em to try and at least get one to bloom and pod.
Seeds seem to be what I’m looking for but I am skeptical. When would be a good time to thin the sprouts. I
Looks like 5-6 pods
Are these Papaver Somniferum?
Everybody is having fun showing off their flowers. I never thought I would get into growing plants the way I have. I usually overdo whatever I focus on. But here are some pics of my little fuzzy guys. Today’s photos have my finger pointing to them. These were planted on the 19th of March.
Wow great photo of my finger
Mid Michigan, how do they look? First time with these being successful for me.
It's crazy how many chutes these Mexican fireballs put off. They're already putting off so many flowers, I can't imagine how many more they're going to put off over the next 6 weeks or so before the season is over. The genetics are crazy. I had to put up a tomatoe cage to hold up some branches coming out of the bottom of the plant after we got some rain. I counted 17 flowers on one before the 1st flower even bloomed. Absolutely nuts..
So I have a question, when the poppies first sprout and pop up with the leaves at top like these in the pic- am i supposed to add dirt all the way up to the leaves? I ask bc all my others end up falling over if i don’t and that’s the only way i can get them to hold up on their own.
This is my first season growing
Wall poppy !