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Look what poppied up! :mrgreen::hump:

SWIM didn't add the reflective sides until about 50 to 60 days. Should have had it the entire time. SWIM didn't plan the whole thing out very well at the beginning for the first grow. SWIM has learned a lot.

Looks good. What kind of soil is SWIY using? The plants look very happy in it. Did the seedlings ever topple over? If not, they are past that stage so SWIY doesn't have anything to worry about. SWIY will probably have to thin to just one or two plants in the current planter. SWIM is using...

SWIM was planning on planting some for overwintering some here shortly. Once the temps come down a bit. There's a nice spot picked out amongst the Mexican Petunias. Keep me posted on SWIY's indoor poppies. I'd love to see pictures as they start coming along.

SWIM's are Hungarian Blue bought locally. Yes, the lying down did happen with SWIM's. The arrangement should be decent. :) Are SWIY's McCorms?

First flower opening up

Poppy grew a boner.

Wish this thing would hurry up! :D

BB, You could probably still use your growbox, but there are a few things to understand about poppies first. The light cycle is the opposite of MJ. You'll want to go short light cycle for veg then increase light cycle for flower. Poppies don't like being transplanted either. Plan ahead...

18/6 worked for SWIM. However, most recommendations are 12/12 for veg, 18/6 or 24/0 for flower.

MOAR! :twisted:

There are alkaloids in the entire plant. However, these alkaloids are most concentrated in the ripe opium poppy pod. So sure, you might get something from an unripe pod, but you'll get the most opium latex if you are just patient and wait for your pod to swell up and get ripe. It's similar to...

Under a constant 18/6 light schedule SWIM's poppies began bolting by themselves at ~2.5 months.

For anyone interested SWIM provided some pics of the poppies just starting to bolt.

Omg they've finally bolted!!!!!! :) :) :)

SWIM says "you're welcome" :D Keep us posted on how it goes!

Rowlman, The flower and vegetable soil seems to be working great so far. I forgot to mention SWIM's containers are very well drained. SWIM drenches his containers whenever the drain pan below the container is dry and the top of the soil looks dry. This is usually every two days. Sometimes...

SWIM has moved the grow to a closet after several weeks of construction. That's another story. This smaller space causes the plants to be quite a bit warmer than they are used to. However, they are still growing. Their crowded growing container only gets more crowded. SWIM has added the...

Forgot to mention. Germination was done without the lights. As soon as they started sprouting they were on an 18/6 timer (which hasn't changed). Soon SWIM had to start thinning. There were WAAAAAAAAAAAY too many sprouts. Plants began to grow their true leaves. They grow more like a...

They can be grown indoors. SWIM is in the midst of a first grow. It's definitely a learning experience. Initial growing area was just in a room with the following conditions and supplies: 73 degrees F 4 clip on shop light fixtures with attached cone shaped reflectors from hardware store. 4...