Indoor CFL Poppy Grow

Well, again, sorry for the long delay. Hope no one minds me brining up this old thread again and again, but here is the latest set of pics:







Now, as you can see, they did bloom, well one so far (the rest have buds coming in, and another has a flower coming out as well). So far I count around a dozen flowers that are coming in, plus a few more plants that have some growing to do. First off I want to say these are TINY poppies. I think I can say that is because a number of reasons, from an inital poor lighting cycle, to being transplants no less than two or three times. I wont go into details here, but I think overall, so far, this has been an overwhelming success considering what I had to work with here. I needed more soil, more lighting, less transplants, a timer, so on and so fourth and even still they managed to bloom.
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Opium yield is still unknown obviously, the last of the pedals fell off the first plant today, so I wont be harvesting that for a little while. Plus, they only seem to be about half an inch in diameter, hopefully they will swell a bit though. Im crossing my fingers for 3/4".

As soon as these die off (read: when I pull them), I want to start a second crop, but now that I have a better paying job, I can afford a better setup, so hopefully I will get bigger plants. I am also going to buy a faster flowering version from a vendor on ebay to try them out. I also plan on starting my first cannabis grow in the coming month as well. I will, of course, keep you all up to date on that as well.

extremely small pods. Probably wont yield anymore that 3mg per pod if your lucky.

420ganja420 said:

extremely small pods. Probably wont yield anymore that 3mg per pod if your lucky.

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Indeed, but this was just to see if the plants would even survive. My next grow will be more for yield, this was just to see if CFLs could even sustain them. Mark my words, I have plenty of soil, plenty of water, and plenty of seeds, my next crop WILL be even better!! haha.

nice man, thanks for the update !

i love your enthusiasm! Cant wait for the next grow! +rep

i grew those a little once there a pain compared to cannabis. nearly killed myself drinking tea i made from them underestemated the potency.

I really appreciate all the input I have gotten from everyone here. I know my grow was a bit disappointing as far as yield grows, but I really think poppies can be grown indoors, under CFL lighting, and if proper planting conditions (better than what I provided) a person can get decent (though perhaps not extraordinary) yields. I never tried to, nor though it was possible, to make growing poppies a commercial success indoors, but I think you could grow enough to indulge yourself once in a while, and it has the inherent safety of preventing you from growing enough to really become addicted.

Details on the next grow are a bit sketchy right now since I do want to grow cannabis... However I know I wont be using CFLs for that grow, so I suppose I could contiune my CFL tryouts with poppies. Except this time, more of them. I already mentioned getting fast flowering seeds from ebay, and I might also try the gigantiums or however you spell that. The idea behind that is using a large pod strain, so that if plants contiune to be dwarf size, you would (therotically) get standard size pods (or at least bigger ones). And if I ever win the lotto (or just have extra money) I also want to try poppies on a hydro setup. That would be a thread worth following I think...

let me know before you start your grow and what strain your going to grow. We can start at the same time and have a little contest lol.

That would be pretty freaking sweet actually. Sure would be a lot quicker than me doing everyone on my own haha Good deal though.

i still have a couple weeks before I start (gotta wait for the last of my plants to bloom and then harvest), but as soon as their done, Im pulling 'em out adding more soil and starting again.

ok just keep me posted. i need to go pick up a few things first (large soil bed and more soil) then im so gonna destroy your ass at the contest lol. i learned alot from the first time i did a grow indoors. time to put my data to the test

im still impressed nice for people who dont have any outdoor land this would work.

Thats exactly what got me started. I have -no- outdoor land. I mean zilch. Unfortunately at this point, I wouldnt really suggest this as a means to get opium for someone who seriously wants to use it. However I do think that a cheap hydro setup would work for production. Obviously I am still in the early stages of testing, but I think in a few months I will have this all sorted out. I hope to try my first hydro setup with poppies this coming weekend (get them started anyway) since I need to go to the hydro store.

I'll post pictures later. Im too lazy right now, but I have good news, I lanced my poppies a couple days ago (one I know was premature, and so is one other) and they do indeed produce latex. Not a lot, but enough to provide me with enough proof that indoor poppies is indeed possible.

After a brief run around at the local wally world, I decided my next grow should be hydroponic. Size wise it will be able to fit in my closet, and at the moment I think I will stick with CFLs. I just need some net pots, a pump, some tubing, rockwool and expanded clay pebbles from a hydro store and the rest from wally world. I dont intend on spending more than maybe $50. Tops. Payday is wednesday, so expect something around then, maybe sooner if I feel rich. hah

I am not a poppy expert but i am almost positive you can harvest in much much less time than two years. I have read an abundance of information that supports this hypothesis.

Two years? Pardon me, but where the hell did that come from?

I know someone earlier in the thread mentioned something about that, but that was quickly disproved. Look at my thread, I started back in December and I am harvesting now! Opium poppys are perennials. If you grow them outdoors you can harvest every year (provided you sow new seeds). Indoors, I would imagine you could have a "perpetual" harvest year-round.

FYI: Artichokes, on the other hand, do take about two years before they start bearing.

Alright guys, so this about wraps up my grow. I still have several pods coming in and what not, but the proof is in the pudding as they say, and this is proof enough for me. I hope you feel the same.





Next grow: Wally-World supplies, and some minor stuff from a hydroponics store. Im thinking at least 20 plants, probably a combo of either floros (T5 or T and CFLs, or an HID and CFLs. We shall see though. Probably just start off with CFLs though. But that... is a whole other grow journal.

hi duster, first of all congratulations for proving cfl can work!!

i hope its ok with you to guide me with my project too

first im in a tropical country, average annual temp is 26C - 33C all year long, just sun and rain.

tried germinating them in pots, sprouted (2-3 days) successfully but never reach the stage of showing their true leaf.. their growth becomes stunted when they are 1.5 inch tall., then they curl down and die.

can you please guide me on what to do and how to do it (indoor/outdoor) considering my location and sittuation.. (Temperature, pot, lights, germination and etc..)

I really hope I can raise it like you did,i dont mind having small pods, I just want them in my herbal collection

thanks in advance!!

Over a year later? Really? Impressive. Haha

Regardless, since it is brought up....

Tropical might be kinda hard, poppies like a change at night, that is... Warm-ish during the day and cooler at night. Also, they dont like having their roots soggy the whole time, but they do like being watered. I had a hard time over-watering my plants, but an easy time drying them out so be careful with that. I would suggest an automated mister as the best solution, but to each their own.

I would need more details on why you seedlings died. Was the soil moist? Soggy? Hot sun? Was it outside? Indoors? What color were they when they died (yellow, brown, etc)?

In your case I would suggest growing indoors until their probably a pretty decent size. Maybe get one of the larger peat pots or something and grow them in that until they are WELL eastablished, then either transplant outside, or leave them in the pot and take them outside. If they dont show any signs of dying, then transplant. Also, dont fertilize early on. in fact, if your growing in store bought top soil, you dont need to do it at all.

Lastly, the only way you will get pods that small is if you have 24/7 lighting. If you use sunlight, or a normal 12/12 cycle indoors, they will grow full size. You could probably stunt it through the use of small pots though...

Hey duster. Excellent thread. Did you ever find out what the quick flowering poppies were called?

What is the best light you guys would recommend for the opium poppie indoors ??