Poppy update

Here is a complete tour showing all the different direct seeding beds that I have shown through the winter. The poppies and larkspur are almost ready to bloom!

[@judymiddleswart9350]

Love seeing the seed heads because I’ve direct sown and now I c what it should look like...

[@crystalwebb5725]

I absolutely love the update with the comparison!! Thank you for all of your time that you put into these videos, they are so very helpful. 😊

[@mkitchens8163]

I planted poppies in January/early February before The Big Freeze. I had quite a few poppies germinate and can't wait for them to bloom. Hopefully, I'll be able to collect seed or they will reseed this year. I moved some larkspur from one location to another right before a big rain and a couple of overcast days last week and I can't tell they were ever moved. I also have Bachelor Buttons and alyssum coming up. I started foxgloves last September and put in the ground in late October and they are looking good (keeping my fingers crossed for blooms this year), and three peonies that I moved in October have flower buds (an unexpected bonus)! I think the extreme cold spell was good for several things in my garden. I don't think any of the nigella seed I sowed germinated, and I had several of those last year. My tulips have just finished, and I have heuchera, tiarella, clematis, hellebores, dicentra, violas, snapdragons, thrift, iberis, daffodils and wood anemones blooming, and one ranunculus. Several irises are budded up, and I spotted buds on my Purple Sensation allium today. People who don't garden have no idea how fun it is to walk your garden daily to see what's changed. Zone 7B, north Mississippi.

[@leTacosrGood]

Just starting my poppy journey, I am watching your videos to try to learn more about these fascinating plants. I appreciate all the info that you provide for beginners like myself!

[@kristycampbell5426]

Thank you for this update. I put some seeds out in early January as an experiment. This helps me identify which ones are doing well. I am excited to see what might eventually bloom.

[@karenlopez5441]

Nature is so efficient! We really can’t replicate it, but we can try. Your beds look great. Can’t wait to see the colors of your larkspur and poppies.

[@VeryMiley]

So helpful!! Poppies are fickle. Your videos are helpful!

[@mbmarshall]

This is so new to me and I am so excited!!

[@stacyharris9669]

So excited for your booming garden!!

[@AJsGreenThumbLLC]

Everything is looking lovely Brie! I appreciate you sharing!👀

[@laurieg5308]

Thanks Brie! Can’t wait for the show!

[@BeaudeMello]

So beautiful! I hope to someday have such a beautiful flower bed.

[@michaelmarchione3408]

Except for last fall, I always collect my poppy seeds and then just when the snow melts and there still is a nightly frost, I toss them where I want them. That I didn't do this year so they took over my new Iris bed. I did however tossed two new types of poppy seeds in a spot, but it warmed up too soon. I'm going to layer that spot with ice cubes to see if it will help. I'll do it just before dark. We are in zone 4a in NNY. There is a wicked dry spell this year. I do have Larkspur germinating in a couple of winter sown milk jugs that I sat out in the snow in February. I enjoyed your experiment. Take care!

[@CraftyGrower]

I'm excited to see all the blooms

[@litaholloway2721]

I copied you last fall when I saw Jim hortube show, I’m so excited to seeing mine. Thanks for showing what the poppy and other seedlings looks like, that prevented me from pulling them out coz they are looking like some weeds to me😁

[@solarroofing8072]

wow, glad I found this update video. now I have something to plant on Thanksgiving!

[@jacintabyline]

Kia ora from New Zealand Brie. i am so happy to have discovered your channel as poppies are my very favorite flower. Now is the time for me to scatter seed (NZ autumn) so am eager for your tips. It is my first time growing from seed. I have subscribed and liked.

[@mp_mia7989]

So awesome 💯❤️

[@saraw8503]

I sowed in January. I did a combo of larkspur, California poppy, Shirley poppy, foxglove, and a random wildflower mix package from American meadows. They germinated but have a ways to go before they even think about blooming.

[@zwhirlwhorled7570]

You gardens are so well kept. I kinda of do a similar thing. Turning flowers into weedy cover crops to keep weeds down. I grow more vegetables so I'm always pulling out flowers to make more space. Your cover crops are very pretty too. Have problems with some real strong pink poppies and the nigella is gone crazy. 🤣 Money plant also over grew, I'm rich! Larkspur was always very popular at the flower shop. Going to see if I can get some larkspur self seeding. Didn't know poppies need cold stratification. Love knowledgeable plant people. Thanks

[@BrieThePlantLady]

Thank you!!! It sounds like we garden the same way! That’s awesome!

[@monikal9384]

I sowed bachelor buttons and poppies in January (I believe) here in Central MS; they are smaller than yours, but had a very good germination rate and are growing nicely.

[@samtgrrr897]

I love poppy blooming flowers

[@nevar23]

Oh, it's going to be so lovely. I can't wait to see it! I've had zero luck with poppies this year. Tried winter sowing in bottles, direct sowing, and peat pots. Not one sprout. I'm unsure if it's me or the if the seed packet was just a dud. I'll try again this winter. Fingers crossed that Hungarian Blue does better.

[@johnxavier8732]

consider that birds are eating the seeds. I had some that I planted, and not a one came up. the next year I seeded, then covered the area with a bird netting material. I had hundreds come up. Birds like the seeds. good luck.

[@regismonkton]

I'm learning that where you are, i.e. Zone 7b Central N.C., much of your plants seem to be, even, a few weeks ahead of mine in zone 7a Central MD. This year I'm having many poppies sprouting (they were sown in mid to late Jan.) and my cornflowers and forget-me-nots are sprouting (and they were sown in early Mar.)--all surface sown. In early Mar. I also sowed seeds for Flax, annual ageratum, calendula and more but I can't tell if those are going to sprout or if they've sprouted--I'll let you know, and thanks for your update.

[@karenlopez5441]

Brie, do you think we could sow the seeds in early October, 4 weeks before frost here in 7b?That’s what Lisa Ziegler says works in her cool flowers theory. They would have 4 weeks to get roots going and some leaf development then the roots would continue but the greens would stop growing until spring. I want to experiment next fall with several dates between Oct and Nov.

[@michaelpickens1226]

Good vid🌟

[@laurasuitter2442]

I sowed poppies and larkspur the first weekend of Dec. I thought the poppies were germinating, but they seem to have disappeared. The larkspur is looking good though!

[@Flower_hoarder]

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[@shivjotsidhusidhu363]

Hello i want grow poppy. Like you .very nice work. I from Punjab India

[@user-px7nh7vs4b]

Thank you for this video. Zone 8b here and I love poppies and have tried all methods. I haven't had great luck but I do get a few poppies. I want FIELDS of poppies though. Any help is much appreciated.

[@monikal9384]

Look at Brie's other videos where she is actually sowing the seeds. I am also in 8b (I believe), sowed them sometime in January, and they germinated very well. It seems to work when you rake the soil prior to sowing, and then scatter the seeds on top and leave them be.

[@michaelmarchione3408]

Maybe the poppy seeds need actual contact with the soil and the mulch or what ever they landed on stopped the germination? Just a thought? Mine are on the soil with no interference. I don't know for sure, just guessing. Take care!

[@landscaperescuewithstuartm6141]

Great video!!!! So much great info!! Hillbilly Brain Hurt!!

[@BrieThePlantLady]

😂

[@TheEigylyte]

Hi sow seeds in spring didint grow,this time l sow seeds in october before frost du u think it will grow? Or do it in early spring again

[@dianeasberry7928]

Can I ask why you wait so late to sow your seed instead of sowing right after blooming as the self sown ones? I live in Texas and find sowing earlier seems to work. Also do you sow them on bear ground or work a bit of soil on top. You may have already discussed this but I have just found your channel.

[@Jane.Doe.]

Hi Brie & everyone, Has anyone here had amazing success with growing poppies in or around the foothills near Loveland / Fort Collins, Colorado? I would so appreciate any tips and hearing about the best method you've found for going from seed to maturity in this area. I just found your channel and subscribed - such a beautiful area you've created... Thank you so much! 🥀

[@seanaames6855]

Poppies need stratification or repeated freezing and thawing to germinate well. I lived in metro and Eastern Colorado for a total of about 30 years. I always had great luck with most kinds of poppies.

[@effjay8010]

Fort Collins here have best success east facing shallow compost beds. My west facing side gets too hot before they develop fully.

[@debjanibhowmick5870]

How do u sow barley? And wheat?

[@joczapiewski6195]

What do you do when the leaves get nasty looking? At least mine look really ratty while Im letting them go to seeds.

[@BrieThePlantLady]

That’s just part of the process. They are ANNULS the entire plant dies when seed is ripe. You don’t do anything.

[@layersoflaurel]

Hi, Brie! Have you had any success with growing poppies in partial shade or do they need full sun? Also, do you sow your larkspur seed out the same time as the poppies? Great video! Thank you!

[@BrieThePlantLady]

The poppies in part shade won’t grow as large but they can flower. Yes larkspur needs to planted at the same time as poppies.

[@layersoflaurel]

@@BrieThePlantLady Okay, thank you so much!

[@gardeningjunkie2267]

I'm just wondering because you said you sow very densely, maybe the self-sown seedlings are competing for nutrition so their growth is slower?

[@gleventhal]

How do you keep pests away? Aphids love poppy leaves, especially black aphids (at least I think that's what they are) and squirrels seem to love digging up the seedlings.

[@BrieThePlantLady]

Neither of those are problems for me at all. I think timing is critical. The aphids are not active when these are growing.

[@gleventhal]

@@BrieThePlantLady You sow in the Fall?

[@lrieke8300]

I just concluded after watching this video that I incorrectly removed my Larkspur seeding success earlier in the year when thinking that I had mare's tail horseweed growing. Lesson learned. Sowed larkspur again this week and will not touch the fern like plants again!!!

[@BrieThePlantLady]

Ah yes. It’s tricky to Id the seedlings!

[@pameasam5362]

Hi brie, did you use any fertilizer for this if not what kind of soil is good for poppy?

[@BrieThePlantLady]

No fertilizer. They prefer compost for soil.

[@dickandhopesmagicalrainbow8192]

How long after sowing will it take for the daikon radishes to bloom?

[@BrieThePlantLady]

Usually several months. 4-6 months.

[@dickandhopesmagicalrainbow8192]

@@BrieThePlantLady thank you!

[@FebbieG]

I love how you plant grains with your flowers. Do you harvest them?

[@BrieThePlantLady]

Yes! We eat the grains. I average about 20lbs of ground homegrown flour annually.

[@FebbieG]

@@BrieThePlantLady That's so awesome!

[@barbaracole4314]

I think maybe the bottles create heat cuz they're dark-colored, clear glass probably doesn't heat up like that.

[@BrieThePlantLady]

All colors of glass produce warm air from the sun. Color does not make a difference.

[@kellenwright2388]

Hello I subscribed and liked. I asked about poppies in Maine. We have hard cold snowy winters, its now spring, nights close to freezing 🥶. I believe it's time to plant my seeds. Do you agree with that? Any advice from a professional is very much appreciated. Thanks and I hope you and yours only the best.

[@BrieThePlantLady]

Yes I think I’m maine now us the time to sow. I know they can be grown up there as I saw them at the coastal Maine BG.

[@kellenwright2388]

@@BrieThePlantLady great thanks tons. What's BG? I've seen them in gardens as far north as New Hampshire. I live near Bangor Maine and am curious if that's your BG? Much love to you and yours. I'm so jealous of the mild weather (compared to where I live) be well.

[@will_der_dude]

what month and zone was this video taken?

[@BrieThePlantLady]

May

[@jtrueblood66]

What can you tell me about breadseed poppies

[@BrieThePlantLady]

Watch the videos in the playlist

[@jackieweber3662]

When did you direct sow the larkspur.

[@saarah07]

I think she did that on Black Friday as well.

[@BrieThePlantLady]

Yes Black Friday (or the weeks around that) seems to be the best timing for all these cool season annuals like larkspur, poppies, nigella, grains, etc.

[@pocketsand506]

I’ve watched someone freeze poppy seeds in ice cubes trays with water. And then toss the around the garden. Do you think this would be successful for people who live in warmer climates?

[@BrieThePlantLady]

I doubt it, but I guess it worth trying. The issue is the soil temperature, not the seed storage temp.

[@1998superjet]

Do you think even though it’s late, they would germinate if spread in early May? I’m in West Virginia.

[@1998superjet]

It’s still 50-65 from 12-10 am most days then goes to 70-80

[@BrieThePlantLady]

Anything is worth a try. But I’d save seed seed for a fall sowing to compare. They really prefer much colder soil temps for optimal development

[@1998superjet]

@@BrieThePlantLady I’ll try some more in the fall, and I’ll let you know how my May seed sowing goes here in WV. Just spread the seed last night, we still have cold nights and mornings here into June so I think they’ll germinate. Temps at night to morning are 50-65 degrees.

[@1998superjet]

@@BrieThePlantLady we have a good 2 weeks coming up of nights in the 40’s to 50’s so I think I’ll have at least some success.

[@carminetocco9334]

Where do you get the opium poppy seeds to plant

[@BrieThePlantLady]

I save my own seed and offer these for sake at in person events only. No mail order.

[@carminetocco9334]

@@BrieThePlantLady I bought a bag of Bread seeds like the one's that go on top of bagels can you plant those am I on the right track ? Tks for replying

[@BrieThePlantLady]

Yes!! Though often the seed sold for culinary purposes doesn’t germinate- I’ve tried!

[@SCCL1000]

A question, please, Brie: what month was this video shot? That could help me in my learning process.

[@BrieThePlantLady]

This was shot in April. All of my videos are posted in real time. You can watch the entire process from seeding to flowering the the “how to grow poppies” playlist.

[@sonjaland2651]

Good morning from Texas Zone 8. Next year, I’m definitely going to self sow seeds. Thank you for sharing your progression video. Also I’m a new KZbin video person pursuing to share more KZbin videos in the future. I only have one video. 🤣. It’s under Sonja’s Beautiful Gardens. When you get a chance, check it out. As a new KZbin person, you have inspired me to carry on. 🙂🌿🦋🌸

[@BrieThePlantLady]

That’s awesome!!!! Send you all the best. KZbin is an experience, for sure. I still mostly fo traditional education as my job through webinars now, but these videos can be good tools for sharing information, though I am constantly seeing gaps in my content that I cover better in a webinar because I have visual aids that keep me on track.

[@kareharpies]

Dont buy poppy from big seed companies; their seed is old and stored way too long in dry dark vaults. I got some seed from an etsy gardener out of montana who sells them fresh from her patch each year. I self sowed mine after the ice storm in mid February (after the snow melted). Mine have ALL sprouted but are several weeks behind Brie's. I'm in nyc 7A, where temps have just consistently reached the high 50's, low 60's. I think Brie's zone is too warm by february for poppies to germinate but in 7a (and colder) you can get them to sprout without doing it in the fall of the previous year. Erin, the impatient gardener (zone 5), direct sowed hers in late january/early february and I'm sure hers will come up too. As long as your zone has late winter/early spring snow or prolonged temps in the 10's, 20's and 30's, poppies should germinate - if you bought viable seed! Warmer climates (7b to 11) need to sow in fall because your freezing temps comes later and ends sooner.

[@BrieThePlantLady]

Great advice!!!

[@baus7]

Can you please share the etsy shop? Thank you.

[@Bonesph]

Soak your seeds in warm water for a day maybe

[@JoseGonzalez-ed4hq]

The seeds are old probably mine dont germinate for nothing now

[@solarroofing8072]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZOZY6egl8x3oKM how did your vegtables turn out in this space??? I think you had planted swiss chard, mustard and lettuce? did the flowers choke them out??

[@BrieThePlantLady]

No they grew out great! Though I vaguely recall deer and rabbits munching them too.

[@Muttleytech]

Maybe hungry birds ate the seeds?

[@BrieThePlantLady]

I don’t think they did. I think the seed wasn’t good. But this year there are thousands germinating!

[@levanleonunprojeleri2766]

mmmmmm.....