Poppies

yeah i am still learning that's for sure LOL but its a great start

I dont know anything about poppies, other than i have smoked opium before, but dont know shit about harvesting. But its pretty amazing looking. Thanx for the pic!

vantheman169 said:

I dont know anything about poppies, other than i have smoked opium before, but dont know shit about harvesting. But its pretty amazing looking. Thanx for the pic!

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your welcome glad to share these's pics with everyone iam happy that everyone likes my plants its really amazing ill keep on cutting them lol

Hmmm .... I am looking for a new addiction ....
This ONE certainly looks interesting !

Nice work brother ... !
Love the updated pics ...

Puffer Fish said:

Hmmm .... I am looking for a new addiction ....
This ONE certainly looks interesting !

Nice work brother ... !
Love the updated pics ...

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thank you very much buddy its almost a shame to slice the bulbs on the plants but ow well its the process LOL all i need now is a good pipe to smoke some need to get one soon to puff it up LOL

nice pic update lad..they look camaoflagued...

kevin murphy said:

nice pic update lad..they look camaoflagued...

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thank you very much its been a nice grow so far they are really interesting plants ill never forget this grow for sure LOL

I LMAO when I saw the way Cannabis420420 hacked at the bulbs, not in an insulting way I don`t know fuck all about harvesting opium, the sight was just funny hahahah Nice to see you getting fruits of your labour buddy!

Someone here said he would make a tool to make cuts the right depth, I was thinking maybe you should get a razor blade and glue 2 sheets of wood, plastic, metal w.e you can find on the sides to sort that one out? I`m sure its not necessary though.

I was coming home the other day and noticed these massive poppy pods in someones garden. Just in front of the house. I had to stop and look for a few seconds, the bulbs were massive! Estimate 3.5-4cm in diameter per pod. A greenish colour with no petals. I`m wondering what these are? I know only Papaver Somniferum yields a fair amount of resin but I`m unaware theres any bulbs that size that aren`t the Somniferum.

Are these IT?

plantvision said:

The vessels that the latex run in run vertically. So they should be incised horizontally. The only thing I would have done different is I would have stayed toward the top and worked down on following insicions.

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ima disagree with this....when you want to bleed out by slicIng your wrists, you slice WITH the vein, not across.....i have seen pix before of harvested poppies, and they were ALL sliced vertically along the vessel (as you call it)....they make a hooked razor for doing this....looks like it only cuts a few centimeters deep...regardless, looks like fun cannabis420420 keep it up 8^{D

Tenner said:

I LMAO when I saw the way Cannabis420420 hacked at the bulbs, not in an insulting way I don`t know fuck all about harvesting opium, the sight was just funny hahahah Nice to see you getting fruits of your labour buddy!

Someone here said he would make a tool to make cuts the right depth, I was thinking maybe you should get a razor blade and glue 2 sheets of wood, plastic, metal w.e you can find on the sides to sort that one out? I`m sure its not necessary though.

I was coming home the other day and noticed these massive poppy pods in someones garden. Just in front of the house. I had to stop and look for a few seconds, the bulbs were massive! Estimate 3.5-4cm in diameter per pod. A greenish colour with no petals. I`m wondering what these are? I know only Papaver Somniferum yields a fair amount of resin but I`m unaware theres any bulbs that size that aren`t the Somniferum.

Are these IT?

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lmfao i know i did't cut them correctly the first time lol its ok tho still learning more and more about these poppies i should make a tool to cut to them correctly each and every time it would make things a lot easier i got a few razors will use them and hoping to get to get at least a 1gram of opium that would be great lol

R3DROCk9 said:

ima disagree with this....when you want to bleed out by slicIng your wrists, you slice WITH the vein, not across.....i have seen pix before of harvested poppies, and they were ALL sliced vertically along the vessel (as you call it)....they make a hooked razor for doing this....looks like it only cuts a few centimeters deep...regardless, looks like fun cannabis420420 keep it up 8^{D

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thank you very much cutting them is cutting them there's all kinds of different techniques of cutting them does't really matter as long as it get's job done lol

I been followin this thread a little bit and im very interested in trying to harvest some of my own But i was wondering how long it took you from seed to harvest? Thanks and good luck with your new experiment :]

just some google pics, does appear common for vertical cuts.. but their are others also,

for harvest may i sugessest parchment paper

wow those google pics are amazing too. So thats what you harvest is where it ooozes? interesting indeed

Guys, any experts out there who can help me? I`m saying I saw same colour/size bulbs in someones front garden, are they opium poppies?

There are many reasons for ways of insicions. Watching some vids of Afghnis, they were moving through the field quite quickly, most cuts actually were at an angle.

Most books tell of horizontal cuts starting from the top and moving down the bulb. The reasoning for this is the plant moves the latex up through the vessels.
So cutting low on the bulb to start out cuts off the vessel from further cuts. And cutting vertical lessens vessel lines being cut.

I have used both in the 4 years of raising poppies, and believe in horizontally. None of use are major producers so what ever works.

The tool I spoke of that I made is as follows.
I start out with a 2x4 about 4 or 5 inches long. Rip a piece off 1-1/2 wide. I then round the edges on one end 3 inches in so it fits in my hand nicely.
On the other end I use a band saw and slice in lengthwise deep enough for a utility knife blade to fit in. I make 3 or 4 cuts like this.
Most utility knife blades have holes in them. Lay the utility blade on the side and position the blade to just stick out. Mark the hole location and drill through.
Place the blades in the cuts from the bandsaw, use a 3/16 bolt and bolt the knifes into the slits. The slits will bend enough to tighten down.

This way you can make multiple slits the right depth very quickly.

Hope I explained that good enough, seems clear to me, but I realize it may be confusing.
In the middle of spraying right now maybe I can find sometime to take a picture of it.

Unnk said:

for harvest may i sugessest parchment paper

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What I use is a rounded knife and a shallow tin like mints come in. The latex when dry just comes loose from the tin.

Tenner said:

Guys, any experts out there who can help me? I`m saying I saw same colour/size bulbs in someones front garden, are they opium poppies?

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Many gardens even in my small town have pap som. poppies growing in them. Picture of them would be great, but I would put money on it they are pap som.

my budies always used parchment i was entertaining the idea of doing this as i had ingesting opiates but inhalation though... cant get enough

plantvision said:

Many gardens even in my small town have pap som. poppies growing in them. Picture of them would be great, but I would put money on it they are pap som.

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Would I be doing something terrible to the gardener if I nicked the pods?

I`m sure the person isn`t growing them for the Opium so if they just tend to fall off and die I would go grab them!

Can you extract resin while they are cut off the plant?

I can imagine an old man yelling "fucking students getting high off my poppies!!"