Hey, I am not the one with the LIVE "poppy" Plants...And YOU voted Bush into office and caused the Afghanistanies to be so poor that they now have to spread thier vices upon American soil....

As for the Liberal lable, I am proud to wear it...I live in an apartment, WALK to work [thus reducing the amount of Carbon emmissions, AND by walking show my patriotism by reducing the need for foriegn oil], and readily rebuff your efforts to convert me to that haineous and gluteonous conservative lifestyle to which you freely admit...begining with your growing poopy seeds [misspelling is intended to protect the..well, some here on this bbs] to support your greedy lust for oil....

There ain't much oil in them there poppy seeds ... I can assure you.

My Poppies ... Help

Ok, is that really your poppies there? Can you rotate it to the left 90 degrees.

Interestingly, those are the poppies buds that people steal from somebody's backyard for smoking purposes. My chiropractor have same kind on their front yard and kids stealing the buds.

One guy parked his car on the curb, looked around, then proceeded to pull the plants from a woman's yard. He didn't know that the home owner was home and was filming him. So she gave the tape to the police.

The poppies you have seems has a strong stem and more likely have more potent effect. Save some of the seeds for next year. They have beautiful flowers. You may want to pull them earlier before the girl will return.

Those are poppy seed heads. That's what you get after the bloom is spent. It's not the seeds that contain the opium but the seed head it'self. But extraction needs to commence within two weeks of petal drop. Plus the pod heads need to stay on the stalk. Remove them and the pods are useless. The only poppy that produces the milk for opium is the Papaver somniferum (sleep poppy). However, the seeds from this poppy are what you find in all types of baked goods. And what will give you a positive on a drug screen if you have ingested a sufficient quantity prior to the test.

Since it is illegal to sell the Papaver somniferum in plant or fertile seed form in the U.S., I very much doubt your poppies are dangerious.

If someone could explain how to do that I would.

Thanks Amelia. Do you know what kind of Poppy I have?

Well I'm no expert but the Papaver somniferum has 3 bloom stalks per plant. Those in the picture look like singles. But it's hard to tell.

Redwood,

I thought you knew what kind of poppy you have, based upon your lifestyle of the rich, conservative republican.....The rich kind...the kind that lends itself to dreams ...and occasional nightmares...the kind of poppy that will let you share those dreams at a price.....those type of dreams that need a small pipe....you know, pipe dreams....

Thanks for your fantasy Neil. Maybe it is YOU that needs to look in the mirror.

PS. I've determined that mine have only one to two per stocks ... so according to Amelia ... I am safe. Ha Ha.!!