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this is my 4th attempt, 1 previous outdoors in this same container (an old pig feeding trough i found in the woods) and twice indoors, these seeds were sown on the 29th of November of 2023, as i make this diary it is currently day 139 so week 20 of veg, i feel like they are going to start throwing up buds any day now so i will update this diary when anything new happens, you can see many small plants that i attempted to relocate wilting and on the verge of death, these plants do not like to be disturbed once germinated, but i am optimistic as these were the last of the remaining seed pack i purchased from white buffalo trading co, i doubt i will get to see the full diversity promised from this pack but i will press on with what i have and share it here. https://www.white-buffalo-trading.com/store/p147/%22ALL_IN_25%22_Monthly_Special_Poppy_Seed_Mix%2C__Papaver_somniferum.html#/
still bushing up nicely, only feed them about once a week and water about 3 times (counting the feeding), giving them miracle gro at 400ppm as i don't want to burn them up, doing good in full sun. nice patterns starting to show on some of the cultivars, getting excited for budding to start, ill check back here next week.
after a couple of weeks of rough weather and guesses about when to water/feed, today they all have suddenly varied their usual sprialing crown of lettuce-like foliage pattern of grown to forming a hardened stalk that im thinking will put forth a bud sometime this century.
long, rough, journey to get to this solitary bud lazily unfurling from within the labyrinthine whorls of lettuce-like foliage uncoiling upwards...ive seen these patterns of sprialing leaf production, seen them strive towards the sun only to eventually collapse into the bed of its brothers, but now the real show begins! stay tuned!
may flowers have arrived...in a small way. the most positive perspective i can view this grow from is that i have brought this plant from seed to fruit finally, many lessons were learned: 1: give the plants room, around 1 square foot...maybe less, 2: do NOT transplant 3: when they look thirsty, wait 2 days...and then only lightly saturate medium 4: go light on nutrients, 1/2 recommended dosage....for now im going to let the larger pods run to seed...gonna dry the harvest and use for tea i think after harvesting seeds
it's been only the royal purple flowers so far, but the oldest pod is getting ready to go through a 2nd "flush" with about 6 pods coming out from lower nodes, and the ones my dog decapitated have all replaced the severed pods with many pods emerging at once in the lower nodes which are about to put on a show next week...also these with the pinkish velvet skin peeking out and a uniquely hairy stem...maybe another contender for seed harvesting...stay tuned!
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