Well the problem with Opium Poppys is that it takes ALOT of plants to make a little product. But i've never actually grown it so I'm not too sure. Good luck on your crop though!
You're better off just getting poppy seeds from shops and making poppy seed tea if it's for personal use. If it's to sell, forget about it, you need a shitload of poppies to create a decent amount of opium and it's quite a serious offence to do so.
[QUOTE=Dan The Man;23167147]You're better off just getting poppy seeds from shops and making poppy seed tea if it's for personal use. If it's to sell, forget about it, you need a shitload of poppies to create a decent amount of opium and it's quite a serious offence to do so.[/QUOTE]
Its not to sell.. Its only for a pipe of 2 of opium just to relax on a nice summers evening.
[QUOTE=Essex;23167395]Its not to sell.. Its only for a pipe of 2 of opium just to relax on a nice summers evening.[/QUOTE]
But it's highly addictive :o be careful friend.
Poppy seed tea (I believe) is Opium. Why don't you just do that?
Okay, here's what do. Information purposes only ;)
Plant the seeds. Only 1-2 per hole. Make sure they're spaced about 8 inches apart. Keep the ground moist while they germinate(sprout), but once they get around 6-7 inches tall keep the soil pretty dry unless they look like they're wilting. Per stem of poppy you may receive 1/4-1 gram of opium depending on strain. (Hen and chicken are best, the kind used in china, but you have to order online. Pretty expensive.)
But, if there's even a scratch on the bulb part, you can be arrested. So maybe grow in back yard. Also, if you have some neighbors you may have pissed off, try and make good.
[b]Harvesting:[/b]
Once the pedals drop off, the pod under under the pedals top part should start to turn brownish. When it does it means harvesting-time. Take a pin/box cutter, and make a small prick/slit on the pod all around it. Make sure all cuts go same way though. In about 5-6 hours the white stuff that came out should turn to black and you can use a hair-pin to scrape off into something very smooth like a bowl.
It's a good idea because not many people have opium and pure opium at that not from China. Only down side is major jail time if caught.
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[QUOTE=Smooth-e;23167751]But it's highly addictive :o be careful friend.[/QUOTE]
Actually not that addicting.
A general rule of thumb is if you smoke more than three pipes a day, you're addicted.
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If it's for yourself, sprinkle on some weed. If no weed, wrap about a pea sized ball of it in a paper wrapper from some candy or something and put in pipe. IF no pipe, put in cup half way off counter. Take hot knife and press on opium ball. Stick straw in half not on counter. Inhale.
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Heh, my grandma lives near huge poppy fields.
I could nick some and make tea if I really wanted.
Nick as much as you can if this is the case.
Not all poppies yield Opium. It's a certain type called papeum somnifarium or something ridiculous like that. The spelling is definitely wrong.
Before more discuss comes up,
[b]Eschscholzia[/b]
While a poppy technically, it does not produce opium.
[b]Papaver somniferum[/b]
Is the opium producing one.
There are real no distinct differences between the two other than the stem beneath the flower.
Papaver somniferum will have a big ugly pod looking thing.
Eschscholzia has kind of like a long tube like stem.
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