Premium Izmir Afghan Poppy Seeds – Galania GMO Variety (100 Seeds) – P. Somniferum, Vibrant Superior Blooms

I turned to $100 bags at $30 each into at least 200,000 seeds! And my first growth was this last spring. These seeds in particular are extremely resilient and in southern Missouri you can grow three times throughout the year instead of just one. I saw one guy say 10% germination rate? My seeds are sprouting at 100% germination rate because I'm having to get rid of ones that I didn't even know would be there because there's so many because the seeds are so small that it's hard to see them so I'm constantly having to trim those ones out. One guy said that it hit spring and his started blooming when they were 3 in tall. The only way that would happen is if you didn't have a pot deep enough for their roots, or they were too close together. Or they felt their lives were in danger and so they bolted early. These people that just do it once and that's it and then say bad things don't know what they're doing. You have to test and figure it out yourself. For instance poppies are not a plant that you want to water often at all but when you first put them as seeds you want to keep them wet all the time. But after they sprout, back off on the water. I will only water them if it's extremely dry. You almost have to do nothing once they get going. The seeds I bought from this woman were exactly what they were advertised to be and now I'm growing my own seeds and have enough right now to last years and then the new ones will give new seeds that will last years so you only really need to buy this type once if you want to keep growing them. I've already planted the fall plant that you're supposed to do around Thanksgiving and luckily I have a greenhouse so I can protect against cold and a space heater and fan and so on. But if you are doing the right thing and sometimes it takes practice it took me 2 years to get it right. And I'm giving you guys 2 years worth of knowledge right now. You make your soil, drainable soil. perlite, vermiculite, Spanish peat, ect. will both help holding moisture yet being drainable, so you don't have to water often at all. Only water everyday when you first put the seeds in and when you see them as seedlings back off on the water and then from there on out you barely ever have to water them anymore. Just make sure they're in a sunny location and I like to move my plants outdoors in the spring because I grow in pots and things like that because the soil here is not good for growing anything let alone poppies. Do not transplant poppies, I don't care what anybody says, there's a huge massive chance they will die if you do so. They don't like their Roots being messed with. Of course you can transplant from smaller pot to bigger pot to bigger pot to bigger pot etc. I'm saying don't dig them up and try to transplant them somewhere else. Make sure you got at least a foot if not a foot and a half of good soil. You can't go wrong with more than that either but not less. With 200 seeds for $60 I managed to make at least 200,000 seeds and I think it's more close to 300,000 seeds!! They grow faster than any other plant in the somniform family by almost double. They get to be anywhere from 3 to 5 ft tall when they're finished. And obviously I let them dry out and let the seeds mature and you're supposed to do that for at least 3 weeks but I did it for slightly longer. There are little holes at the top of the pods in the seeds will come out of them and so you just kind of tap them on the side of a bowl or cup or something and get everything out of them. Sometimes rarely they are closed and you can just poke through them with a pin or something to open them up. It's right at the base of the crown. It's one of those things that takes a little practice to get it right but once you get it right you're like wow I was doing way way too much! Poppies like nitrogen more than they like phosphorus so if you're putting a bunch of phosphorus for the big blooms, you're making a mistake. Yes put in a little phosphorus but put in more nitrogen than phosphorus. Because poppies are mainly green leafy plants and only at the end do they sprout flowers and the phosphorus is not going to help them to be any bigger. Anyways for anybody wondering that's how you do it and I added a few pictures of some of mine including one I was growing after I grew my first batch of the year and it's the biggest one I've ever seen in my entire life and has over 13 buds on it!!! It's even got two buds and two stems coming straight from the main top bud. I've never seen that before. I think it's because they had a lot longer of a growing cycle and faster growing cycle and then once the sun started getting less and less it's grew just as fast but was more worried about the greens than the flowers and then finally when it did go to start flowering there were offshoots of stems coming out from every single leaf at the base of the leaf! Update, this plant died in the night from freezing and I couldn't move it into the greenhouse because it was in a broken container. Oh well I'll do it again. Normally I get around 4 to 5 buds per flower but this one will easily be 13 and I think I counted a couple extra more recently that I didn't see before so it may have as much as 15. If it does I'm coming back here to try and post it. Anyways good growing to you and I love these seeds and every negative thing said about these seeds is absolutely wrong and it's because they don't know what they're doing and they don't care to try to learn. These seeds stay good for like 5 years if their refrigerated and now I have probably 300,000 seeds that are brand new fresh and even after I plant I will still have almost 300,000 seeds because it does not take much at all trust me. If you think you're going light you're still probably overdoing it. They are tiny and they will sprout whether it's 2 days which I've had happen multiple times or whether it's 14 days which I've had happen multiple times. They will sprout just give them time and keep them wet. But don't forget to back off the water once they sprout. One thing I noticed is that every person will tell you that they need sunlight to germinate. I've germinated in Sun and it worked but you can absolutely germinate in the pure dark. In fact they germinate even faster in pure dark. I don't usually use the practice and if you do keep a very close eye on them because if they pop and you don't instantly get them into the light, their stems will grow too long because they're going up looking for light. If you don't believe me try it with a couple seeds, you could even get a tiny tupperware bowl and put an inch of dirt in it, put some seeds in, cover it with Saran wrap or something like the lid, and put it in a dark closet and I bet it will be sprouted within a couple days maybe a few. I don't know why people say that because it's not true. But I'm not telling you to do it that way and I have done it that way successfully but you have to keep a super close eye on them so if they germinate they don't get ultra long stems otherwise they just fall over and they're weak. But yes once they are seedlings whether in the dark or light, they will need sun instantly when they pop out. I hope you all found this helpful. And thank you very much to the seller as well it was on time in beautiful packaging and had a free package of valuable mixed poppie seeds just for buying. It's worth it and beyond worth it to me! So thank you to them. Now I have more seeds than I even know what to do with. Also the picture where I'm holding the jar and it has pods in it those were small pods and not even a fraction of the pods that I grew. Out of 20 pots, I ended up with hundreds of pods. I only did 20 pots because it was my first harvest and if it went wrong I didn't want to put all that effort in vain. Now that I know how to do it, I will be doing at least 60 pots and maybe double. I have enough to do it and I have multiple greenhouses now but I only have one of them up right now. This winter I will build the other and the third one is a pop-up one that's pretty cool but not very big and it is like 6x8 ft and you just pop it up like an umbrella. Anyway that's enough of about me. Happy growing to all of you.

Great seller. Good germination rate. Poppies are growing, I just popped them in a bag on a wet napkin and they started growing from there. Definitely selling what they are offering. Will be buying more!

Seeds came quickly. Good instructions. Planted them, not all sprouted but that’s my fault. Plants are smaller than expected but are budding.

Ever sprouted

amazing plant: great germination rate, beautiful blooms. that is all i know.

Great looking seeds and very fast shipping. Great instructions on how to grow seeds step by step.

My grandmother used to grow these in her garden when I was a small child , she always let a few go all the way to seed . They were awesome plants I was happy to find some on Amazon , I may have to grow them indoors . I think they are special plants originally grown by average town citizens , I want to make a comeback with these seeds TY!

Awesome value. Simple to sow, step by step instructions were awesome. Plugs and humidity dome make the process quick and easy. Excited to see them this summer. Thank you