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Collect seeds yourself

The poppies are sown after the Heyday yourself or you can collect the seeds that have just matured in order to sow them elsewhere. If you do not want to sow immediately, then keep the seeds in a cool and dry place. You should use these seeds for the next year. At a later one sowing the germination capacity may be considerably lower.

Buy seeds

Of course you can use the seeds for Corn poppy can also be purchased in stores, as well as seeds for other types of poppy. Here you even have the choice between different color variants. Because there are now cultivated forms of wild poppy, for example white poppy or flowers in delicate pink tones.

Sow corn poppies

It is best to sow the corn poppy right where you want it to grow. Because it gets long taproots, so the young plants cannot be pricked out particularly well. You can start in March with the sowing but also wait until flowering in May or June. This is the time when the poppy seeds also seeds themselves.

Corn poppy germinates relatively easily. The soil should be permeable and the location should be in full sun if possible. Mix the seeds with some sand to make them easier to scatter. Sow broadly directly into the field and only cover the seeds with a little soil.

The seeds should always be kept slightly moist during the germination period. The first seedlings will appear after about one to two weeks. The ideal germination temperature is approx. 15-20 ° C. to water Only take off the young plants when it is particularly dry.

The essentials in brief:

• Buy or collect seeds
• Cultivated forms in different colors
• sow directly at the later location
• cover only a little with soil
• Keep seeds slightly moist

Tips & Tricks

Corn poppy is an annual plant and has to be sown every year if it is not allowed to seed itself.