I planted some poppies, maybe around May 15, they germinated, but they still won't get any bigger than the tiny seedling stage.
I'm in Northeast New Jersey. This weekends we have a heat wave, and the weather has been... Mostly cool until now. I know the heat wave isn't great for plants so let's please skip comments about that.
My garden is a raised compost bed, and Ive kept it well watereed.
The poppies are not any special garden type - well, one seed packet's worth is. But most of the seeds were from poppy seeds you buy at the supermarket, one large bag of Indian white poppy seeds, and a small spice container of Dutch blue poppy seeds from Whole Foods. The reason I used these varieties as opposed to proper flower-types from seeds companies is because I just want them for the seeds - my garden is at my parents' house and my Dad has told me how in Iran when he was a kid they would pour out fresh poppy seeds from the pod and he'd eat them fresh like that, so I figure I can do the same for him.
So what's up with this? Do I need to thin them? Usualy plants from seed manage to get bigger than this before I ever thin them, and THEN I thin them, it's just easier to do when they're a bit bigger than this. Frankly, I'm altogether fearful to try and thin them at any point quite simply because I haven't the room in my garde to do so. I will if they get bigger, I just want to delay attempting to squeeze in there.
Anyway, I don't think it would be a thinning issue. I've never seen seeds stop dead in their growth like this.
Or am I just not giving it enough time?
-Edwin
Northeast NJ
I'm in Northeast New Jersey. This weekends we have a heat wave, and the weather has been... Mostly cool until now. I know the heat wave isn't great for plants so let's please skip comments about that.
My garden is a raised compost bed, and Ive kept it well watereed.
The poppies are not any special garden type - well, one seed packet's worth is. But most of the seeds were from poppy seeds you buy at the supermarket, one large bag of Indian white poppy seeds, and a small spice container of Dutch blue poppy seeds from Whole Foods. The reason I used these varieties as opposed to proper flower-types from seeds companies is because I just want them for the seeds - my garden is at my parents' house and my Dad has told me how in Iran when he was a kid they would pour out fresh poppy seeds from the pod and he'd eat them fresh like that, so I figure I can do the same for him.
So what's up with this? Do I need to thin them? Usualy plants from seed manage to get bigger than this before I ever thin them, and THEN I thin them, it's just easier to do when they're a bit bigger than this. Frankly, I'm altogether fearful to try and thin them at any point quite simply because I haven't the room in my garde to do so. I will if they get bigger, I just want to delay attempting to squeeze in there.
Anyway, I don't think it would be a thinning issue. I've never seen seeds stop dead in their growth like this.
Or am I just not giving it enough time?
-Edwin
Northeast NJ