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Carol Dee

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Get yourself some Oriental Poppy seed, and plant where you want them to grow. They will outlive you. So rewarding every year.View attachment 66347
I wish mine would outlive me. They keep migrating into the grass and getting mowed down. The ones still in the flower bed get sparser and sparser each year. I need to figure out exactly when to harvest the seeds before it’s too late and replant them further back in the bed.
 

Carol Dee

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I wish mine would outlive me. They keep migrating into the grass and getting mowed down. The ones still in the flower bed get sparser and sparser each year. I need to figure out exactly when to harvest the seeds before it’s too late and replant them further back in the bed.
Usually when the seed heads turn brown/gray and dry. Shake them, if seeds rattle, they are ready.
 

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I wish mine would outlive me. They keep migrating into the grass and getting mowed down. The ones still in the flower bed get sparser and sparser each year. I need to figure out exactly when to harvest the seeds before it’s too late and replant them further back in the bed.

are they getting crowded out or shaded by other plants? maybe some selected thinning of the plants around them may give them more help?
 

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I wish mine would outlive me. They keep migrating into the grass and getting mowed down. The ones still in the flower bed get sparser and sparser each year. I need to figure out exactly when to harvest the seeds before it’s too late and replant them further back in the bed.
Are you growing annuals? Mine a perennial.
 
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