On 2014-09-09 22:03:26 +0000, Bertie Doe said:

Never had any luck with these plants. Poppies produce plenty of sees,
for good reason. It takes a lot of 'em to produce one plant.

Next-door, has masses. They grow on fertile soil, poor soil and even in
the cracks in pavement. She gave me a potful of seed heads. I've
extracted about 20g of seed.

Plenty to scatter now; scatter and/or propagate in Spring. Any ideas
would be welcome.

Ours pop up all over the place and barely a day in the year goes by
without one in flower somewhere. But we have a clump that has put
itself into a pot near the door which is full of compost, as well as
some in nooks in walls, flower beds etc. So why not try a variety of
places with yours? Try raising some in coarse, free-draining compost,
some in a stony area of the garden and some in ordinary compost to see
which will get going. But plants do have an infuriating habit of
making up their own minds.
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Sacha
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South Devon
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