Anne McGeough asked 12 years ago
I have had some good success this year with poppies and now have several withered stalks with seed heads. Should I collect the seeds and plant them or should I leave them to reseed naturally? If I should collect and plant, when should I do this?
1 Answers
Gerry Daly Staff answered 6 years ago
You can do either. Collect the seeds when the pods start to shed …Â pulling up the plants or cutting the stems and carefully hanging them upside down over a sheet of newspaper.
Or just take a pinch of seed from a few open pods and keep the seeds in a paper envelope in a cool dry place, or a fridge, and sow in spring directly outdoors, or in a seed tray.
