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jeandefrance
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Blue poppy : not a dream ?
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Hello from France ! i am retired engineer, near Dijon, in Burgundy. Please, excuse my bad English ! After three years of failure, I hope ! I planted two packets of seeds (packets one month in refrigerator, then in a container in special mixing, placed in the garden in winter and, in february, then in greenhouse, 50°F ..after 1 month 1/2 only ONE birth !, long growth. After cotyledons : hairy little leaf ! yet long growth, 2 little leaves almost on standby, then ,after transplanting in the garden, very good growth, 6 or 7 leaves, now about 6 inches ! ( I do not know how to send a photo )..The plant is protected day and night against slugs ( no use of poison !! ). I now await the winter, I think the leaves will fall ( ? ), Then the spring..green shoots ( ? )..blue butterflies..Scotch whiskey !
Best regards to you all !
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mark smyth
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Jean adding photos is very easy
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Thanks very much, I try !
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jeandefrance
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Sorry, my photo is too heavy :650 K° !
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Quote from: jeandefrance on October 04, 2014, 03:56:01 PM
Sorry, my photo is too heavy :650 K° !
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=9993.0
try this link to a re-sizer that will optimise the pictures for this forum
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jeandefrance
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Photo of my poppy...
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Maggi Young
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October 06, 2014, 02:40:59 PM »
Hello Jean - welcome to the Forum - and good luck with your blue poppy - I'm sure you will go on to grow more!
And thanks to Mark for his help with posting a photo
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Margaret Young in Aberdeen, North East Scotland Zone 7 -ish!
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jeandefrance
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October 07, 2014, 06:58:43 AM »
Thanks very much Maggi ! I watch over him; marveled at the gardens of Scotland !
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Jean: Yes, we are so luck here to have a climate that benefits the beautiful blue poppies- even today, when it is dark, a gale is blowing and there is so much rain!
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Margaret Young in Aberdeen, North East Scotland Zone 7 -ish!
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October 07, 2014, 05:06:24 PM »
best blue poppies we every had were planted below the rain downpipe off one of the greenhouses - it was well drained but always damp
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October 09, 2014, 07:25:32 AM »
Hello Jean, I am sure your healthy Meconopsis seedling will survive the winter it is M. baileyi used to be betonicifolia so hope it will flower next year like this, cheers Ian the Christie kind
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jeandefrance
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October 13, 2014, 03:40:18 PM »
Thanks very much for your messages ! here is last photo of my poppy ..before winter ...beautiful photo, posted by ichristie .
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jeandefrance
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Even my blue poppy !
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December 03, 2014, 11:17:59 AM »
Hello from France . My one and only blue poppy (seeding) is still green. (I put a picture Oct. 13). Will it fade with the first frost? And then if he did not die during the winter small leaves in April? Thank you very much for your answers
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jeandefrance
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December 07, 2014, 09:36:16 AM »
Hello . A little answer ? I'm quite beginner! Merry Christmas
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Susan Band
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Your poppy leaves will turn brown after the first frost but there should be a bud deep in the leaves which will start to grow again in February/March. The new leaves are hairy and look like rabbit ears to start.
Hope you are successful.
Susan
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Susan Band, Pitcairn Alpines, ,PERTH. Scotland
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