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- Turkish Poppy: All the facts about sowing
- The right time: between April and June
- Collect the seeds
- Seed the seeds carefully
- Forgetting sowing - self-sowing as a hope
- Tips
After flowering, the seed capsules can be collected
Turkish Poppy: All the facts about sowing
You decided to sow the seeds as propagation method for the Turkish poppy? Good decision, because this method has proven itself and is quite easy, if you know how!
Next article What care does a Turkish poppy want?The right time: between April and June
A crucial factor for sowing is the right timing. They should sow the seeds between April and early June. Then the best germination conditions prevail, especially the average temperatures are ideal. The seeds have enough time to germinate and form the first leaves until autumn.
Collect the seeds
If you do not want to buy the seeds, you can collect them yourself - provided that there is already a Turkish poppy. Flowering lasts from May to June / July. The seed pods are mature around July / August. When they have dried you can cut them off carefully, take them home and let the seeds trickle out there.
Seed the seeds carefully
Now it goes to work:
Forgetting sowing - self-sowing as a hope
Not infrequently you forget the timely sowing. If it does not occur to you until July to grow this perennial, you do not need to be disappointed to realize that it is too late for sowing.
The Turkish poppy likes to sow itself. For this you should not cut the flower stems, but wait until the capsules have formed with the seeds. Through small openings in the capsule wall, the seeds are blown out and carried away by the wind. Here and there they sow themselves.
Tips
Ideally, the Turkish poppy should not be preferred in pots. He is a taproot and tolerates the tamping and repopulation bad.