Re the poppy seeds, as @BobTheGardener says, as soon as the seed heads turn brown you can harvest them. What l do is cut the seed heads off and put them all in a container such as a sandwich box. Give them a good shake and you'll end up with literally thousands of tiny black seeds. You can use either envelopes or seed packets that you can buy from places like Ebay. Whatever you use make sure they're either paper or something called Glassine. Don't use plastic as it will rot the seeds. Once you've sealed the envelope(s), store them in an airtight container or a tin. If you can get your hands on those little silica gel envelopes (used to come in new handbags and things like that), put one of those in as well. They stop the atmosphere from getting damp. Come Spring ,say early to mid March, sow the seed in a seed tray (not too thickly). As they're hardy annuals they won't need any heat. To give yourself even more poppies, when you collect the seedheads, you can treat them like little pepper pots and sprinkle the seeds where you'd like poppies next year
Very grateful for the advice , I will do just that . And I guess the stems and the leaves go in the brown waste bin after the seed heads have turned brown and harvested ? Bear with me , I’m learning thanks to you all.... best j
Correct Jane l usually cut the seed heads off first then go back and cut the stems down as l find it easier than trying not to lose seeds everywhere, but whatever works for you. No problem, keep asking the questions, that's what this forum is for.
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Give them a good shake and you'll end up with literally thousands of tiny black seeds. You can use either envelopes or seed packets that you can buy from places like Ebay. Whatever you use make sure they're either paper or something called Glassine. Don't use plastic as it will rot the seeds.
Once you've sealed the envelope(s), store them in an airtight container or a tin. If you can get your hands on those little silica gel envelopes (used to come in new handbags and things like that), put one of those in as well. They stop the atmosphere from getting damp.
Come Spring ,say early to mid March, sow the seed in a seed tray (not too thickly). As they're hardy annuals they won't need any heat.
To give yourself even more poppies, when you collect the seedheads, you can treat them like little pepper pots and sprinkle the seeds where you'd like poppies next year
l usually cut the seed heads off first then go back and cut the stems down as l find it easier than trying not to lose seeds everywhere, but whatever works for you.
No problem, keep asking the questions, that's what this forum is for.