Ik weet niet of maanzaad bij de supermarkt geschikt is hiervoor. Ik denk het niet.
Je kan wel degelijk papavers met opium groeien in NL, dit is hier ook wel besproken.
Where do I get my seeds?
Here opinions differ widely. Some say to buy high-potency seeds from online vendors. Other say you can use garden varieties bought at the garden center. Or even to use poppy seeds from the supermarket, sold for baking.
If you are going to grow poppies in you back yard with a limited garden size, and have enough money: then go for the high potency online seeds. But these seeds are far too expensive to be used in free farming. You will need several ounces of seeds to successfully sow a single guerrilla site.
1) The best option is to use the seeds that came from pods you know are good. Like those purples that came from a crafting company. That way you can be sure the poppies that you are growing are those you know and love.
2) The next best options is a supermarket, or better an Iranian or Indian shop. Most commercial poppy farmers sell the pods/opium to the pharmaceutical companies while selling the seeds to be used as food. So most supermarket seeds come from high morphine strains primarily grown for the alkaloids.
I started my guerilla activities with a 100 gram bag of organic poppy seeds from the local organic shop. These seeds came Turkey and had dark purple flowers. It took me two years of growing to multiply the total amount of seeds to several kilo’s. And because only about 20% of all sites yield a good harvest, you will need a good surplus of seeds.
Die van mij komen ook van de supermarkt idd, ik zal meerdere soorten zaad proberen te bemachtigen en op veel locaties zaaien om zo mijn kansen op een goede oogst proberen te spreiden
Inderdaad goed punt. Deze zaden zijn hoogstwaarschijnlijk gebrand en dus niet geschikt om mee te kweken. Maar bij het tuincentrum kan je wel de juiste zaden kopen.
En hoe definieer je 'geschikte grond'? En in NL zal waarschijnlijk nergens te droge grond zijn voor papavers. In principe hoe drogere en voedingsloos de bodem is, des te beter ze groeien.
Let me explain, first: soil conditions. Poppy seeds are very small and have very little food supply stored in them. That is why the primary root needs to establish itself quick before it runs out of energy. Dense compacted soils are no good for that reason, we want lose sandy soils where the roots can find support instantly. Preferably with lots of rocks and stones so the roots can take advantage of the small cracks and cavities that often appear next to a stone after frost. They even seem to do well in cracks along pavements.
Another thing is acidity, they thrive on neutral to slightly alkaline soils, while doing poorly on acid, ie peat, soils.
Second, competition: many other weeds have larger seeds, with more stored food. This means they can grow larger before their roots have to be established. To combat this poppies tend to germinate sooner (often in the autumn) compared to other weeds giving them a slight advantage in spring. When inspecting a possible site and you can see lots of other weeds already sprouting, forget it, your plants will never be able to overtake the competition.
Dit gegeven gebruik ik vooral om te bepalen of een plek geschikt is om te zaaien. Verder zal het voornamelijk trail en error worden
De persoon van de link is trouwens ook een Nederlander die zijn activiteiten uitvoert in Nederland. Dus qua grond en klimaat moet het hier zeker lukken
