Growing Peyote and Opium? How to?

[rahasya]

i have some seeds of opium and peyote, how to grow?

[laughingwillow]

The correct answer depends on location....

[gnrm23]

www.poppies.org
www.peyote.com

[Syd]

I've heard peyote likes more water than you would think...

[rahasya]

I've heard peyote likes more water than you would think...

its tru but i live in a very hot place.;;

[Kada]

peyote seeds warm, humid, not strong light.  use whatever cacti mix you feel is good but put 1 cm of fine sand on top and sow seeds on top of sand...burying looses seeds.  use a humidity tent and keep humid.  then wait.

[Bushpig]

Hey Rahasya, here's a general cacti growing link:

http://www.plot55.com/growing/general/cacti_seed.html

Booshpig

[visionarybear]

opium poppies, throw seeds on dirt and watch them grow...it is pretty much that simple...they are pretty hardy, but dont transplant well (ive seen it done, but fails for anyone who hasnt mastered it in my experience) they grow much much better in ground in full sun, but can be grown in pots, but with much smaller plants and smaller pods..

never grown peyote, but seems ur best option is to germinate and then graft, to get some size on them, and then even re-root without the graft when they get to size.

[Stonehenge]

If you want to transplant poppies, use peat pots. You can grow them indoors in a window and then put them in the ground when they get bigger. I never had much luck with the 'toss the seeds on the ground' thing. Maybe if you have lots and lots of seeds. They can't take a lot of heat but can take cold. The only thing that kills them usually is deep snow. Most places they plant them in the fall and harvest in spring. If you are far north or get lots of snow, sow seeds when it's freezing or just before spring thaw and harvest in early summer. I may grow some this fall.