My Flemish Antique Poppy seeds, Help!

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CaptMicha Brookeville, MD(Zone 7a) Mar 08, 2005

I wintersowed some Flemish Antique Poppy seeds and we've been having warm weather lately (it was near 80 yesterday!) so they've began sprouting. Today I look outside and it's snowing! And it's 28 degrees!

What to do? Are my poppies now dead?

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gardener413 Mt.Pleasant, SC(Zone 8b) Mar 08, 2005

Well how do they look. Poppies come from cold places but I don't know since they are seedlings. Go by how they look now. Good luck.

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CaptMicha Brookeville, MD(Zone 7a) Mar 08, 2005

They were covered in snow, I bruwshed some of it off and they were green! Yay! Everything is okay!

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jessamine Fort Wayne, IN(Zone 5a) Mar 09, 2005

The snow is acting as a blanket to insulate the seedlings. If the snow mealts and the temps stay low you might want to use some Reemay or cover the seedlings with a layer of straw. Any thing will work that will trap air around them but won't be so heavy it will squash them. Jessamine

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CaptMicha Brookeville, MD(Zone 7a) Mar 11, 2005

I'll have to look into purchasing some hay. It'll be good also to lay down on bare spots in the lawn whilst I lay down new seed.

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crimsontsavo Crossville, TN(Zone 7a) Mar 15, 2005

I'd tell you the secrets to growing great poppies- but I lack them. So far every poppy I plant is doomed to shrivel up and die. :-
Let us know how yours do.

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CaptMicha Brookeville, MD(Zone 7a) Mar 15, 2005

They sure look pretty in the pic, I hope they do something. I also have a gorgeous feathered red some super generous person sent me. They better do something too!

If and when they do, I'll have lotsa pics.

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rutholive Tonasket, WA(Zone 5a) Mar 15, 2005

Hope your poppies do well for your. I only try to transplant the iceland poppies. The other varieties I plant out on ground just covering, in fact still have some to plant. It was so windy over the weekend that i couldn't do much outside. Anyway the reemay cloth idea is a good one . DonnaS

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