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Can You Plant a Green Oriental Poppy Seed Pod?

No. Pods cut green contain immature, non-viable seeds. Pods must dry on the plant until brown/gray-brown and rattle when shaken. Then shake seeds onto prepared ground in September for spring blooms.

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