How do you get rid of California poppies?
Papaver was named the state flower in 1903.White, orange, red, blue and pink are some of the colors that thrive in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's hardiness zones 8 through 10.Poppies contain as many as 70 tiny seeds.The following spring, trimming helps prepare them for regeneration.Collecting their Pods helps control their spread.
The garden shears need to be cleaned.If you don't clean off any loose dirt, shears can transmit disease.If it's necessary to remove soil, use a scouring pad.Then wipe them dry with a bleach solution.
The blooms have fallen off.Poppies bloom in the spring or summer.The leaves turn brown and the stems are black.
The seedpods should be checked for harvest readiness.Once the blooms have fallen off, the swollen seeds remain at the ends of the stems.As the seeds inside develop, the Pods start out green and plump.If you break one open with your fingers, you can see if the ribbed seedpods are ready for harvesting.The 70 or so seeds inside are not ready for harvest if they are still green.If the seeds are black, remove them from the plant.Thepods are ready to be harvest once they turn beige.You can keep them in a brown bag.
The stems should be cut back.The stems should be cut 3 inches above the base of the plant.The fluids that carry water from the soil to the leaves will eventually dry up.The stem will no longer have a cell structure.The growth cycle begins again around the month of March when new shoots appear.