ok so last summer i planted a bunch of poppies at my moms house when i used to live there and they never grew. then in july i these moved out. anyways, mmy grandma is up visiting and sent me a pic of a flower she said grew in my old garden. when i saw the pic i rushed over there and sure enough there are a shit load of these suckers ready to bloom! Now my grandma has no idea what it is but if my mom sees them im dead. So i have a few questions.....Can these be transplaned easily? When is it time to milk them? How ecxacly do u do it? What the best way to injest....smoke, tea, etc.? Any info is greatly appriciated!
The easiest thing would probably be to dry the pods out and make tea (following regular pod tea directions.) I think milking them is pretty hard, and you need a lot of them. Plus, it's much more obvious if you are cutting the pods and harvesting the latex the next day. I have heard that they do not transplant well. People say it's not good to start them inside and move them out because of this. You could always try a few though I guess and see what happens.
I've heard that they don't do well with transplanting, but you can always try. Get the soil really damp and dig deep so you don't disturb the roots. Milking them is really easy. Wait about a week or so after the petals fall off...when the ring at the bottom of the pod (where it meets the stem) turns brown, it's ready to cut. Take a razor blade and make a few 1/16th inch incisions around the pod and you'll see the sap ooze right out. You can eat it right there, or let it dry and scrape it off with your thumbnail. You'd be surprised how much raw opium you can get out of just a few decent sized pods!
do i cut the pod off before milking it or while its still attached to the plant? And how much of the opium should i try for the first time?
For drying them for tea, wait til the pedals fall off and the little stars at the top turn upward. (That would be cool if you were able to milk them and get something worthwhile though.)
so would milking them then smoking the opium be better than tea? And also, i tried to make tea outta a few small pod and after i drank it i got horrible cramps. could that have been because they werent mature enough yet cuz i know they werent?
so just picked a bunch more. Im trying to milk them right know but not much iis coming out. R u suppose to milk them when there still attached to the plant?
Search the web, it will give you all the info you need. But yea after the pedals open up you rip them off to expose the pod (some say to wait till the pedals fall off themselves). You then make slight score marks around the pod (not too deep as the the opium will ooze out too fast and fall on the ground). I have seen mostly vertical scoring, but I suppose horizontally will work too. (Just as long as your ooze doesnt run off the pod. You will want to do this in the afternoon as the temperature outside is dropping into the evening as this will thicken your opium better. Generally letting the ooze thicken on the pod for 3-5 hours and you will then be able to collect your latex opium. Destroy or get rid of your pods then (as of being milked these are now evidence of a crime), or take them inside to dry for pod tea, and harvesting of seeds for next years crop. Hope this sets ya straight, peace out!
(I think that's one of the reasons its so suspicious...if you have a bunch of pods growing in the garden with cuts in them, there's not really an excuse. If the neighbors see you cutting them...that's even more obvious.)
I agree also, its best to have your "crop" in the countryside away from prying eyes. But as with anything else that is frowned upon by The Man its best to get in and get out without leaving a trace, that way it's like nothing ever happened. I wonder how well collection of latex works under the cover of darkness?
oh ok. so how would i make the tea with them still fresh? i dont think id be able to grind them up wet. and yesterday i went to my moms to check on the rest of them and i guess my moms boy friend weed wacked the backyard including all my fucking pods. i almost cried. im pissed
Not quite sure, I am basing all my pod tea stuff off of stuff I have read on the net, I have cultivated opium and done just about every opie known to man extensively, but have never tried poppy pod tea. I am kinda curious about it myself, I need to take about 10 hydros to get a decent buzz, would it be worth it to buy 50 pods to test out, or would I be disappointed? I guess what I am asking would pods last me longer than a couple bags of dope, and be a better bang for the buck? (I pay $15-$25 for a bag these days) Anyhoo, sorry if I jacked your thread Jamie
na its all good but ive never done dope so i wouldnt know. but 50 pods is a lot from what i know. what ive read u can use like 3-4 large pods to feel good. idk if thats if u have a tolerance or anything. but i just brewed up some with some semi dried medium-small pods. used bout 4 or 5 i think. starting to drink it and not feeling it. drank bout half of it and held each sip in my mouth for a bit. taste nasty as hell but im hoping itll be woth it. how long does it take to kick in?
From what I've read pod tea takes a little longer to come on, about an hour. Thats why they say to drink half at first then wait an hour to see how it hits you. Without a tolerance you gotta be careful, but someone like me I would prob down 10 my first time. I used to have a deathwish, I would pile as many drugs into myself sometimes that I wonder how I am still alive. About 2 years ago I got drunk off of Jim Beam then ended up poppin a bunch of percs, shooting a bunch of dope and coke then droppin some acid later. I ended up loosing a finger and have no Idea how or where. I guess it could have been a lot worse. So above all just always stay on the cautious side, have fun and be careful.