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Fri, Jul 22, 11 at 12:39
| Does anyone know why huge orange poppies that have been established for 18 years would not come up this year?
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| Hard to be specific with that info, but some critical factor must have occurred -- too little/much water at key times, seeds buried in mulch or weeds, seed rotted or was munched by critters, fertilizer burn on seedlings, Round-up, ...? You'd need to investigate back to last year's blooms and think about what changed and if it was a big enough impact to take down a fairly reliable annual. I was in southern OR recently and the stands of giant orange poppies were everywhere. Gorgeous, I can imagine you miss yours. |
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| I can only assume that you are talking about oriental poppies since you are in zone 5, and they have been coming back for 18 years. These typically bloom very early Spring - you saw nothing? No new growth? (these die to the ground after blooming)Is it possible something was dumped on that area? |
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