Dried poppy pods are often considered ornamental, no jokes here. However, they have a much wider range of uses, beyond their aesthetic value. They are used for different purposes – from crafting ...

After flowering, during summer, seed pods develop that contain many hundreds of poppy seeds. Learning how to harvest California poppy seeds is straightforward, and by collecting the seed you can ...

California poppies will form seed pods after blooming and leaving just one unpicked flower will leave behind hundreds of poppy seeds when the pod ripens and explodes. Hector Amezcua hamezcua ...

But poppy seeds have a long shelflife, so it's fine to buy now for sowing in autumn and next spring. Plants from autumnsown seed will over-winter safely outdoors and flower early.

In northern China, the poppy pod — referred to as da yan ke, or “big smoky shells,” after the slang for opium — is added to hot pot, the spicy stew cooked at the table.