Cut flowers

Poppy, breadseed (Papaver spp.) Planting Calculator

Papaver spp.

Everything you need to plan Poppy, breadseed (Papaver spp.): recommended spacing, how many plants and seeds you'll need, when to start, and when to expect blooms. Defaults come from grower references and every value is editable.

At a glance

Recommended spacing
9″
Planting pattern
Intensive bed
Time to first production
90 days from sowing
Succession planting
Recommended
Every 14 days
Start indoors
3 weeks before
before last frost
Production pattern
One-hit producer
Hardy annual

Plan your Poppy, breadseed (Papaver spp.) beds

Prefilled with Poppy, breadseed (Papaver spp.)'s recommended spacing. Adjust your bed size to get plant counts, seeds to start, and tray requirements.

Loads recommended spacing and planting pattern. You can override anything.
ft
ft
in
Default 9″Range null–null″

Your plan

326
Total plants
Based on 1.63 plants/sq ft at 9″ spacing
Seeds to start (10% buffer)
359
72-cell trays needed
5
128-cell trays needed
3

More Poppy, breadseed (Papaver spp.) planning

Planning notes

  • Corralling

One-hit producer. A planting gives a concentrated harvest over a short window, so more frequent successive plantings are used to keep a continuous supply.

  • This crop can be direct sown.
  • Corralling for structural support is commonly used.

Related crops

All crops