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- 1). Pour seed starting mix into 2-1/2-inch peat pots. Fill each pot just over 3/4 of the way full.
- 2). Add enough water to dampen the mix.
- 3). Place the Papaver Prince of Orange seeds into a small container. Mix 2 tbsp. of sand with the seeds.
- 4). Pour the seed and sand mixture into a creased paper. Hold the paper over the peat pots and gently tap it so that no more than three to four seeds are added to each pot.
- 5). Sprinkle a 1/16-inch layer of seed starting mix over the seeds and mist the mix lightly with water. Stretch a piece of clear plastic over each pot.
- 6). Place the peat pots in a location with exposure to full sun.
- 7). Add moisture only when the seed starting mixture dries out completely. Place the pots into a sink filled with 1 inch of water instead of pouring moisture onto the soil to avoid disturbing the tiny seeds.
- 8). Thin the seedlings, leaving only one in each peat pot, when they are 1 inch tall. Use scissors to snip the unwanted seedlings off at soil level.
- 9). Transplant the Papaver Prince of Orange seedlings to the garden when they are 3 to 4 inches tall and there is no longer a risk of frost.
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