grey/blue poppy pods

[Francois le Danque]

if poppy pods have a greyey greeny bluey tinge, is this mould? will it cause sickness to consume? like in the following picture

http://i18.ebayimg.com/04/i/000/94/04/c619_1.JPG?set_id=7

and the central purple looking one in this

http://i11.ebayimg.com/06/i/000/ae/8b/09ef...JPG?set_id=100D

thanks, i appreciate your input

[Amulte]

looks like its still a ittle wet from the colour, but then again any pod looks good to me... has been too long

[mu!]

Yeah i've noticed the very same thing frank. I've consumed them with no obvious signs of ill effect

[Evil Genius]

Hi Frank! Hard to tell but to me it looks like spores. A better pic would help to make sure! If you cant make one, just throw away these particular ones! bye Eg

[planthelper]

thats how old poppy heads look like, that bluish color, i think is caused by a leftover of the wax which coats the pods. younger pods are always coated in a wax coat, and the older the pods gets the more it dissapears again.

this particular pod was probably a bit younger than the others when dried out, nothing to worry about.

but all this pods are quite old, and allthough many people use old pods, i guess that fresh is the best.

[Conan Troutman]

crack em open, looks like they got wet or didnt dry well...if there is a black mould inside of the pod ditch em, otherwise they would be fine for flower arranging (im guessing your not in Cambodia?)