{"id":14722,"date":"2013-08-05T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2013-08-05T18:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=14722"},"modified":"2013-09-08T13:29:32","modified_gmt":"2013-09-08T21:29:32","slug":"zoo-provided-california-golden-poppy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2013\/08\/05\/zoo-provided-california-golden-poppy\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoo-Provided California Golden Poppy"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the free seeds I was given during the San Diego Zoo’s Garden Festival<\/a> I was able to grow this beautiful and healthy California Golden Poppy(our state flower!) that blossomed with this gorgeous flower. I had one other plant grow nicely but it quickly died off for some reason.<\/p>\n

This one started out looking a little weak but quickly became healthy and strong. It even has some more buds just waiting to bloom.<\/p>\n

\"California<\/a><\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> Just like the first plant, within a matter of only two or three days my last Golden Poppy plant started wilting and quickly died. I have no explanation. I was watering it regularly and even started aerating the soil every day. Nothing I did seem to make a difference. Very disappointing. A gardener at Home Depot told me to add nitrates, but it was already to late to try that. Not sure how a plant can die<\/em> so quickly<\/em> from a lack of nitrates anyway.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"California<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the free seeds I was given during the San Diego Zoo’s Garden Festival I was able to grow this beautiful and healthy California Golden Poppy(our state flower!) that blossomed with this gorgeous flower. I had one other plant grow nicely but it quickly died off for some reason. This one started out looking a … <\/p>\n

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