{"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":"<p>From the free seeds I was given during the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegozoo.org\/gardenfestival\/\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego Zoo&#8217;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<p>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<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/California-Golden-Poppy01-08-05-13-lo-res.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[14722]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14723\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2013\/08\/05\/zoo-provided-california-golden-poppy\/california-golden-poppy01-08-05-13-lo-res\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/California-Golden-Poppy01-08-05-13-lo-res.jpg?fit=480%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"480,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;14&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D70&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1375698119&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"California Golden Poppy01 08-05-13 lo-res\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/California-Golden-Poppy01-08-05-13-lo-res.jpg?fit=480%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14723\" alt=\"California Golden Poppy01 08-05-13 lo-res\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/California-Golden-Poppy01-08-05-13-lo-res-300x450.jpg?resize=300%2C450\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/California-Golden-Poppy01-08-05-13-lo-res.jpg?resize=300%2C450&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/California-Golden-Poppy01-08-05-13-lo-res.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> <em>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><em> so quickly<\/em><em> from a lack of nitrates anyway.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/California-Golden-Poppy02-08-05-13-lo-res.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[14722]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14724\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2013\/08\/05\/zoo-provided-california-golden-poppy\/california-golden-poppy02-08-05-13-lo-res\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/California-Golden-Poppy02-08-05-13-lo-res.jpg?fit=720%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D70&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1378462783&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;56&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"California Golden Poppy02 08-05-13 lo-res\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/California-Golden-Poppy02-08-05-13-lo-res.jpg?fit=570%2C380&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14724\" alt=\"California Golden Poppy02 08-05-13 lo-res\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/California-Golden-Poppy02-08-05-13-lo-res-580x386.jpg?resize=570%2C379\" width=\"570\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/California-Golden-Poppy02-08-05-13-lo-res.jpg?resize=580%2C386&amp;ssl=1 580w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/California-Golden-Poppy02-08-05-13-lo-res.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the free seeds I was given during the San Diego Zoo&#8217;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 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2013\/08\/05\/zoo-provided-california-golden-poppy\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flora","item-wrap"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1s2SN-3Ps","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14722"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14726,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14722\/revisions\/14726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}