Development of a Method to Extract Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) DNA from Heroin Scientific Reports Could Opium Gum be the Solution to the Overdose Crisis? Metzineres Dried poppy pods, one of my favorite dried elements for everlasting bouquets. Rain is coming so its time to harvest the ripe poppy seeds. Once the poppy pods have dried and the interior seeds matured to a rich brown or black, I clip the tops from the pods and pour out the