Fall Dried Poppy Pods Best Dried and Preserved Flowers Idlewild Floral Idlewild Floral Co. Opium Poppy Pods (Papaver somniferum) Opiate Addiction & Treatment Resource Poppy pods are PACKED with seeds! Once the pods have dried, I clip off the tops (sometimes called crowns) and pour the seeds into a container. I then dry the seeds on sheets of newspaper for 5 7 days. Poppy Seedheads Country Garden UK Can You Smoke Poppy Pods What to Know About Opium Poppy Plants