I didnt read all of this because some of the info that i did read was comletely wrong.
Such as "pulling back the flower petals as soon as the flower opens to expose the green"
First of all, Opium isnt created in the seed pod until after the flowering stage is finnished. Anything you extract before that phase will be mostly plant sugars and other plant hormones that do have some mild pain killing effects when used as a tea, but doesnt contain much morphine and codeine.
Secondly, its important to sun dry it. Sitting in the air and sunlight causes a chemical reaction within the resin.
Thirdly, the best way to get it off of the plant itself is to use a damp sterile cloth.
Once you are finnished harvesting, soak cloth in a slow cooker, remove and squeeze as much out of the cloth as possible, set over night and all the plant matter that you dont want will gather on the top of the liquid.
Strain through cheese cloth. Discard captured plant material with cheese cloth.
Put remaining water back in slow cooker, evaporate water until it becomes a thicker, muddy liquid.
Then set in the sun until it becomes a black tar substance.
After this first process you are left with "Opium Resin"
This can be further processed into Morphine salt, Morphine, and then finally, diacetylmorphine aka Heroin.
