🌿 Flax
Field Crops · growing reference
| Days to maturity | 90 days – 100 days, by type |
|---|---|
| Germination | 7 days |
| Planted as | lb |
| Water | ~0.75–1.2 in a week |
When to plant
In USDA zone 6, for example: Plant around Mar 18 — as soon as the ground can be worked.
| Spring | |
|---|---|
| Zone 3 | Apr 17 |
| Zone 4 | Apr 9 |
| Zone 5 | Mar 29 |
| Zone 6 | Mar 18 |
| Zone 7 | Mar 4 |
| Zone 8 | Feb 15 |
| Zone 9 | Jan 23 |
Dates are the typical window for each zone's average frost dates — your own last frost can differ by a couple of weeks. Zone 10 and warmer is effectively frost-free: plant to the season, not the frost. Southern Hemisphere: shift six months.
Flax Uses
- Oilseed · 100 days · 15–30 lbs/plant — Linseed — grown for the omega-3 seed and drying oil; shorter, well-branched plants.
- Fiber · 90 days · 20–40 lbs of straw/plant — Grown tall and crowded for long bast fibers — linen; pulled (not cut) and retted.
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