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Flax Fibre Production Systems. B. Irvine, D. McAndrew, S. Shirtliff, C. Vera, Biolin. Results why man I’ve gotten lots of results; I know of at least a thousand things that won’t work. . Thomas Edison. There needs to be a supply of high quality fibre to ensure profit for processor and farmer.
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Flax Fibre Production Systems B. Irvine, D. McAndrew, S. Shirtliff, C. Vera, Biolin
Results why man I’ve gotten lots of results; I know of at least a thousand things that won’t work. Thomas Edison
There needs to be a supply of high quality fibre to ensure profit for processor and farmer • Impact of seeding rate and cultivar • How does nitrogen and fungicide application affect seed and fiber • What is the best way to treat flax before harvest to ensure high seed and fiber yield with rapid retting • What is the impact of field location and cutting height of fibre content and yield
Summary of seeding rate and date • Cultivars did not interact with seeding rate or date • Plant population increased nearly linearly with seeding rate • Early seeding > seed yield linear decrease over seeding rates due in part to lodging and possibly narrow rows • Fiber yield increased with seeding rate
Nitrogen and Fungicide impacts Is there value to applying Headline at various Nitrogen rates?
Nitrogen *fungicide • Fungicide application increased yields if disease pressure was higher • At some sites this impact increased with nitrogen application rate • Seed and fiber yields increased with N over the entire range • Stem size greater with more nitrogen to be expected • Decision as always is based on risk management and in most season in the major flax growing areas a question mark
Harvest system impacts Reglone, glyphosate and swathing Samples left in field for 0 to 7 weeks in fall
Slope position and cutting height In many areas there is a fair bit of topography What is the variation with the field in fiber yield and can we predict this