Brown Flax

WARM Season - Broadleaf

SOIL ADAPTABILITY:

Drainage: Well-drained soils

Fertility: Lower tolerance of low soil fertility

Minimum Soil Germination Temp: 45-50°F

SEEDING / GROWTH:

Dates: 6-10 weeks before a killing frost

Rates:

Precision: Not recommended

Drilled: 35 lb/A , 1/2" - 1"deep (Seeding deeper than 1 inch may lead to poor stand issues, especially when there is soil crusting.)

Broadcast: 45 lb/A

Aerial: 50 lb/A

Emergence: 10 days

Height: 12" - 36"

Flooding: Does not tolerate flooding or ponding

PROS:

Attract Beneficials & Pollinators
Helps to mobolize phosphorus

CONS:

Not a good weed suppressor
Winter kills

flax is a broadleaf with very small, narrow leaves that are less than an inch long. Stems are branched near the base of the plant, with plants reaching 30 to 36 inches in height. The multiple stems or branches of a flax plant are slender and flexible, bearing attractive blue flowers. Flax has the same performance benefits of other grasses and grains, of quick germination and a highly fibrous root mass. Flax will take up excess N and other minerals, will winter kill and provide moderate to high amounts of organic matter back to the soil. Flax provides excellent mulch for protection of erosion and improving water permeation during the winter and spring.