Flax seeds are known to be a real treasure for
our health. We hear more often about how many healthy substances must contain
and how to put them in our daily diet. But have you ever wondered how to
produce seeds?
About the Most of us recognize his resemblance
to cotton flax, both textile plants. How to recognize flax? It is a tall plant
with leaves up to 1m small and narrow and blue or white flowers. It makes a
difference between flax oil he used to fancy yarn (which shows shirts and
flax). Flax oil is used for shorter and more branched than that used for yarn.
How to cultivate flax? Here there are ,briefly, a few
steps to grow a healthy plant in: Before you decide to grow flax is preferable to
prepare the soil by cultivating other plants such as cereal straw, alfalfa or
clover. They prepare the ground by developing substances that later will be beneficial
to plant cultivation. It is not indicated that after the harvesting of crops(flax) to
plant everything in the same earth ground because there is the risk of being infected (tha flax plant) by
the disease so-called “flax fatigue”
It is best to plow the land at a depth between
25 cm and 30 cm, depending on the plant that had been before. Flax is the
uniform ground demanding since it requires a well-worked soil with no weeds.
Substances shown to be used for fertilizing the soil are nitrogen, phosphorus
and potassium. Sowing is recommended to take place in late spring while the spring
grain sowing and should be very careful that the seeds are not affected by
cage.
The presence of only a few grains of Cuscuta
could compromise the entire culture. Besides cuscuta, some of the most
dangerous pests are flax fleas that usually occur in April-May and the dry
months. Basically, they kill the stems and leaves. Harvesting is done best when
seed capsules are brown and the color gets special feature.
The best areas for cultivation of flax are in
Moldova,(Romania )Muntenia(Romania) and Dobrogea(Romania) in the south-eastern stretch of about
productions. 1000-2000 kg / ha. How to store seeds? After harvesting, the seeds
are best kept in jute sacks, in a dry and cool, without risk of moisture. They
choose only the seeds that are healthy, have no odor incisive, rancid odor or
other foreign and does not accept the broken, crushed or damaged by insects.
Linseed oil is usually obtained by cold
pressing flax seeds. To better understand the process, you can view the
following video which shows a press for oil seeds which results in (double
click on video to view):
Where can I buy oil and flax seed?
Although
the number of seeds and oil producers in low, you can purchase any of these two
products at any stores or natural Plafar and on various Internet sites that
sell natural products. Whether you are a true connoisseur or not, all you
need is the special attention and care of plant and soil provided a more
detailed documentation to get a very valuable crop flaxseed.
