How To Harvest Linen Flax

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“Linen, a specially selected variety of the flax plant, grown for its long, unbranched stocks, is harvested 100 days after planting, before the seeds are fully ripe.

The plants, which are grown for their long, luxurious bast fiber, are pulled up by the roots in order to maximize the length of the fiber.

It’s very important when harvesting flax for linen fiber to harvest at the right time.  You don’t want to leave it in the field too long.  You don’t want to wait until the seeds are completely ripe.

This toughens the linen fiber in the stems and you will not get soft, fine linen fibers that are also strong.  If the plants dry out in the field and turn brown, the fiber becomes brittle and there is a greater percentage of waste when the plants are processed for fiber…”

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