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Offline bigpapa

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« on: February 21, 2013, 02:02:43 pm »
Anyone ever try growing flax?
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Offline iowabow

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Re: flax
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2013, 05:36:59 pm »
Yep I bought it from health food store and kinda just let it go and it worked great.
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Offline Adam

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« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2013, 05:40:12 pm »
I tried growing it in pots on my porch with mixed success.  About the tallest it grew was 18".  I wanted to use it for bowstrings or as a backing material, but at my current rate of production, I'll have to live to be 126 to harvest enough.

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Re: flax
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2013, 09:31:57 am »
Not yet but i bought some seed last week.
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Re: flax
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2013, 03:31:43 pm »
Well there is hope then for my squirrel brain thought. Lol... I can't remember ever seeing the seed for sale in any of my seed catalogs. Is health food stores the only place to get it?
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Re: flax
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2013, 10:09:52 am »
I bought mine at a health food store. Dont know where else you can get it.
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Offline Adam

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Re: flax
« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2013, 01:07:24 pm »
My local grocery store had them.  Bigpapa - if you're having trouble finding the seeds PM me your address and I'll mail you some.