All my good intentions of updating this little project regularly, i.e. at least once a month, seem to have fallen by the wayside. However, today I found the plants were covered in little blue flowers.
It's now 2 months since they germinated and they're just over two and a half feet high. I think another month and they'll be ready to harvest.
It was a bit breezy this morning, so difficult to get clear pictures, but these might give you some idea of what the flowers look like.
Next stage : seed.
Apparently, the seeds will not be fully matured when the time comes to harvest, so I'm planning on leaving some of the plants in the ground so the seeds can ripen. That way I'll have seed for planting next year.
I need to find a good, safe place to keep my seed this time around. It's a number of years since I last tried saving seed from flax and I put them on a shelf in my craft cupboard, only to find a mouse had got in and eaten the lot! We learn from our mistakes eh?
It's now 2 months since they germinated and they're just over two and a half feet high. I think another month and they'll be ready to harvest.
It was a bit breezy this morning, so difficult to get clear pictures, but these might give you some idea of what the flowers look like.
Apparently, the seeds will not be fully matured when the time comes to harvest, so I'm planning on leaving some of the plants in the ground so the seeds can ripen. That way I'll have seed for planting next year.
I need to find a good, safe place to keep my seed this time around. It's a number of years since I last tried saving seed from flax and I put them on a shelf in my craft cupboard, only to find a mouse had got in and eaten the lot! We learn from our mistakes eh?
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