Flax on canola ground

[tweety]

That's awesome.

[Guest]

any idea what it would be like behind canary ?

[farmaholic]

Wouldn't the possibility of volunteer canary in the flax pose problems? Inseparable?

[farming101]

That would be a tough separation for anything but a color sorter.

[TOM4CWB]

very easy to kill Canary out of flax as normal wild oat killer kills Canary in oilseeds.

[tweety]

Since its considered a grass i would be inclined to believe ok. Perhaps ask that question on an actual ag site like combine forum for some good discussion.

I do have a possible theory as to why guys can see a good flax crop (at least comparatively) on canola. Fertilizer carryover.

Possibly there was a lot of residual along with applied fert that the flax had sufficient nutrients for higher potential yield vs underfertilized on other more preferable stubble.

70-35-20-30 makes a good flax blend. Flax is very sensitive to iron and Zn so also test for Zinc - esp when its wet (there's the reason for Mycc and its uptake).

Tissue test for Zn so you know for next time.

[Guest]

thanks for that .we have grown flax behind canary but was just curious if it was a good rotation . no reason for volunteer canary ,in flax , as Tom says very easy to kill , can spray twice if necessary . just don't ever put canary behind flax , that would be a wreck !