Flax on canola ground

[Guest]

well , there is no doubt , canola stubble hurts flax , ours did struggle until about July , then took off . it is painful to watch . two years in a rows. the only reason we did it is because we are trying to get some quarters into half sections

[tweety]

And that is completely understandable.

Would have been neat to have taken tissue samples and measure the P, Cu, and Zinc uptake comparatively

[Guest]

yea would have been a good job for flax council ! wonder where those check off $ go? better not be funding that RR flax bullshit !
tweety you have obviously spent a lot of time on rotations , in your opinion what is best stubble to seed flax on ?

[tweety]

Well i agree with all the many years of that rotational work Guy Lafonde did with flax after the rotation study. Also with the MSC masters thesis work of Ms Williams, flkax council, every oilseed specialist and many others who agree that barley/peas/legume first. Then wheat, then oats, then and only if you have to as the mycorrhizal fungi are toast, canola, and by far the absolute worst is flax on flax.

The only trick with peas/faba etc is if you use odyssey, then flax is out.

Others may disagree, but if you do, could you post your research.

[biglentil]

my best this year was on canola stubble

[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 !