Our flax is crap this year. We were late going in, blame the rain. We probably hadn't prepared the field as well as we should but I think there is more to it. The fibre that is there is really fine.
Below are the soil test results from 2021 and the fields are marked where the flax did really in 21, 22 and 23. Field 15a is doing badly.
Farmers always said that flax liked 'poor' soil, graph below shows what flax takes out compared to other crops.
Thoughts?
This year was poor for all crops. Lack of sunlight & heat. Cold nights and north winds.
'that's farming', some good years & some bad years.