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It needs a deep fertile, well drained, moist soil and sunny, but sheltered sites for it to give the best yield. It is planted between November or December, cool season. Incorporate it with flour for visibility of seeds since it’s too fine, scatter them evenly over soil surface then evenly cover ¼ to ½ beneath the soil surface. It takes 10 days for it to sprouts and requires weeding while they are young. Careful loving care of plants with organic fertilizer is a need to produce good seeds. It’s an annual plant, when fully grown reaches to a height of 50 to 100 cms. Maturity takes 70 to 100 days depending on weather conditions. What are health benefits we can derive from flax seed and other uses of it? Flax seed plant has many uses for man. The stem is a source of fiber for textile fabric as linen, oil is ingredient in paint and varnish, the meal is use as ingredient in animal feed. Whole flax seed, as ground (meal) powder and intact seed and oil in capsule, is a ...