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Flax is a vital crop used in the production of textiles. Flax's main products, [[tow]] and [[lint]], are processed in order to make [[canvas]], [[linen]], and [[rope]], all goods fundamental to the Egyptian lifestyle.  
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'''Flax''' is a vital crop used in the production of textiles.
  
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Flax comes in many varieties, the most basic being Old Egypt and Nile Green. Anyone may receive a packet of either of these seeds (at random) from any [[School of Art and Music]]. While the Nile Green variety requires watering, it also yields twice as much flax per bed as the Old Egypt variety. Through [[Crossbreeding]], however, it is possible to design even more potent flax strains. See the [[Flax Seeds]] page for a list of the newer and more popular strains.
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==Source==
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Flax is grown by players from [[Flax Seeds]]. Once harvested, it must be soaked in water to make [[produces::Rotten Flax]] in order to be processed further. Further processing breaks [[Rotten Flax]] into [[tow]] and [[lint]], which can then be processed into [[canvas]], [[linen]], and [[rope]], all goods fundamental to the Egyptian lifestyle. Rotten flax can also be dried into [[Dried Flax]], which can be used in construction.
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==Requires==
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* [[requires::Flax Seeds]]
  
 
== Cultivation ==
 
== Cultivation ==
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To grow flax, plant a bed of flax plants using the "Plant" menu, on grass (flax will not grow on sand). After a short while, green flax shoots with blue flowers will appear in the bed. Shortly afterward, yellow weeds will appear, and you will need to weed the flax bed. Depending on the variety of [[Flax Seeds]] being used, you may need to water the flax when you weed it (using one [[Water in Jugs|jug of water]]), and you may need to weed the bed several times. Eventually, more flax shoots and flowers will grow in the bed. This means that the flax is fully grown and ready to harvest. It might be hard to see this, so a good way to tell for sure is to click on the flax and see.
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To grow flax, plant a bed of flax plants using the "Plant" menu, on grass (flax will not grow on sand). After a short while, green flax shoots with blue flowers will appear in the bed. Shortly afterward, yellow weeds will appear, and you will need to weed the flax bed. Depending on the variety of [[Flax Seeds]] being used, you may need to water the flax when you weed it (using one [[Water in Jugs|jug of water]]), and you may need to weed or water the bed several times. Eventually, more flax shoots and flowers will grow in the bed, meaning the flax is fully grown and ready to be harvested. It might be hard to see this, but you can click on the flax to tell for sure. Depending on the variety of flax, you may obtain one or more deben of [[Flax]] or [[Rotten Flax]] on each harvest.
  
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Flax grown in the above manner will not produce any seeds. To grow [[Flax Seeds]], plant a bed of flax but do not weed it. Shortly after weeds appear in the bed, the flax will go to seed. You will see more of the yellow weeds. You may then harvest seeds from the flax up to 5 times before it finally dies. When the plant dies, it will leave more seeds on the ground.  It takes 1 Teppy Minute (about 1m 07s real time) for the Harvest option to reappear after harvesting a seed.
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Flax grown in the above manner will not produce any seeds. To grow [[Flax Seeds]], plant a bed of flax but do not weed it. Shortly after weeds appear in the bed, you will see more of the yellow weeds appear, indicating that the flax bed has gone to seed. You may then harvest seeds from the flax up to 5 times before it finally dies. When the plant dies, it will leave more seeds on the ground.  It takes 1 [[Time|TeppyMinute]] (about 1m 07s real time) for the Harvest option to reappear after harvesting a seed.
  
 
Take care to not use up all your flax seeds when growing flax; you should always keep at least a few in reserve to grow more seeds. If you do run out, you can go back to a School of Art to get a few more seeds.
 
Take care to not use up all your flax seeds when growing flax; you should always keep at least a few in reserve to grow more seeds. If you do run out, you can go back to a School of Art to get a few more seeds.
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=== Timing ===
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Interval
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! Time (Real, Approx)
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|-
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| Planting -> Weeds
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| style="text-align: center;" | 36s
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|-
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| Planting -> Seeds
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| style="text-align: center;" | 59s
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|-
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| Weeds -> Seeds
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| style="text-align: center;" | 17s
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|-
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| Weeding -> Next Weeds
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| style="text-align: center;" | ?
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|-
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| Harvest Seeds -> Next Seeds
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| style="text-align: center;" | 1m 10s
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|-
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| Last Weeding -> Harvest
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| style="text-align: center;" | 19s
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|-
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| Last Watering -> Harvest Flax
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| style="text-align: center;" | ?
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|}
  
 
== Hotkeys ==
 
== Hotkeys ==
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Under [Self->Options->One-Click and Related], there is an option to enable [[hotkeys]] on flax.  With this option enabled, you can use '''[W]''' to weed and harvest flax, and '''[H]''' to harvest seeds.  Note however that if this option is enabled you will have to physically run to each flax bed to weed/harvest it, whereas with this option disabled your character doesn't have to physically move.
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Under [Self->Options->One-Click and Related], there is an option to enable [[Commands#Hotkeys|hotkeys]] on flax.  With this option enabled, you can use '''[W]''' to weed/water and harvest flax, and '''[H]''' to harvest seeds.  In tale 7, you will physically move to the bed and will have animation time.
  
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==Pollution / Soil Quality==
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== Varieties ==
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Among other species of flax, Nile Green will reduce soil quality around the ground where it is grown. It doesn't seem to affect only the exact spot, but the general area, perhaps the whole coordinate area up to a range of 2-3 in each direction. ''(Needs independent verification)''
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Flax is a complex item, and comes in many varieties, the most basic, Old Egypt, is given to all players on Welcome Island. On the mainland, a variety of seeds are given out randomly from the School of Art and Music. Some require watering, some have pollution/soil quality issues. Through [[Crossbreeding]], it is possible to design even more potent flax strains.  
  
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Nile Green: In a 4x4 coordinate area in Sinai, 3362,4114 I began planting NG and harvested 180 or so before I started getting only seed.
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{{:Flax Seeds}}
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(Visit [[Flax Seeds]] to edit this table)
  
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I planted over 500 NG and didn't lose any flax (3420,4382 Sinai)--Ferns
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* "Pollution signs" is not an adequate term to describe all the effects the various pollution conditions have on flax output. High and Low nitrogen levels affect different flax strains in different ways. Elevated phosphorus levels can reduce flax output to below normal values or it may result in no output based on the flax strain and the phosphorus level. Elevated acidity does not appear to modify flax production. See [[Pollution]]. (QonQuiHotep - 13 Apr 2016)
  
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I have harvested over 3000 Nile Green and am still getting regular returns. (FB 3898, -431) --Andara
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==Pollution / Soil Quality==
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Most seeds will have some kind of pollution and/or soil quality around the ground where it is grown. Please see the [[Talk:Flax Seeds|discussion]] page for discussions about this aspect of Flax growing. See also [[Pollution]]
  
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Pollution is probably not the right word for it.  Where NG has been planted in quantity, Old Egypt flax subsequently planted may yield no flax and a message about poor soil (poor soil is not the same thing as pollution). [[User:JulianJaynes|JulianJaynes]] 01:33, 31 December 2008 (EST)
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==Research and Tuition==
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*''10,000 needed for [[Seed Registry]] Research''
  
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Update--the same spot now returns no flax and a message about poor soil quality for Nile Green as well.  I can't tell you how much flax I've planted, but I've been using the same spot since we got jugs.  The depleted soil is only for 2-3 coords, and moving over a bit takes me out of the depleted zone. [[User:JulianJaynes|JulianJaynes]] 14:12, 3 January 2009 (EST)
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==ByProducts==
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Depending on your [[Arthropodology]] skill level, harvesting Flax can sometimes produce [[produces::Fruit Maggot]]s, [[produces::Rose Swallowtail]]s, [[produces::Spittlebug]]s, [[produces::Orchid Hopper]]s, [[produces::Dew Fly|Dew Flies]], [[produces::Snowberry Butterfly|Snowberry Butterflies]], [[produces::Ruby Hornborrer]]s, [[produces::Corn Maggot]]s, [[produces::Raspberry Moth]]s, [[produces::Nightwing]]s, [[produces::Woodmoth]]s, [[produces::Leafhopper]]s, [[produces::Leaf Snapper]]s, and [[produces::Clearwing]]s.
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BooBoo and I also got poor soil messages in conjunction with Acidity 21k.  We grew about 14k flax with Nile Green Seeds in a 4-5 day period.  Read more here: [[Pollution]]. --Pitaboo
 
  
 
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==Historical Notes==
 
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There is general agreement that present day cultivated flax is most closely related to wild ''L. angustafolium''; a wild progenitor seen throughout the Mediterranean Basin, North Africa, the Near East, Iran, Caucasia and Western Europe. Other species of the ''Linum L.'' genus are located over the steppe belts of the temperate Mediterranean, the northern hemisphere and China.
 
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Because it was one of the first domesticated plants, flax is recognized as a foundation crop of modern civilization. It responded well to the first efforts at domestication as was evidenced by a noticeable increase in seed size, higher oil yield and /or a longer stem and a seed boll that did not easily dehisce (burst open releasing the seeds). These significant genetic changes were fundamental in flax attaining a leading position in the economic, social, religious and political lives of Neolithic people and further positioned it for a future inexorably interwoven with that of human civilization.
 
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(From [http://www.saskflax.com/flaxhistory.html Flax History] on saskflax.com)
 
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Also see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flax Flax] on Wikipedia.
 
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Flax is a vital crop used in the production of textiles.

Source

Flax is grown by players from Flax Seeds. Once harvested, it must be soaked in water to make Rotten Flax in order to be processed further. Further processing breaks Rotten Flax into tow and lint, which can then be processed into canvas, linen, and rope, all goods fundamental to the Egyptian lifestyle. Rotten flax can also be dried into Dried Flax, which can be used in construction.

Requires

Cultivation

To grow flax, plant a bed of flax plants using the "Plant" menu, on grass (flax will not grow on sand). After a short while, green flax shoots with blue flowers will appear in the bed. Shortly afterward, yellow weeds will appear, and you will need to weed the flax bed. Depending on the variety of Flax Seeds being used, you may need to water the flax when you weed it (using one jug of water), and you may need to weed or water the bed several times. Eventually, more flax shoots and flowers will grow in the bed, meaning the flax is fully grown and ready to be harvested. It might be hard to see this, but you can click on the flax to tell for sure. Depending on the variety of flax, you may obtain one or more deben of Flax or Rotten Flax on each harvest.

Flax grown in the above manner will not produce any seeds. To grow Flax Seeds, plant a bed of flax but do not weed it. Shortly after weeds appear in the bed, you will see more of the yellow weeds appear, indicating that the flax bed has gone to seed. You may then harvest seeds from the flax up to 5 times before it finally dies. When the plant dies, it will leave more seeds on the ground. It takes 1 TeppyMinute (about 1m 07s real time) for the Harvest option to reappear after harvesting a seed.

Take care to not use up all your flax seeds when growing flax; you should always keep at least a few in reserve to grow more seeds. If you do run out, you can go back to a School of Art to get a few more seeds.

Timing

Interval Time (Real, Approx)
Planting -> Weeds 36s
Planting -> Seeds 59s
Weeds -> Seeds 17s
Weeding -> Next Weeds ?
Harvest Seeds -> Next Seeds 1m 10s
Last Weeding -> Harvest 19s
Last Watering -> Harvest Flax ?

Hotkeys

Under [Self->Options->One-Click and Related], there is an option to enable hotkeys on flax. With this option enabled, you can use [W] to weed/water and harvest flax, and [H] to harvest seeds. In tale 7, you will physically move to the bed and will have animation time.

Varieties

Flax is a complex item, and comes in many varieties, the most basic, Old Egypt, is given to all players on Welcome Island. On the mainland, a variety of seeds are given out randomly from the School of Art and Music. Some require watering, some have pollution/soil quality issues. Through Crossbreeding, it is possible to design even more potent flax strains.


The basic flax seeds the game provides are:

Name Water Weed Flax Seed Pollution Signs Notes
Old Dog 2 1 3 2 0, 1 or 2 flax
Sinai Sage 1 1 2 1 0 flax
Jacob's Field 0 6 3 1 0 flax
Symphony Ridge Gold 0 3 2 1 0 flax
Sunset Pond 1 1 2 1 0 flax
Constitution Peak 1 3 2 2 0 flax
Old Egypt 0 2 1 1 none
Nile Green 1 1 2 1 none

Please see the discussion page for details of hypothetical, research, and other suppositions about flax seeds.

Notable crossbred strains:

Name Water Weed Flax Rotten Flax Total Flax Seed Pollution Signs
Ariella #376 0 1 5 5 10 5 Produces only Rotten Flax
Tedra #264 0 1 5 5 10 4 None, Resistant to pollution
Orchid #2353 0 1 7 7 14 4


See New Crosses for information about all other crossbred strains.

(Visit Flax Seeds to edit this table)

  • "Pollution signs" is not an adequate term to describe all the effects the various pollution conditions have on flax output. High and Low nitrogen levels affect different flax strains in different ways. Elevated phosphorus levels can reduce flax output to below normal values or it may result in no output based on the flax strain and the phosphorus level. Elevated acidity does not appear to modify flax production. See Pollution. (QonQuiHotep - 13 Apr 2016)

Pollution / Soil Quality

Most seeds will have some kind of pollution and/or soil quality around the ground where it is grown. Please see the discussion page for discussions about this aspect of Flax growing. See also Pollution

Research and Tuition

ByProducts

Depending on your Arthropodology skill level, harvesting Flax can sometimes produce Fruit Maggots, Rose Swallowtails, Spittlebugs, Orchid Hoppers, Dew Flies, Snowberry Butterflies, Ruby Hornborrers, Corn Maggots, Raspberry Moths, Nightwings, Woodmoths, Leafhoppers, Leaf Snappers, and Clearwings.

Required By

Compound, Corn Maggot, Dew Fly, Ecology, Test of Festivals, Guilds/Festivals, Flax Processing, Fruit Maggot, Leaf Snapper, Leafhopper, Nightwing, Orchid Hopper, Raspberry Moth, Rose Swallowtail, Ruby Hornborrer, Seed Registry, Snowberry Butterfly, Spittlebug, Woodmoth, Principles of Worship

Produced By

Flax Seeds

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