Linum usitatissimum is a ANNUAL growing to 0.7 m by 0.2 m .
It is hardy to zone 4 and is not frost tender. It is in flower from June to July, and the seeds ripen from August to September. The species is hermaphrodite and is pollinated by Insects. The plant is self-fertile.
Suitable for: light and medium soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers moist soil. The plant can tolerates strong winds but not maritime exposure.
HabitatsCultivated Beds
HabitatsCultivated Beds
Resources
Cover Cropping for Pollinators and Beneficial Insects
8/17
DOUG AND ANNA CRABTREE’S VILICUS FARM RESTS
https://www.sare.org/content/download/76046/1298593/file/Cover%20Cropping%20for…Cover Cropping for Pollinators and Beneficial InsectsCover Cropping for Pollinators and Beneficial Insects
8/17
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
DOUG AND ANNA CRABTREE’S VILICUS FARM RESTS
on more than 2,000 acres in northern Montana, and
it is a model of how cover crops can be a foundation
Major pests
- Agrotis ipsilon
Alternaria brassicae
Alternaria brassicicola
Alternaria linicola
Amaranthus retroflexus
Anagallis arvensis
Asphodelus tenuifolius
Athelia rolfsii
Autographa gamma
Boeremia exigua var. exigua
Boeremia exigua var. linicola
Botryotinia fuckeliana
Cadra cautella
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Chamomilla recutita
Chenopodium album
Cirsium arvense
Colletotrichum linicola
Convolvulus arvensis
Discosphaerina fulvida
Elasmopalpus lignosellus
Elymus repens
Euphorbia helioscopia
Fallopia convolvulus
Fumaria officinalis
Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lini
Gibberella avenacea
Gibberella zeae
Helicoverpa armigera
Helicoverpa punctigera
Heliothis virescens
Lolium temulentum
Loxostege sticticalis
Macrosteles quadrilineatus
Malva pusilla
Melampsora lini
Melampsora lini var. liniperda
Microdochium bolleyi
Mycosphaerella linicola
Mythimna
Mythimna separata
Oat blue dwarf virus
Oidium lini
Polygonum aviculare
Pratylenchus penetrans
Pythium aphanidermatum
Pythium ultimum
Raphanus raphanistrum
Rhizobium radiobacter
Rhizobium rhizogenes
Setaria pumila
Setaria viridis
Sonchus arvensis
Spergula arvensis
Spodoptera litura
Thlaspi arvense
Thrips angusticeps
Thrips nigropilosus
Xiphinema
Xiphinema americanum
Helicoverpa armigera
Mycosphaerella linicola
Minor pests
- Acarus siro
Alopecurus myosuroides
Archips fuscocupreanus
Artemisia biennis
Aspergillus niger
Avena fatua
Beet curly top virus
Beet western yellows virus yellows
Chalara elegans
Cirsium vulgare
Cochliobolus sativus
Conyza canadensis
Cuscuta campestris
Digitaria abyssinica
Edessa meditabunda
Emex australis
Galium aparine
Helicotylenchus pseudorobustus
Leucanthemum vulgare
Leveillula taurica
Lolium multiflorum
Mamestra brassicae
Mamestra configurata
Meloidogyne hapla
Nicandra physalodes
Papaver rhoeas
Peridroma saucia
Phalaris minor
Piezodorus hybneri
Poa annua
Rachiplusia nu
Rumex crispus
Setaria parviflora
Setaria verticillata
Spodoptera eridania
Spodoptera exigua
Spodoptera frugiperda
Stellaria media
Thrips flavus
Thysanoplusia orichalcea
Tribolium castaneum
Tyrophagus putrescentiae
Veronica persica
Verticillium dahliae
Xestia c-nigrum