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20-07-2011, 10:46 AM
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| | | A31 Hogsback. Plant (crop?) identity please.
Travelling north up hogsback from farnham toward guildford (wonderful view).
Extensive acreage of (white?) flowering plants on left side. Difficult to look and drive 30 ton scania so concentrating on latter.
Anyone know what this plant (crop) is?
Next time, i'll stop and pick some!!
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20-07-2011, 11:14 AM
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| | | Re: A31 Hogsback. Plant (crop?) identity please.
Possibly a type of Flax/Linseed?
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21-07-2011, 10:05 AM
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| | | Re: A31 Hogsback. Plant (crop?) identity please.
Borage can look whitish too.
PS why is it being grown these days? |
21-07-2011, 10:30 AM
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| | | Re: A31 Hogsback. Plant (crop?) identity please.
White flowered borage is grown. It is for borage oil, sold as star=flower oil and a good source of GLA. Also used in homeopathic treatments.
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22-07-2011, 08:21 AM
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| | | Re: A31 Hogsback. Plant (crop?) identity please.
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Originally Posted by Hedera  White flowered borage is grown. It is for borage oil, sold as star=flower oil and a good source of GLA. Also used in homeopathic treatments. | Interesting - thanks. |
22-07-2011, 08:27 AM
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| | | Re: A31 Hogsback. Plant (crop?) identity please.
I used to see huge fields of Flax, it was grown to produce recyclable car parts like dashboards and door panels on expensive cars.
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