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Flax vs Kapok

Both are Fibre. Each axis is a percentile across all 538 crops — 80 means higher than four-fifths of the table. Where an axis is missing, the crop genuinely is not measured that way.

Flax Kapok

Measure Flax Kapok
Season Rabi Perennial
Sowing window Oct–Nov Jun–Jul
Days to harvest 110–130 4–6 yr
Spacing 20 cm rows 8 × 8 m
Soil pH 5.5–7.0 5.5–7.5
Water 350–500 1000–1500
Temperature °C 10–25 20–35
Seed rate 80–100 kg Nursery
Yield 1.5–2.5 t fibre 0.4–0.8 t
Watch for Rust, wilt Stainer bug, leaf spot

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