Yes Tara, linseed & flaxseed are the same nutritionally but as my video explains you get far more seeds from the Linseed version of the plant as Flax has a taller stem and far less seeds, hence why the lady sold you Linseeds. If a farmers is growing a crop to produce more seeds they will be growing linseed NOT flax!
Thank you for clearing the confusion up beautifully, linseed is used primarily for oil, flax is primarily used for cloth. Linseed is what is used for health by the looks :)
Helene, You are spot on. Although the flax seed has the same health benefits as linseed, you just don't get as many seeds from flax as you would from the linseed plant.
I found your video very helpful, I watched a little report at the end of the evening news when I lived in Canada, it said that 2 spoons of Ground Flax seed per day helps to reduce some breast cancers and certainly will help to keep it away, this research was done by the University of Toronto and its findings thus reported, I cannot remember if it was table spoons or just ordinary large spoonfuls, but after taking the awful med's I was having to have which gave me horrible side effects, so i gave this a chance and for the first time i stopped getting new growths. Linseed is a lot cheaper so if the seeds are the same then when I switched to ground linseed it means i am still getting the same nutrient quality,
Many thanks indeed. I imagine that usually when buying "Flax" seeds it's "probably" Linseed. Interesting to read about Bridport. There's (was?) an interesting museum there - Bridport made the nets for the 1966 Football World Cup, and in the past ropes for the hangman. Hence the historical expression "the Bridport Dagger", which I've never heard of before. But see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bridport_Dagger
Thank you Alphonse thank you for giving me a bit more knowledge. Linseed has been just amazing for me it's opened so many doors, I am just going to click on your link kind regards Durwin
Thankyou I AM INTERSTED IN WATCHING THE VEDIO THAT YOU MENTIONED I MEAN THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO WANTED TO PLANT A FLAXSEED BEFORE EVERYOND DEID .MAY YOU PLEASE GIVE ME THE NAME OF THE VEDIO OR THE STORY .
Thanks for explaining the difference. Are they different cultivars of the same plant? Also,why has flax farming and use died out? Do you think there could be a revival to counter the harm that cotton and nylon have on the environment?
Gill Staniland Yes they are the same cultivars and you've hit the nail on the head as cotton and other man made fibres have taken over....it would be a lovely thought if flax farming and flax fibre use and all it's bi-production uses were more widely used. Thank you The Linseed Farm
Thank you so much Carla. Words are amazing things and when we understand them we can understand each other. Understanding is something we need at this time but we seem to have lost the ability to not only to understand but also to reason and even look at evidence. If you click on the UA-cam icon on my website you can see all my videos if you have time you may well find something else of interest. Some interviews and of course a bit more education. Love to have your thoughts on others. Thankyou once again for your lovely comment it makes me feel good.
Dear Witchy Sam Thank you so much for your lovely comment much needed at this difficult time here is the link to my other videos you might find something else interesting a few interviews as well Changed the name to the linseed farm a while ago. ua-cam.com/users/HIGHBARNOILSvideos
Such a wonderful & thorough explanation about Flax & Linseed. My husband & I learned so much & you answered his question.... what is FLAX? Thanks 🙏 very much.
Dear Deni RN Thank you very much for your kind comments. This is my friend Simon Cooper we have had joint events here at the farm ploughman's lunch, learn about oil in the morning see the museum learn to spin in the afternoon. Unfortunately can't do this at the moment looking forward to freedom and starting again. www.flaxland.co.uk/
@@HIGHBARNOILS This sounds like fun, if only we all could only get out to gatherings again with others, after CoVid passes (Lord willing). We are Americans but have a little cottage we just built in the far North of Scotland. Again, we are stopped from even going to our home in Caithness, until this horrible CoVid disease improves. We can’t wait to get back to the UK... and with our Dog. Thanks for the reply & the link. I’ll definitely check it out. 🙏
Great video Durwin, I now know what differentiates a linseed plant from a flax plant. I very recently started giving Rudy my horse your Linseed oil and he loves it, he licks his feed bowl completely clean which is not something he normally does.
Very informative thanks! I was confused about this, as a lot of sources claim that linseed and flaxseed are the same (for eating/health purposes). I shall choose linseed due to this information, as more of the nutrients are in the seeds, if I understood you correctly.
Q: So if I understand your video and comments here, am I correct that the oil bought for nutrition labeled that is "Flax Oil" is most likely actually Linseed Oil? Thanks for the informative video!
Yes! Nutritionally they are the same, although there are different types of both Linseed & Flax. In my personal experience the linseeds are plumper and have higher omega 3 content.
Very informative, thank you.... Also I see for sale culinery flaxseed which I assume is edible and cannine flaxseed oil to massage animals. What is the difference? Indeed is there a difference?
Thanks for the explanation. Now, I have one other question. If I were to want to raise both linseed and flax, what would be the chances that they would cross polinate and form a hybrid, and is there some chance that it would combine the best of both varieties? Naturally the flax would be most useful for the long fibers and I suppose that this would be modified.. fibers shortened, so that desirable trait would be lost to some degree. In other words, the hybrid would give relatively shorter fibers, possibly with an increase in oil seed production, and there would probably be quite a variety of plants in the first few generations of crossing. So, I really would rather not have this hybridization to occur, but I suspect that it would be impossible to prevent it in any other way than by raising either flax (for fiber) or linseed (for oil), and not both, unless perhaps they were raised on completely different and separate properties. Any ideas on this? Thanks in advance!
Dear Greg Thank you for your comments linseed is self fertile so not much bee activity. Yours question is very technical and a bit beyond me. But I can recommend Linseed law A hand book for growers and advisor's written by John Turner His company is John Turner seed developments I have a copy of his book in my museum It may be possible to find another if you trawl the net. Where are you in the world? Give me a call if I can be of more help. Durtwin
Many thanks for your video, as Tara said I wanted to buy a flaxseed but the shop owner gave me a linseed. I asked specifically for the Omega 3 benefit to whether they are the same or not and she replied yes they are exactly the same. From your experience do you think that have the same amount or level of Omega 3?
+Riley B Yes it is the same family of plants and their Latin name means most useful. We grow Brown and gold linseeds the gold one is called Marmalade the brown ones Brighton and this year some Batsman as well. there are new varieties being bred and old ones become outclassed. I discovered the other day that the first rudimentary hand grenades contained linseed oil I do not yet know why that was. linseed is amazing and over the centuries has been used for thousands of purposes. My journey with linseed has been amazing taking me into a healing world. Durwin
@@HIGHBARNOILS It's a shame that you didn't make that point more clearly in your video. I was going to comment after watching it to say the same thing as R.B. It's only recently (relatively) speaking that the different cultivars have become established as linseed and linseed oil were originally a byproduct of the flax industry. Nowadays of course there's little need for flax fibre but high demand for linseed oil so cultivars of linum usitatissimum which are shorter and grow more and fatter seeds are preferred. 'Linium' comes from the Latin for 'line' and is used due to the fact that, when it was named, almost all 'lines' (used in the same sense as 'fishing line') were made from flax fibre. My understanding is that 'usitatissimum' means something like ubiquitous (but my knowledge of Latin comes from what I learned at grammar school 45 years ago so I could be wrong). As I'm sure you're aware the original linoleum (lino) was a composite with the concretion component (linoxyn) being made from linseed oil and the product got it's name from the plant genus.
Now when you say linseeds have more seeds and more oil, is it each of the individual seeds that have more oil than a flax seed or is there more oil only because of the larger number of seeds from a the linseed plant?
We grow linseed, so the seed is left to ripen before we cut it. Where as Flax is usually pulled before the seeds have ripened as it is the stem they want, not the seed. I hope this is what you mean? :)
I asked for flex seeds in my local health shop today. The lady gave me a bag of organic golden linseeds. I asked if they are the same thing and she said they are? I asked if she was sure because I had never heard that they are the same seed, again she said yes they are exactly the same with the same benefits. Im annoyed now as I wanted to increase my fibre intake. Thank you for your video.
Dear Thiya Thank you for your comment. it would be best to use it milled for baking You can reduce the other flour by 20% and add in the linseed flour. You will need to add more liquid. If using a bread maker with a bit of practice you will get the balance and produce a fairly light loaf and one slice will fill you up. So it is good news all round. Durwin The Linseed Farmer
why does the information presented here conflict with every other reliable source I've seen on flax and linseed plants? According to every other source I've seen, the linseed plant and the flax plant are the same plant, there is no difference in height or anything else. If they were a different species in the same family, or a variety of the same plant the nomenclature would be different for each plant, when in fact it is Linum usitatissimum for both. Can you kindly cite your sources please?
Dear The Bones. Thank you for your comment. yes you have also been sucked into a bit of a myth as well.Flax and linseed are indeed the same species Linum Usitatassimum But like wheat there is a different variety for making bread and if you want to thatch your house you will want a variety with a long stem. With the linum family it is very much the same if you want to make linen you would chose a variety with a long stem, flax and it will be pulled from the ground so the longest fibre is available. it is also pulled before the seeds are viable, not fully ripened and if you want to grow flax next year you keep a patch to provide seeds to harvest when they are ripe. Linseed on the other hand has a short stem and therefore puts all its energy into making seeds and this is what you want if the plan is to use seeds for oil or grinding. The variety we use is Brighton and Batsman there are many other linseed varieties sunrise, and marmalade or windermere the golden one. The only way to tell if you are buying flax is to know the variety. So start asking questions about variety and see what happens. Hope this helps.be happy to share more if you need it. By the way where are you in the world and are you related to Bones of Startrek? love linseed Durwin
Thanks you seem well informed but as an artist with a keen interest in mediums such as sun thickened flax oil, I like to know everything about the subject. I've never seen this information before and I've been investigating the subject for a number of years, along with many other artists. I've never seen articles on the flax plant that mention varieties, so I am therefore curious to read one or two if you can point me in the right direction. Yes I'm related to Bones of Startrek.
Yes Tara, linseed & flaxseed are the same nutritionally but as my video explains you get far more seeds from the Linseed version of the plant as Flax has a taller stem and far less seeds, hence why the lady sold you Linseeds. If a farmers is growing a crop to produce more seeds they will be growing linseed NOT flax!
Thank you for this informative video, very easy to understand.
Linseed I enjoy using for its a huge muscle builder, which keep the body firm
Thanks for the clarification
Thanks for making this video! Mystery solved. 🌱
Thank you found it really interesting!
Thank you for clearing the confusion up beautifully, linseed is used primarily for oil, flax is primarily used for cloth. Linseed is what is used for health by the looks :)
Helene, You are spot on. Although the flax seed has the same health benefits as linseed, you just don't get as many seeds from flax as you would from the linseed plant.
Durwin Banks
There seems to be some nutritional differences on the back of some packets, especially in regards to carbs and or/fiber.
Fantastic Video, thank you Mr Banks
I found your video very helpful, I watched a little report at the end of the evening news when I lived in Canada, it said that 2 spoons of Ground Flax seed per day helps to reduce some breast cancers and certainly will help to keep it away, this research was done by the University of Toronto and its findings thus reported, I cannot remember if it was table spoons or just ordinary large spoonfuls, but after taking the awful med's I was having to have which gave me horrible side effects, so i gave this a chance and for the first time i stopped getting new growths. Linseed is a lot cheaper so if the seeds are the same then when I switched to ground linseed it means i am still getting the same nutrient quality,
Thank you for reaching out and thank you for your information also. You can find more about us & linseed (flaxseed) here: www.thelinseedfarm.co.uk
Many thanks indeed. I imagine that usually when buying "Flax" seeds it's "probably" Linseed. Interesting to read about Bridport. There's (was?) an interesting museum there - Bridport made the nets for the 1966 Football World Cup, and in the past ropes for the hangman. Hence the historical expression "the Bridport Dagger", which I've never heard of before. But see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bridport_Dagger
Thank you Alphonse thank you for giving me a bit more knowledge. Linseed has been just amazing for me it's opened so many doors, I am just going to click on your link kind regards Durwin
Great! Thank you ! I really enjoyed your video.
Thankyou
I AM INTERSTED IN WATCHING THE VEDIO THAT YOU MENTIONED I MEAN THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO WANTED TO PLANT A FLAXSEED BEFORE EVERYOND DEID .MAY YOU PLEASE GIVE ME THE NAME OF THE VEDIO OR THE STORY .
Me too wanna watch
Thanks for explaining the difference. Are they different cultivars of the same plant? Also,why has flax farming and use died out? Do you think there could be a revival to counter the harm that cotton and nylon have on the environment?
Thanks for this Farmer Durwin!
Bravo. What a wonderful presentation. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Gill Staniland Yes they are the same cultivars and you've hit the nail on the head as cotton and other man made fibres have taken over....it would be a lovely thought if flax farming and flax fibre use and all it's bi-production uses were more widely used. Thank you The Linseed Farm
Thanks for your informative video and clearing up the confusion I had between Flax and Linseed.
Thank you!! You have teaching skills! It was interesting and easy to understand!
Thank you so much Carla. Words are amazing things and when we understand them we can understand each other. Understanding is something we need at this time but we seem to have lost the ability to not only to understand but also to reason and even look at evidence. If you click on the UA-cam icon on my website you can see all my videos if you have time you may well find something else of interest. Some interviews and of course a bit more education. Love to have your thoughts on others. Thankyou once again for your lovely comment it makes me feel good.
"I hope you enjoyed this little canter through my artefacts, my flax artefacts, my arteflax..."
I loved this! I've not seen anything else on your channel yet but your information was very Interesting. Thank you.
Dear Witchy Sam Thank you so much for your lovely comment much needed at this difficult time here is the link to my other videos you might find something else interesting a few interviews as well Changed the name to the linseed farm a while ago. ua-cam.com/users/HIGHBARNOILSvideos
@@HIGHBARNOILS thank you. I'm glad to have cheered up the day. I shall take a look.
Hello. What is the main difference between the golden linseed and brown linseed that are found in health food shops in the UK such as H&B?
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The game "Ostriv" brought me here. 😉
Thx, now i know a difference more.
Such a wonderful & thorough explanation about Flax & Linseed. My husband & I learned so much & you answered his question.... what is FLAX? Thanks 🙏 very much.
Dear Deni RN Thank you very much for your kind comments. This is my friend Simon Cooper we have had joint events here at the farm ploughman's lunch, learn about oil in the morning see the museum learn to spin in the afternoon. Unfortunately can't do this at the moment looking forward to freedom and starting again. www.flaxland.co.uk/
@@HIGHBARNOILS This sounds like fun, if only we all could only get out to gatherings again with others, after CoVid passes (Lord willing).
We are Americans but have a little cottage we just built in the far North of Scotland. Again, we are stopped from even going to our home in Caithness, until this horrible CoVid disease improves. We can’t wait to get back to the UK... and with our Dog.
Thanks for the reply & the link. I’ll definitely check it out. 🙏
Great video Durwin, I now know what differentiates a linseed plant from a flax plant. I very recently started giving Rudy my horse your Linseed oil and he loves it, he licks his feed bowl completely clean which is not something he normally does.
Amazin its so powerful
Thank you!!!
cool thanks for sharing this
so if a reciept calls for linseed can one use flaxseed instead ?
Thank you, sir! Highly interesting.
i thought i would hear the difference as far as health
Very informative thanks! I was confused about this, as a lot of sources claim that linseed and flaxseed are the same (for eating/health purposes). I shall choose linseed due to this information, as more of the nutrients are in the seeds, if I understood you correctly.
Samgab are linseed andbkentils the same?
Thanks for this video very helpful
Very informative, thank you :-)
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Q: So if I understand your video and comments here, am I correct that the oil bought for nutrition labeled that is "Flax Oil" is most likely actually Linseed Oil?
Thanks for the informative video!
Yes. You get more seed from linseed than flax...it's a no brainer! :)
But oil can be taken form the flax, yes?
Yes! Nutritionally they are the same, although there are different types of both Linseed & Flax. In my personal experience the linseeds are plumper and have higher omega 3 content.
Love your info. Thank you
Very imformative interestin mind blowin yr explaination in superb
Can i use da linseed on face
Thank you Shireen for your kind comments here's the link to the skin care thelinseedfarm.co.uk/beauty-from-the-farm
Thanks
Very informative, thank you.... Also I see for sale culinery flaxseed which I assume is edible and cannine flaxseed oil to massage animals. What is the difference? Indeed is there a difference?
Thanks for the explanation. Now, I have one other question. If I were to want to raise both linseed and flax, what would be the chances that they would cross polinate and form a hybrid, and is there some chance that it would combine the best of both varieties? Naturally the flax would be most useful for the long fibers and I suppose that this would be modified.. fibers shortened, so that desirable trait would be lost to some degree. In other words, the hybrid would give relatively shorter fibers, possibly with an increase in oil seed production, and there would probably be quite a variety of plants in the first few generations of crossing. So, I really would rather not have this hybridization to occur, but I suspect that it would be impossible to prevent it in any other way than by raising either flax (for fiber) or linseed (for oil), and not both, unless perhaps they were raised on completely different and separate properties. Any ideas on this? Thanks in advance!
Dear Greg
Thank you for your comments linseed is self fertile so not much bee activity. Yours question is very technical and a bit beyond me. But I can recommend Linseed law A hand book for growers and advisor's written by John Turner His company is John Turner seed developments I have a copy of his book in my museum It may be possible to find another if you trawl the net. Where are you in the world? Give me a call if I can be of more help. Durtwin
Many thanks for your video, as Tara said I wanted to buy a flaxseed but the shop owner gave me a linseed. I asked specifically for the Omega 3 benefit to whether they are the same or not and she replied yes they are exactly the same. From your experience do you think that have the same amount or level of Omega 3?
Hamed Aula our seed is in the high 50's (59% omega 3 ALA Alpha linolenic Acid) it's called marmalade linseed!
which one's more nutitious?
So it's the same plant but it's been bred into two variations, like different breeds of dog.
+Riley B Yes it is the same family of plants and their Latin name means most useful. We grow Brown and gold linseeds the gold one is called Marmalade the brown ones Brighton and this year some Batsman as well. there are new varieties being bred and old ones become outclassed. I discovered the other day that the first rudimentary hand grenades contained linseed oil I do not yet know why that was. linseed is amazing and over the centuries has been used for thousands of purposes. My journey with linseed has been amazing taking me into a healing world. Durwin
@@HIGHBARNOILS It's a shame that you didn't make that point more clearly in your video. I was going to comment after watching it to say the same thing as R.B. It's only recently (relatively) speaking that the different cultivars have become established as linseed and linseed oil were originally a byproduct of the flax industry. Nowadays of course there's little need for flax fibre but high demand for linseed oil so cultivars of linum usitatissimum which are shorter and grow more and fatter seeds are preferred.
'Linium' comes from the Latin for 'line' and is used due to the fact that, when it was named, almost all 'lines' (used in the same sense as 'fishing line') were made from flax fibre. My understanding is that 'usitatissimum' means something like ubiquitous (but my knowledge of Latin comes from what I learned at grammar school 45 years ago so I could be wrong).
As I'm sure you're aware the original linoleum (lino) was a composite with the concretion component (linoxyn) being made from linseed oil and the product got it's name from the plant genus.
Now when you say linseeds have more seeds and more oil, is it each of the individual seeds that have more oil than a flax seed or is there more oil only because of the larger number of seeds from a the linseed plant?
+Vice Admiral Strawberry MORE Seeds with Linseed...fewer seeds with Flax as it is a tall stemmed plant and puts all its energy into the stem! :)
Hello Mr D Banks. i am British, at the moment i live in SRI LANKA . i hope to back very soon . if i come may i visit your farm? i love farm working.
Dear Samantha Thank you for your comment please do contact me Durwin@thelinseedfarm.co.uk Durwin
Dear Samantha Thank you for your comment please do contact me Durwin@thelinseedfarm.co.uk Durwin
What do you think about raw vs boiled linseed oil for finishing axe handles?
Very informative. Thanks!
+jhelynj j_j Thank you :)
Would linseed oil be a possible by-product of your flax crop or would there be a different harvest time/ripeness?
We grow linseed, so the seed is left to ripen before we cut it. Where as Flax is usually pulled before the seeds have ripened as it is the stem they want, not the seed. I hope this is what you mean?
:)
Durwin Banks It is. Linseed oil would not be a byproduct of flax if the flax is pulled before the seeds ripen. Thanks.
I asked for flex seeds in my local health shop today. The lady gave me a bag of organic golden linseeds. I asked if they are the same thing and she said they are? I asked if she was sure because I had never heard that they are the same seed, again she said yes they are exactly the same with the same benefits. Im annoyed now as I wanted to increase my fibre intake. Thank you for your video.
Jimmy Two-Times Thanks for the answer. ☺
love this.
Thank you Regina we all need more love and I am happy to have some more Durwin
thanks for enriching ..would it keep the nutrition if i add seeds to make a bread ?
Dear Thiya Thank you for your comment. it would be best to use it milled for baking You can reduce the other flour by 20% and add in the linseed flour. You will need to add more liquid. If using a bread maker with a bit of practice you will get the balance and produce a fairly light loaf and one slice will fill you up. So it is good news all round. Durwin The Linseed Farmer
@@HIGHBARNOILS thank you !
to spanish speaking people pls clarify por favor linseed y lintejas son la misma planta y verdura
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were can i buy linseed only
thelinseedfarm.co.uk/buy
Does linseed give you energy?
+Sonya Jones Yes, slow releasing energy full of omega 3, protein, fibre, magnesium, iron, zinc, calcium & lignans
Thank you so much
Terrific.
If I want more lignans, which do I grow?
Jaybird196 always linseed as you get more seeds and it is the seed that contains the lignans! :)
Durwin Banks Thanks!
why does the information presented here conflict with every other reliable source I've seen on flax and linseed plants? According to every other source I've seen, the linseed plant and the flax plant are the same plant, there is no difference in height or anything else. If they were a different species in the same family, or a variety of the same plant the nomenclature would be different for each plant, when in fact it is Linum usitatissimum for both. Can you kindly cite your sources please?
Dear The Bones. Thank you for your comment. yes you have also been sucked into a bit of a myth as well.Flax and linseed are indeed the same species Linum Usitatassimum But like wheat there is a different variety for making bread and if you want to thatch your house you will want a variety with a long stem. With the linum family it is very much the same if you want to make linen you would chose a variety with a long stem, flax and it will be pulled from the ground so the longest fibre is available. it is also pulled before the seeds are viable, not fully ripened and if you want to grow flax next year you keep a patch to provide seeds to harvest when they are ripe. Linseed on the other hand has a short stem and therefore puts all its energy into making seeds and this is what you want if the plan is to use seeds for oil or grinding. The variety we use is Brighton and Batsman there are many other linseed varieties sunrise, and marmalade or windermere the golden one. The only way to tell if you are buying flax is to know the variety. So start asking questions about variety and see what happens. Hope this helps.be happy to share more if you need it. By the way where are you in the world and are you related to Bones of Startrek? love linseed Durwin
Thanks you seem well informed but as an artist with a keen interest in mediums such as sun thickened flax oil, I like to know everything about the subject. I've never seen this information before and I've been investigating the subject for a number of years, along with many other artists. I've never seen articles on the flax plant that mention varieties, so I am therefore curious to read one or two if you can point me in the right direction.
Yes I'm related to Bones of Startrek.
Isn't the myth perpetuated by both plants having exactly the same latin name? Linum usitatissimum
For many years, Irish linen was considered to be the best..... bar none.
What is the difference between #FLAX & #LINSEED
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Nutritionally our current linseed oil is made from the variety called Batsman with a 60% Omega 3 content! :)