The plant length is preferably 220 cm or slightly more. Special harvesters mechanically cut the stalks into two pieces of about 1 m and lay them parallel on windrows in the field. This way, the stalks can be processed on a flax scutching line (§7.1.1) after retting (§5.4).
Producers of harvesters for long fibre textile applications
Hyler (Oostrozebeke, Belgium), https://www.hyler.be/en/machine/hyler-sativa-200a/
La Chanvrière (France) and Cretes (Wevelgem, Belgium), https://lachanvriere.com/francais-revolution-industrielle-dans-le-chanvre-textile , https://www.cretes.be/oogstmachine-voor-hennep
Depoortere (Beveren-Leie, Belgium), https://www.depoortere.be/DAEAHY
Further information
Cretes, 2021. ‘Textile Hemp Harvesting’.
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