GARDENPlants and seeds

why are chia seeds more expensive than flax seeds, just because they have high nutritional value or are rare.?

science plz answer for my 185 point project due monday

Harder to grow and ship? Stick together if dampened.
Flax grows on large stems in bulk – how does chia grow?
well here

http://www.gardenguides.com/plants/plantguides/shrubs/plantguide.asp?symbol=SACO6

and we find that the small plants grow in arid lands and yield a relatively small amount of tiny seeds. 1-4 flowers with up to 13 seeds per flower. “several quarts could be gathered within a few hours” oh wow
Flax however “New flowers will emerge for a few weeks, each developing into a round seed capsule or boll about one-third inch in diameter. Each capsule contains 4 to 10 seeds; North Dakota tests indicate 6 seeds per capsule is the average.” “Yields of better flax varieties have been 1200 to 1400 pounds per acre in replicated yield trials” which means at least hundreds of pounds could be collected by the same means and in the same time as quarts of chia

http://www.jeffersoninstitute.org/pubs/flax.shtml

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