Hemp fibres 'better than graphene'
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-28770876
The waste fibres from hemp crops can be transformed into high-performance energy storage devices, scientists say.
They "cooked" cannabis bark into carbon nanosheets and built supercapacitors "on a par with or better than graphene" - the industry gold standard.
Electric cars and power tools could harness this hemp technology, the US researchers say.
They presented their work at the American Chemical Society meeting in San Francisco.
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Thanks for the OP, xchrom.
And besides, isn't that a beautiful green plant! 
on a few cannabis plants in full bloom in the fall that you've been cultivating all summer. I haven't put a seed in the ground in 25 - 30 years but I used too 
Start planting seeds soon after the first good cold snap in the fall, some of the best I grew the seeds were planted in the dead of winter. If the ground was thawed out and not too muddy it was time to sow the seeds of tomorrow. again
BTW you can isolate a female hemp plant and keep male plants away and it will flower and look just like a pot plant, pretty much anyway, but not get you high no matter how much you smoke or ingest
I can identify a male or female cannabis plant shortly after it comes up Again I give you
I am pot free and have been for a few years now. The last time I tried it I didn't even like the high anymore. Ten years ago if I was asked if I'd ever quite I'd have replied, Are you Crazy
... and have an open back yard, so I would never get away with growing it. 
Here's my little story: When I was young I had a nice apartment with a large bay window in front. Having a green thumb, I like to grow avocado plants from the pits. I had one that really did good and I set it very near the front window by a chair. It must have caught this cop's eye when he walked by, because he came and knocked at my door, asking if he could take a look at the plant by the window. 
So I said surely, come on in. He walked over by it and looked and pondered and said "What is this???" I almost laughed in his face. As a matter of fact, I think I did chuckle. Then I explained what it was. I hadn't thought of this incident in years until I seen this picture.
Your description of how to plant the seeds in the fall reminds me of planting Texas blue-bonnets (an absolutely beautiful little delicate flower, the State flower of Texas.) Wow! You can tell the sex when they first come up? You're like one of my sons who can tell the sex of a kitten early on.
Really, you should think about moving to CO.
With your expertise, you should be able to get a job in the growing industry!
