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jmowreader

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10. Processing difficulty comes to mind

Reply to el_bryanto (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 12, 2013, 05:30 PM

Nov 2013

Hemp isn't like cotton or wood, which can be processed quickly and efficiently with large machinery. Hemp requires retting, which takes weeks to complete because you've got to get the pectins out of the fiber.

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One acre of hemp produces as much cellulose fiber pulp as 4.1 acres of trees!!! [View all] Playinghardball Nov 2013 OP

Hemp - the wonder plant that does wonders el_bryanto Nov 2013 #1

Probably the same as any monocrop fed with industrial fertilizers as big business would do NoOneMan Nov 2013 #2

Toking is a drawback? Jackpine Radical Nov 2013 #6

Perceived drawback, anyway. nt el_bryanto Nov 2013 #9

no shit Go Vols Nov 2013 #11

Hemp and weed (the kind that you smoke) are two different things. EOTE Nov 2013 #7

I understood it wasn't just Hearst but Dupont as well because they were/are a major maker... A HERETIC I AM Nov 2013 #12

That is correct. EOTE Nov 2013 #13

Processing difficulty comes to mind jmowreader Nov 2013 #10

Cotton wasn't that easy to process, either KamaAina Nov 2013 #17

They're probably working on it jmowreader Nov 2013 #18

No, hemp contains less than 2% THC. Le Taz Hot Nov 2013 #14

One doesn't toke hemp. It's worse than Mexican ditch weed, if that's even possible. kestrel91316 Nov 2013 #15

K&R.... daleanime Nov 2013 #3

Daily reminder that the only reason marijuana is illegal PoliticalPothead Nov 2013 #4

That's not the ONLY reason. EOTE Nov 2013 #8

industrial hemp has little THC and does not give a buzz. It has powerful enemies in both parties and msongs Nov 2013 #5

Where can hemp be grown? theHandpuppet Nov 2013 #16

China, for instance (world's largest producer) muriel_volestrangler Nov 2013 #19