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General HEMP Plant information

Uses for Hemp

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HEMP PLANT: (Cannabis sativa)

  • Due to the similar leaf shape, Hemp is frequently confused with marijuana, Hemp has less than 1% THC, the physio active ingredient.
  • Marijuana is purposely grown to produce high levels of THC & CBD for recreational & Medical use, unfortunately for decades Draconian laws have hindered the legalisation of Marijuana, whilst at the same time legalised the most Socially Destructive Drug on this planet, Alcohol !
  • Hemp is 9 times Stronger that Steel, and for thousands of years was used as Food & Health products, and it has been irrefutably proven that THC is embodied in Human DNA.
  • HEMP CARPET: Not yet available in 4mt wide rolls, mainly because the lack of commercial production, however Hemp is currently made into small size rugs & runners.
  • Australian Hemp Resource and Manufacture (AHRM) in summer 1999/2000 completed its first breeding/production trial program of industrial hemp in mainland Australia..
  • Cannabis sativa is the common name for a tall annual herb (also called hemp) of the family Cannabinaceae, native to Asia now widespread for its cultivation fibre.
  • Hemp production is one of the oldest industries in the world.
  • Hemp has been used for over 12'000 years.
  • Hemp can produce 4 times as much pulp per hectare than trees.
  • Hemp is now used in building Mud brick walls in houses in Australia.
  • Hemp oil is not only useful as a food, but can be turned into a fuel. Hemp fuel is actually pure hemp oil and can be used in any diesel engine – learn how to power your car from hemp fuel !
  • The cellulose from the hemp stalk can be used as a plastic raw material creating bio-degradable plastic.
  • Hemp plastic can be transparent or opaque, soft or hard, and used as a general purpose plastic.
  • Hemp is drought resistant.
  • Hemp is used for Clothing, Cosmetics, Paper, Plastics, Sailing masts, Food, Fuel, Wood products and Medicine.
  • Hemp can be recycled.
  • Hemp stalks and seeds contain less than 1% THC (if a plant is attacked by insects/pest it can produce up to 3% to protect itself, then will return back to 1%).
  • Hemp fibre is Stronger, Longer and more absorbent than cotton.
  • Hydrocarbons in Hemp can be processed into a wide range of biomass energy sources.
  • Hemp paper manufacture, produces less pollution than paper made from trees.
  • Echo friendly Hemp can replace most toxic petrochemical products.
  • Hemp was the cloth of choice for the early Australian pioneers.
  • The Hemp fibre, retted from the stem, was one of the most important for various kinds of cordage;
  • It was/is also used in making paper, cloth (canvas and other kinds), oakum for calking ships, and other products.
  • The male and female flowers are borne on separate plants.
  • The chemical derived from the female flowering tops is used medicinally and is the source of marijuana and hashish.
  • Hemp seed is used as bird food, and the oil from the seeds is used in the manufacture of paints, varnishes, and soap.
  • The dried leaves are used in Asia for a beverage.
  • The word hemp is used in combination for several other kinds of fibre plants, notably Manila hemp and sisal hemp.
  • The true hemp plant is related to the hop , which is used in making beer.
  • Hemp is classified in the division Magnoliophyta , class Magnoliopsida, order Urticales, family Cannabinaceae.
  • The hemp plant is harvested for its fibres, seed, seed meal and seed oil. Hemp is a distinct variety of the plant species cannabis sativa L.
  • Although both plants are from the species cannabis, hemp contains virtually no THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol), the active ingredient in marijuana.
  • Hemp cannot be used as a recreational drug as it produces virtually no THC (approx. 1%), where marijuana produces between 5 - 20+ % THC.

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