If South African hemp pioneer Tony Budden had his way, non-narcotic dagga plants would be growing all over the place.“It really is a miracle plant,” the 42-year-old explained.
According to Wikipedia, hemp must not be confused with dagga which is low growing and has higher concentrations of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabidiol (CBD) and other cannabinoids.
There are two types of cannabis sativa sub species – one narcotic and other not.
The sativa sub species is grown for industrial use while the indica version is grown for recreational and medicinal purposes.
The major difference between the two is the appearance of the plants sub species and the amount of THC.
Industrial hemp contains below 0.3% THC while dagga for smoking ranges from 2% to over 20%.
Hemp is one of the earliest
domesticated plants known to man and has been cultivated by many civilisations for over 12000 years.
Hemp fibre imprints have been found by archaeologists on Chinese pottery dating back to the fifth
millennium BC.
It was used to make clothes, shoes, ropes and early forms of
paper. It later spread around the world.
It was widely cultivated in America from the 1600s.
US president George Washington pushed for the growing of more hemp and even grew it as a cash crop himself.
The hemp industry in America started dying out from 1937 when government introduced the
marijuana tax act.
Despite the massive decline, hemp was used extensively by the US
during World War 2 to make uniforms, canvas and rope.
In the early 1940s production of hemp fibre ranged from 250000 to 350000 metric tonnes and Russia was the biggest producer.
Although not banned in Europe by the 1930s, commercial cultivation stopped by then due to increasing demand for artificial fibres and hemp production dropped
massively. — Source: Wikipedia
SA behind in industrial hemp race
“It really is a miracle plant,” the 42-year-old explained.
According to Wikipedia, hemp must not be confused with dagga which is low growing and has higher concentrations of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabidiol (CBD) and other cannabinoids.
There are two types of cannabis sativa sub species – one narcotic and other not.
The sativa sub species is grown for industrial use while the indica version is grown for recreational and medicinal purposes.
The major difference between the two is the appearance of the plants sub species and the amount of THC.
Industrial hemp contains below 0.3% THC while dagga for smoking ranges from 2% to over 20%.
Hemp is one of the earliest
domesticated plants known to man and has been cultivated by many civilisations for over 12000 years.
Hemp fibre imprints have been found by archaeologists on Chinese pottery dating back to the fifth
millennium BC.
It was used to make clothes, shoes, ropes and early forms of
paper. It later spread around the world.
It was widely cultivated in America from the 1600s.
US president George Washington pushed for the growing of more hemp and even grew it as a cash crop himself.
The hemp industry in America started dying out from 1937 when government introduced the
marijuana tax act.
Despite the massive decline, hemp was used extensively by the US
during World War 2 to make uniforms, canvas and rope.
In the early 1940s production of hemp fibre ranged from 250000 to 350000 metric tonnes and Russia was the biggest producer.
Although not banned in Europe by the 1930s, commercial cultivation stopped by then due to increasing demand for artificial fibres and hemp production dropped
massively. — Source: Wikipedia
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