Answer 6a Sowing Hemp

6a. How to sow Hemp:

Information is available from the following trials; Tasmania, Australia and Manitoba, Canada

When growing for fiber: Sowing methods from Tasmania, Australia: A cooperative research effort involving the Department of Agricultural Science, University of Tasmania and Australian Newsprint Mills Ltd. commenced early 1994: All trials were established with a sowing rate of 80kg/ha = 71 lbs./acre (1kg = 2.2 lbs., 1 ha = 2.47 acres). The row spacing was 15 cm = 6" (2.5 cm = 1 inch). Fertilizer rates were based on literature recommendations modified according to soil nutrient status. Crops were irrigated when soil moisture deficit exceeded about 35mm = 1½inches using overhead sprinklers.

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Information is available from the following trial; Manitoba, Canada

Mr. Jack Moes of the Manitoba Provincial Government in Canada was involved in cross trials of this Hemp-seed with six other low-THC varieties during the summer of 1995. In Manitoba, Canada Hemp could be sown by mid- May 1995, using conventional seeding equipment.

When growing for Hemp-seed: For planting for Hemp-seed use 18½ kilograms per hectare or in American amounts 16½ pounds per acre when cultivating in rows 75 centimeters or 30 inches apart.

Additionally, if you need to cultivate again to suppress weeds in-between the rows you'll need exactly double that amount (37 kg/ha. or 33 lb./acre).

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*Industrial-Hemp has no psychoactive properties following definition of the European Economic Community (EEC); THC content is less than 0.3%. In general, low THC-seed varieties without psychoactive properties are those that have a THC content of less than 1%. (See also No-THC Hemp-seed.) THC= Delta-9 TetraHydroCannabinol.

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