Hemp, the wonder crop

Intro The first thing you will have to remember, is that hemp is a multi-purpose crop. Which means that different parts of the crop are harvested depending on the variety of hemp that is planted. For example, when harvesting for grain, the shortest varieties of the hemp plant are used reaching from 0.9 to 2.7m tall, whereas hemp varieties used for fibre grow can grow upwards of 3.0m. These different varieties need different harvesting techniques both for characteristical differences and for the different products that are harvested from the plant. Sometimes hemp is planted for both grain and fibres but this can cause problems when one product is all ready mature when the other is not, it also lowers the total production of either seed and fibres. On the other hand it can spreads the risk as there two products that can be used, so in the case of a strong frost that destroys the seed, the fibres could still be used and sold. Harvesting and storage of  hemp seed Hemp seed does not