Learn the many benefits and uses of hemp in every day life

The Hemp is a plant that has been used worldwide for thousands of years. Feedstock, producing gives a continuous basis, without risk of collapse and with the possibility of recycling.

Its has a variety of uses:

Hemp Textile Products

Food for Hemp

Cosmetics Hemp

Role of Hemp

Components for Building Houses

Materials for Industry (Brake pads and other parts of the cars, including fuel Hemp)

Oils Industrial Hemp

Always a source of renewable energy

In addition to many other uses

In growing areas, its rapid growth makes Hemp in an effective protector of the soil, preventing erosion and weed growth. To be resistant to pests, the Hemp does not need protection from pesticides.
The use of Hemp in the manufacture of more than 20,000 products can avoid the use of other materials harmful to the environment.  Although, by some economic interests of the uses of hemp have been replaced by plastic, the trend has reversed towards recovery. Today, the cultivation of industrial hemp is subsidized by the European Community.

Many countries want to join the initiative, already extended by other first world countries to recover the Hemp as a solution to serious problems of ecology with the use of clean material for soil, water and air, and as a resource of great significance in the economy and employment around the world.

On February 6, 2004 the American federal agency on drugs (the Drug Enforcement Administration, DEA) lost his battle to ban processed foods with hemp oil, which contains only minimal traces of THC. An appeals court in San Francisco said that the DEA had no authority over these foods, as they are not considered drugs. The DEA claimed that all goods containing THC should be considered illegal drugs.

Hemp existed in the early Hindu culture and it is possible that the mummy has a Tibetan origin or of other peoples of the Himalayas since, according to botanists, was in the “Roof of the World” where the plant originated with psychoactive properties

Discover the methods used to grow hemp plants

If crops in the field, it’s best if you can, find a spot that is also used for other crops as hemp grows best in rotation with other crops such as grain, beans or peas, reflecting a regeneration of important terrain. If the land is not seriously depleted, the following method works quite well: At the beginning of autumn eke out the piece of land chosen and was covered with a light layer of manure, and then planted the beans and other legumes; after Two or three weeks will turn the land buried leaving the stems and then flatten the stomping ground surface with heavy boots or passing a roller and then allowed to stand the ground throughout the winter. At the beginning of spring was weeding the field, is covered with an organic fertilizer such as manure and is now ready for planting.

And sowing seeds: The main enemy of the seed is moisture. In a perfectly dry even maintain its vitality for three years and are unaffected by the heat, if not higher than 37 degrees. The seeds if they are wet is that temperature drops to 30 degrees. Most growers use a hermetically sealed container such as that used by photographers to keep their movies, and keeps a constant temperature of 25 degrees or so. Nor is it advisable to store large quantities of seeds together they could become hot.

The exterior provides a number of indications on the health status of the seed. The seed is quite light life on the outside has a light gray, gray-green or gray-brown, and becomes glossy when the rub with your hands. Where once open expel a smell like rancid oil, surely they are too old, if presented inside a black color is sure to have been fermented and will not germinate ever, on the contrary, if the interior is white and dusty are not very old and yet can germinate, but plants that sprout will be weak.

Learn how to grow hemp seeds and to have these great hemp plants

Hemp seeds are perhaps the best plant proteins that exist but to rediscover and who have fallen today almost to the way side. If you’re looking vegetable protein rich in nutrients and digestive think of hemp seeds.

Why the use of hemp has almost disappeared until very recently: The U.S. government banned the growing of hemp seeds and plants for about 60 years since the competition was stronger against its cotton. The same attempted maligning the olive oil to enter the sunflower in Europe. While it is true that some varieties are rich in THC and have components psychotic’s just a matter of cultivating the appropriate species that is what has always been done in Mediterranean countries. It is very important to remember that hemp seeds contain any substance NEVER psychotic.

Properties of hemp seeds: The hemp plant is one of the most beneficial to humans and use their countless properties dating back thousands of years.

Recall that can be made from hemp ropes, clothing, oil massage oil to burn, grows even in very poor areas, you do not need pesticides, need little water, used to make paper, paints, etc.  One of the most interesting is the use of hemp seeds as vegetable protein for human and animal. His wealth in the fatty acids are very wise to care for or prevent cardiovascular disease. Involved in the smooth functioning of the immune system and are a potent antioxidant (fatty acids and vitamins A and E). They are ideal in case of constipation because they have a very high percentage of fiber and are, at the same time, some of the more vegetable protein digestive.

When planting: More or less with the first moon rising March or April. Plant hemp seeds in May. You can plant directly into the soil or pot, but almost better to do so in a glass of paper that allows the roots to grow at least about 2.5 cm. in-depth planting definitely seed in good condition and later it will be very easy to cut the glass and remove the soil as a compact block for the transplant.

Hemp is one of the most useful and beneficial plants that is found in nature. It is true that marijuana belongs to this same plant species but basically hemp seeds are not related to drugs and are extremely nutritious for health. It is agreed by archeologists that hemp was one of the first known plant species that were purposely cultivated in the lands in Central Asia. It is most likely that hemp was cultivated in parts of Nepal, Kazakistan, the Kashmir region of India, Pakistan, and the Tibetan region of China.

Hemp was also cultivated between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in the Mesopotamian Valley. Gradually the cultivation of hemp passed through the lowlands of Russia to Scandinavia, Poland and Germany. In the Carpathian Mountains and near the Danube River delta hemp became a popular plant species to be cultivated purposefully. The cultivation of hemp also went to the Mediterranean countries. Hemp has been grown from the ancient times and it has multipurpose use. From the ancient times, it is used as food, fiber and fuel and also has medicinal values.

As cannabis can be produced from hemp, cultivation of hemp has been banned in the US. Harry Anslinger took the war of Hemp to the United Nations. He took initiatives to promote a series of rules to prohibit the cultivation of hemp throughout the world. At present, most nations cannot get any help from the US unless they stop cultivating hemp totally.