Do you need to fertilize hemp?
Do you need to fertilize hemp?
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wavess
No, you do not need to use fertilizer on hemp plants. Fertilizer is used to encourage more rapid plant growth, which is totally unnecessary for the hemp plant, as it is one of the fastest-growing crops there is.
Abigail
Three types of thinking have been brought up in regards to hemp growth support and fertilizers use. The first says that using fertilizer is totally unnecessary. Those who stick to this belief say one of the advantages of developing hemp is that the plant needs no additional fertilizers. The second group says they could use just a little additional nutrients with a small budget, these people prefer less expensive alternatives such as bird droppings (especially bats’), manures, etc. And the third type of thinking believes that additional nutrients are absolutely necessary for hemp development which says it all.
wordsmith
Using fertilizer in growing hemp is NOT necessary. Farmers believe that one of the advantages of growing hemp is that additional fertilizers are not required. Some farmer uses less expensive options for nutrients such as bat droppings, rabbit pellets, etc., so the budget needed is just small. Farmers may apply fertilizers, but most of them are only for the nutrients of the soil.
Hemp-guy
I don’t believe so. I think you can just plant it and let it grow. Hemp grows quickly and is kind of a wonder crop from what i’ve read.
Hempmaster3000
No!
And this is why a lot of farmers want to and are making a push to bring back hemp farming. That main benefit of growing hemp is that it requires no additional fertilizer or feeds. Just plant it and let it grow.
Molly24
Hemp is a day plant which means that it’s flowers develop for less than 12 hours. It requires up to 100-130 lb/acre of nitrogen, 35-80 lbs/ acre of potassium, 45-70 lbs/ acre of phosphorus and 10-15 lbs/ acre of sulfur. Potassium needs to be more than 250 ppm. Phosphorus needs to be more than 40 ppm and calcium needs to be less than 6000 ppm. The soil needs to be well aerated and loamy. Hemp grows best when the organic matter is more than 3.5%.