How to grow hemp?
How to grow hemp?
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wavess
You can grow hemp just as you would grow any other plant! However, hemp is a particularly resilient plant as well as being a fast producer.
amanda.tolar
If you did your homework and have obtained licensing appropriate for your area of operation/residence, it’s relatively straightforward:
Around Memorial Day (depends on location and strain, this is just a generalization for where I am, Kentucky). You’ll want to plant your clones; if you’re sprouting seeds, you will want to do that early enough that they are ready for transplant by this point.
After this, you will water, fertilize, and weed your crop on an ongoing basis, making sure to check for signs of predation.
Around the end of September/beginning of October, you will be ready to harvest. Plants are pulled or cut and hung to dry. From there, handling depends on the intended use.
CrayM
The short answer, just like any other cash crop. The hemp business is like any business and should be thoroughly researched before starting, make sure it is legal to grow in your state too. It is more resilient than most cash crops, and a mature plant can withstand near-freezing temperatures for a day or two, immature and smaller hemp plants cannot, though. Being resilient comes with a cost. They require a lot of water, and many buyers want their hemp to be all-natural, so you cannot use any pesticides and insecticides to protect the plants.