▲ 465 ▼ Canadians aren’t smoking enough to keep up with the supply (hightimes.com) submitted 2 years ago by sighofannoyance@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 138 comments fedilink hide all child comments Wasted Weed: Canada’s Disposal of 3.7 Million Pounds of Cannabis Since 2018 Oversupply has been a real issue for the cannabis industry.
[–] mx_smith@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (3 children) So why is their hemp industry not thriving. They should be making fabrics and paper with it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago (2 children) I’m fairly certain hemp isn’t made from the flower, which is the part of the plant that is sold for weed consumption. What they are throwing away is the flower. The part they would use to make hemp is already long gone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago In addition, in order to get useful fibers, plants are sown at a density of at least several hundred seeds per square meter. They stretch to 2-3 meters tall trying to win the race to the sunlight. Stalks of plants grown in the typical indoor grow way are only good as very low grade biomass for methane digestion or as chips that might serve in hemplime or hempcrete. An insignificant market so far as these technologies are still going through the regulatory processes to be used more widely. There are effective dual cropping systems that can yield cannabinoids from flower and get useful fiber but it is not common yet either. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mx_smith@lemmy.world -5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I’m fairly certain that it’s the same plant with less active cannabinoids. The gender doesn’t matter. They can use all of it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] QuinceDaPence@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago Them discarding the flower doesn't mean they arent using the hemp part. I would imagine they seperate those almost immediately if not the moment it's out of the ground. If they're using a combine to harvest it, then that probably seperates it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nogooduser@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (2 children) They should sell it for biomass fuel. :) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) This just in, huffing your cars exhaust gets you H.I.G.H. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 2 points 2 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): Could work out well Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago This was my first thought, too. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sighofannoyance@lemmy.world [S] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think Hemp is a different species that has low amounts of thc. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) Same species! The line between them is actually pretty blurry and some strains are inbetween. They're just different general 'types' within the same species permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] optissima@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Different "types" in horticulture are called variants, for future explanation reference. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Haha thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago (2 children) I’m fairly certain hemp isn’t made from the flower, which is the part of the plant that is sold for weed consumption. What they are throwing away is the flower. The part they would use to make hemp is already long gone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago In addition, in order to get useful fibers, plants are sown at a density of at least several hundred seeds per square meter. They stretch to 2-3 meters tall trying to win the race to the sunlight. Stalks of plants grown in the typical indoor grow way are only good as very low grade biomass for methane digestion or as chips that might serve in hemplime or hempcrete. An insignificant market so far as these technologies are still going through the regulatory processes to be used more widely. There are effective dual cropping systems that can yield cannabinoids from flower and get useful fiber but it is not common yet either. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mx_smith@lemmy.world -5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I’m fairly certain that it’s the same plant with less active cannabinoids. The gender doesn’t matter. They can use all of it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] QuinceDaPence@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago Them discarding the flower doesn't mean they arent using the hemp part. I would imagine they seperate those almost immediately if not the moment it's out of the ground. If they're using a combine to harvest it, then that probably seperates it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago In addition, in order to get useful fibers, plants are sown at a density of at least several hundred seeds per square meter. They stretch to 2-3 meters tall trying to win the race to the sunlight. Stalks of plants grown in the typical indoor grow way are only good as very low grade biomass for methane digestion or as chips that might serve in hemplime or hempcrete. An insignificant market so far as these technologies are still going through the regulatory processes to be used more widely. There are effective dual cropping systems that can yield cannabinoids from flower and get useful fiber but it is not common yet either. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mx_smith@lemmy.world -5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I’m fairly certain that it’s the same plant with less active cannabinoids. The gender doesn’t matter. They can use all of it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] QuinceDaPence@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago Them discarding the flower doesn't mean they arent using the hemp part. I would imagine they seperate those almost immediately if not the moment it's out of the ground. If they're using a combine to harvest it, then that probably seperates it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] QuinceDaPence@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago Them discarding the flower doesn't mean they arent using the hemp part. I would imagine they seperate those almost immediately if not the moment it's out of the ground. If they're using a combine to harvest it, then that probably seperates it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nogooduser@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (2 children) They should sell it for biomass fuel. :) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) This just in, huffing your cars exhaust gets you H.I.G.H. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 2 points 2 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): Could work out well Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago This was my first thought, too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) This just in, huffing your cars exhaust gets you H.I.G.H. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 2 points 2 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): Could work out well Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 2 points 2 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): Could work out well Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent
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[–] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago This was my first thought, too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sighofannoyance@lemmy.world [S] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think Hemp is a different species that has low amounts of thc. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) Same species! The line between them is actually pretty blurry and some strains are inbetween. They're just different general 'types' within the same species permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] optissima@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Different "types" in horticulture are called variants, for future explanation reference. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Haha thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) Same species! The line between them is actually pretty blurry and some strains are inbetween. They're just different general 'types' within the same species permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] optissima@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Different "types" in horticulture are called variants, for future explanation reference. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Haha thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] optissima@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Different "types" in horticulture are called variants, for future explanation reference. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Haha thanks! permalink fedilink source parent