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The cut hemp is laid in swathes to dry for up to four days. This was traditionally followed by retting, either water retting (the bundled hemp floats in water) or dew retting (the hemp remains on the ground and is affected by the moisture in dew and by molds and bacterial action).
A swathe (/ s w eɪ ð / British English, rhymes with "bathe"; or swath / s w ɒ θ / American English, rhymes with "cloth") is the strip of cut crop made by a scythe or a mowing-machine. A mower with a scythe cuts a swathe along the mowing-edge leaving the uncut grass to the right and the cut grass laid in a windrow to the left on the ...
Galeopsis bifida is an annual plant native to Europe and Asia but now found in Canada and the northeastern, midwestern parts of the United States.It has many common names such as bifid hemp-nettle, [2] split-lip hemp-nettle, common hemp-nettle, [2] and large-flowered hemp-nettle. [2]
Hemp was a significant economic force in the Lexington area, and contributed to the spread of slavery. Kentucky once led the U.S. in this crop, later banned. What to know about the history
Kenaf [etymology: Persian], [2] Hibiscus cannabinus, is a plant in the family Malvaceae also called Deccan hemp and Java jute. Hibiscus cannabinus is in the genus Hibiscus and is native to Africa , though its exact origin is unknown. [ 1 ]
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Fire regimes of United States plants. Savannas have regimes of a few years: blue, pink, and light green areas. When first encountered by Europeans, many ecosystems were the result of repeated fires every one to three years, resulting in the replacement of forests with grassland or savanna, or opening up the forest by removing undergrowth. [23]
A hemp farmer has filed a federal lawsuit against the South ... This is not the first legal action Pendarvis has taken since a large portion of his crop on 10 acres was cut down and destroyed in ...