Feral Hemp, also know as "Ditch Weed" grows wild throughout much of the Midwest. According to a DEA report 99% of all marijuana destroyed by federal agencies was this wild variety and not cultivated marijuana. We have wild stands of this plant coming up in ditches and along fence rows on our farm. We spray it to kill it, and it seems to come up in other areas. This wild hemp was grown legally as a commercial crop for its fiber content. The government spends tax-payers money to eradicate the wild remnants of this plant, even though most of it is never harvested or presents any threat to public safety. In 2003, 4.5 million plants were destroyed in Missouri alone. More than 50% of all the States do not report their ditch weed eradication totals. Wild populations of this plant contain less that 0.1% of THC, which is the chemical property found in cultivated marijuana. This basically means that ditch weed is truly feral, having reverted back to an untamed state. More than 50 years ago this plant was grown for the fiber, it was used to make rope for use during WWII. Almost all plants found in the wild now are leftovers from those previously cultivated crops. I suppose some enterprising people would try to use this plant for the intention of getting high, but most likely it would be to no avail, as the chemical make up is different from plants grown for this purpose. I tease my in-laws about the wild ditch weed growing around our farm, telling them they better hope the authorities don't find it. I love it when they stammer and say "well we spray it all the time" LOL.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Feral Hemp
Feral Hemp, also know as "Ditch Weed" grows wild throughout much of the Midwest. According to a DEA report 99% of all marijuana destroyed by federal agencies was this wild variety and not cultivated marijuana. We have wild stands of this plant coming up in ditches and along fence rows on our farm. We spray it to kill it, and it seems to come up in other areas. This wild hemp was grown legally as a commercial crop for its fiber content. The government spends tax-payers money to eradicate the wild remnants of this plant, even though most of it is never harvested or presents any threat to public safety. In 2003, 4.5 million plants were destroyed in Missouri alone. More than 50% of all the States do not report their ditch weed eradication totals. Wild populations of this plant contain less that 0.1% of THC, which is the chemical property found in cultivated marijuana. This basically means that ditch weed is truly feral, having reverted back to an untamed state. More than 50 years ago this plant was grown for the fiber, it was used to make rope for use during WWII. Almost all plants found in the wild now are leftovers from those previously cultivated crops. I suppose some enterprising people would try to use this plant for the intention of getting high, but most likely it would be to no avail, as the chemical make up is different from plants grown for this purpose. I tease my in-laws about the wild ditch weed growing around our farm, telling them they better hope the authorities don't find it. I love it when they stammer and say "well we spray it all the time" LOL.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Killing hemp is a waste of tax payers money.
ReplyDeletescrew killing it lets smoke that shit
ReplyDeletePhotos of ditchweed in Liberty, MO:
ReplyDeletearchive.org/details/LibertyMissouriFeralHempDitchweedPhotos1989
Someday it will be legal to grow again...
you cant smoke that shit...? haha
ReplyDeleteTHC non existent... you can not get high.. except for the carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide by product... stop spending tax money on spraying this weed
ReplyDeleteCould one harvest the seed? The US gov forces us to import hempseed from Canada making it ridiculously expensive. I can't consume dairy products. Hempseed makes better homemade ice cream than dairy cream.
ReplyDeleteWhy is this stuff being cut down when users can't get high off it? It has NO drug value at all. It's dumb. Just like people spraying poison on it. Why put more poisons in our water supply? Our great grand kids will think we were fools for doing this. Just like we look back at the people that used radium in the early 20th century.
ReplyDeleteIt's all about Money and control. Look to see search to find. Now it's global warming.... oops climate change. Go figure. Things are always going to change.... same as it ever was. Looking forward to the kingdom of God when truth and what is right, reigns.
ReplyDelete