goingrey
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Nah I have to disagree on both.Because, something to smoke, isn't a "BONUS" - it's a deterrent.
Any energy the plant spends making flower vs making food, is wasted energy.
If you want flower, grow drug type cultivars. If you want food, grow grain type cultivars.
There ARE differences.
There are agronomic differences. You don't grow slicing cucumbers to pickle. You don't grow cherry tomatoes to make sandwiches. You don't grow giant pumpkins to make pies.
Everything has it's designated purpose. To ignore that, is kind of ignorant and a waste of resources.
There is access to these genes and I can acquire the seed from a certified, licensed vendor in the US. Is this something there is interest in, to procure, and spread, in much smaller, home grower style packaging?
You have to realize, that grain hemp has an extremely high oil content and the seeds can go rancid, very quickly without proper storage.
Hemp hulls, can go rancid, very quickly, because the oils are not expunged from them. In part, what makes them so healthy.
Just trying to warn against acts of futility, not trying to mock anyone. Cannabis, has ALWAYS been, more versatile than we give it credit for.
After all, I've spent a LONG time, trying to demystify the plant - because, even as wonderful as it is, it's still just a plant. Treat it accordingly.
dank.Frank
Everything having a designated purpose is one way to see the world and sure breeders will have breeding goals and whatnot. But there's no seeds formed without bracts where they form in, and those bracts having psychoactive compounds is not necessarily such a deterrent to seed crops.
Ok maybe strains bred for seed production will produce more seeds per acre and with huge fields that is real money. But with some guy growing some plants for himself the dual purpose "drug and seed" option can easily be the more favored one.
On the subject of deterrents, the psychoactive compounds are deterrents for pests, according to some theory, so could actually provide a benefit for the plant itself. The reason it has been bred out entirely from the hemp seed cultivars is the law not plant energy economics.
And hemp seeds don't go rancid very fast. Not to the extent I can taste it at least. Or maybe my kitchen cupboards are the proper storage. Hempseed oil does have a shorter shelf life than some other oils, sure, but it's still like a year.
Now as for the interest, I have seen some online stores sell small packs of hemp varieties. So there has to be some interest. But I can't imagine it to be very large. What is the target market? And pricing wise challenging when you can get a kilo of hempseeds from the grocery store or five kilos from the animal feed store for the price of the very cheapest 5-seed packs sold to us...