hemp is a commonly used term for high-growing varieties of the Cannabis plant and its products, which include fiber, oil, and seed.
the stalks of hemp plants consists of baste fibers ('skin fibers') and the xylem material ("woody core")
HEMP FACTS
Hemp has been proven to eliminate nuclear radiation. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has estimated that more than 30,000 sites in the United States alone require hazardous waste treatment.
Hemp is being used to clean contaminants at the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site.
This is known as phytoremediation - the process of clearing radioisotopes as well as a variety of other toxins from the soil, water, and air
Slavik Dushenkov, a research scientist with Phytotech, one of the organisations behind the hemp plantings, stated that “hemp is proving to be one of the best phyto-remediative plants we have been able to find."
Other plants used include two brassica varieties, maize and sunflower.
Hemp plants produce seeds that contain between 25-35% oil by weight.
Hemp is frost resistant, it can withstand frost down to -5 degrees C
Seeds can germinate down to 1-3 degrees C