Posted on 01/15/2020 11:00:11 AM PST by Red Badger
https://www.leafscience.com/2017/10/16/indica-vs-sativa-whats-difference/
Selective breeding allows for a lot of variation Most of the weed sold now is hybridized. THC levels, CBD levels, photoperiod sensitivity, plant size and shape. Breeders have the bases covered for growing indoors, outdoors, at various latitudes....
“I’m far from an expert on Cannabis, but just how similar (taxonomy wise) are the two plants?”
identical until you get down to strains, which generally are not included in the official hemp taxonomy ...
“The industrial hemp though has a bigger beefier stalk for better fiber output.”
actually there are numerous industrial hemp strains besides the one for fiber, including stains specialized for producing large quantities of seed (which are used for food purposes and oil extraction purposes) and strains optimized for producing CBD without producing more than .03% THC; those latter strains are very small, generally reaching no more than 24” ... the CBD strains are what are really hot in Colorado right now, and farmers are growing it all around where i live ...
Similar, but you would be able to tell because the buds are only on females. You would not see male plants in a field of cannabis like that. And I cannot imagine growing a field of female plants outdoors—they would become rag-weed with the first good wind storm.”
imagine again ... around where i live, there are hundreds of acres of hemp being cultivated for CBD content, and every one of those plants is female, and for the same reason THC plants must be female-only, namely that’s the only way to force the plants to produce large quantities of resin ...
the two main strategies for female-only plants is cloning female plants and genetically manipulated seed strains that produce only female plants ...
Smoke Pot,
Smoke Pot,,,,
“No kidding. I can understand it if you have a medical condition for the pain but other than that, we aint in high school anymore... You know the saying “kids smoke pot, men drink booze”..”
actually, it’s CBD based medicines that are truly effective for pain and inflammation, NOT THC ones ... and CBD medications don’t make one high ...
“One is cannanis sativa. The other, known as hemp, is cannabis indiga.”
first, it’s cannabis indica, NOT indaga
AND it’s doubtful if cannabis indica is a separate species, and even if it were, industrial hemp is a variety of cannabis sativa:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_indica
https://www.agmrc.org/commodities-products/fiber/industrial-hemp
“The plants are around 6’ tall and 5’ wide. If it’s being grown to produce CBD oil, that stuff is really expensive”
the hundreds of acres of CBD strains grown in my neck of the woods are no more than 24” high and probably only about 12” in diameter at the base ..
Consider me edju-ma-Kated. Ha Ha.
“One is cannanis sativa. The other, known as hemp, is cannabis indiga.”
first, it’s cannabis indica, NOT indaga
You misspelled my misspelling. LOL!
AND it’s doubtful if cannabis indica is a separate species, and even if it were, industrial hemp is a variety of cannabis sativa:
Thanks for the lecture, Dad.
Had you read my subsequent posts before responding you would have seen I corrected my earlier incorrect posts.
FRegards,
“Had you read my subsequent posts before responding you would have seen I corrected my earlier incorrect posts.”
oops, son, you’re absolutely correct, i didn’t see your later posts, Dad.
Maybe if they don’t have glaucoma, the eyeballs deflate a bit and blur things up....;-)
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