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I've been watching R Ranson's flax to linen discussions and am curious if anyone has or is processing hemp fiber. I'm not sure of the waste stream from cannabis producers in my area but there are some sizeable farms.
 
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I don't have access to hemp. I'm not doing so good at processing the fibers that I do have access to. Ahem. However, I'm interested in the idea.

An excerpt from an article, In case short plants are rejected in the "other" market for hemp.

Although the plant can grow to up to sixteen feet tall, Trostle believes the ideal hemp plant for fiber should be no taller than six feet, with a diameter the size of a pencil. That’s because as the plant grows, its fibers do too, which ultimately could produce a coarser textile; taller hemp, he believes, is better suited to building materials or paper. But in China, where half of the world’s hemp fiber is grown, the plant mostly stands very tall and thin. Texas farmers are splitting the difference: Bradley’s hemp stands assertively at twelve to thirteen feet tall, and he contends that it can make a premium fiber. Evans’ hemp grows to between six and eight feet.  

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I read cbd plants tend to be from 8 to 14 feet tall.
 
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While working as a deputy in S.C. an illegal cannabis grow was discovered because the plants grew taller than the surrounding vegetation. Those plants were easily fifteen feet tall with bases of 15 inches. I'll see if I can't find the pictures I took.
Since cannabis is such a heavy nitrogen user the use of hemp in sewage spray fields would far outweigh the value of some of the current plants used like timothy hay. Paper pulp and fabric material could increase the revenue stream for municipalities.
 
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