I don't think it is a hybrid. When I was a youngster our ranch house didn't have a well as we had a spring. We used to get monster stinging nettles at the overflow. I know, I had to scythe them. I am told the growing tips are one of the few vegetable sources of that B vitamin you normally only get from meat. Eat them raw. I don't experience any stinging from the tips.
This hemp nettle looks like mint by the leaves. I think the word hemp got in there because it may have fibers. It has a little resemblance to the flowering stage (colas) of cannabis but still looks a lot different to me. Kirk -----Original Message----- From: bratt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 8:48 AM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [biofuel] Re: Hemp is not the myth that others would tend topropagate. I doubt if there would be any legal problems growing hemp-nettle. The hemp-nettle wouldn't contain any appreciable canabis resin, and probably does grow naturally in areas where hemp was once a field crop. I did not pay attention to the seed, whether it was oily, or abundant. Some areas in North Dakota and Minnesota still had wild hemp in the 1970's because a friend of mine used to go gathering it. He said it was left from the commercial crops. He moved away, retiring in the south, a few years ago. The growth of hemp-nettle I had, that was over 6 feet tall, was in a low lying part of my beach cottage grounds. It was growing in black loam, only a few inches deep, over yellow clay. It was sheltered by trees, and a bit damp. The clay is quite similar to the kind that adobe is made from in California. I am located 120 miles north of the US border, above northeast Montana. Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: Greg and April To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 9:21 AM Subject: Re: [biofuel] Re: Hemp is not the myth that others would tend to propagate. I wonder if this stuff can legally be grown in the US, it might provide a alternative to hemp ( seed oil and fiber ) if it can. Does anyone know? Greg H. ----- Original Message ----- From: "bratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 21:11 Subject: Re: [biofuel] Re: Hemp is not the myth that others would tend to propagate. > > Hemp is a fairly close relative of the common nettle, and will cross with it in the wild. I have seen hemp-nettle grow to 6 feet. > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.461 / Virus Database: 260 - Release Date: 3/10/2003 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Your own Online Store Selling our Overstock. http://us.click.yahoo.com/rZll0B/4ftFAA/46VHAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
