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Growing Hemp in Thaialnd!

[Thailanddan]

It appears growing hemp is legal and has been going on for years,  in Thailand. I have only just started researching so I do not know quality or difficulty to grow it yet. I thought you might like a read from an expat page where a group of foreigners are disscussing growing hemp in Chang Mai in 2010.

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You can't beat Pah teung (brand of hemp seed). It will start to germinate in about 6 hours if you put a bag of it in warm water (make sure it is only a half bag as it will swell a bunch and don't pre-germinate it too long or it will split). It should be planted in soil that has had manure in it previously or get some manure into the soil when you plant it. That will ensure that you will have the microbiotic life to guarantee that it will be able to fix nitrogen from the atmosphere (79% of air is N) on its roots. By incorporating it into the soil at the flowering stage means you will get the benefits of the green manure from the plant and also the highly available nitrogen from the root nodules. It is so satisfying to grow because even without any pre-germination you can just scatter the seeds and it germinates fast, grows fast, occludes weeds, is easily incorporated into the soil and is very beneficial to the soil. You can see much more info on this if you go to our pinned topic in the organic section (click on the top of the page on the farming forum) and look for "green manures". I have about a ton of seed or so if you need a bit and can't find any. Hopefully next year I'll be able to supply more quantity. As CM4ME said it can be available for free from the Ag dept in some quantities (Like almost 20 - 50 kilos) if they have some, many times they don't but is worth a try.