sprouting hemp , is it possible

[bearlove]

Hi every one , hope you all are super cool !!!!:D anyhoo

I bought a huge bag of hemp seeds thinking i could sprout them and have them in juices salads etc , however I have no experience with hemp seed , and am not sure what evryone means when they say hulled or dehulled

non the less , the hemp i bought has a had kinda outer shell and is sorta dark grey and crunchie when you bite it ,

i soaked them in water for 24 hours, drained the water and left them to sprout , every so often i would through some water on them to stop from drying out

its been about 5 days noe and still nothing not even a sign of a teensy little sprout

am i doing something wrong ? or am i being silly can you not sprout hemp?

hope anyone can help

xxxx

[FloridaPatty]

It is illegal to have hemp plants unless you get a certificate from the gov't. It's related to marijuana, so they are both banned. Hemp seed is sold in a way so that it can't be grown. Like removing the hulls.

[Ginger]

Yep, if you buy hemp in the shell, it has been steralised... so sad. The stuff is not only a superfood but would make so much possible in this world with it's many uses. Unreal that man can make a plant, a PLANT think about that, illegal! I think it is beyond obsurd. I don't see how people can actually allow that to go on.

[shashibala]

Hemp seed is irradiated. They don't want to threaten the marijuana crop by introducing pollen from no THC hemp plants.;) ;) ;)
Actually, the alcohol and cotton lobbyists have fought hard over the years to keep hemp out of the USA. It is so crazy!!! Hemp fiber and hemp oil could solve lots of problems for America. In the early days of this country it was mandatory to grow hemp.I am looking for non irradiated hemp myself, not to grow, but just because I don't want my food irradiated, thank you very much!


OOps! I didn't see that you are in the UK. Maybe you can let us know the deal about hemp in the UK if you find out???
Good Luck!

[fuggles]

Well, how does one sprout it ? If the seeds arent sterilised, irradiated etc etc .

[TaupeRawMan]

Hemp seed is irradiated. They don't want to threaten the marijuana crop by introducing pollen from no THC hemp plants.;) ;) ;)
Actually, the alcohol and cotton lobbyists have fought hard over the years to keep hemp out of the USA. It is so crazy!!! Hemp fiber and hemp oil could solve lots of problems for America. In the early days of this country it was mandatory to grow hemp.I am looking for non irradiated hemp myself, not to grow, but just because I don't want my food irradiated, thank you very much!


OOps! I didn't see that you are in the UK. Maybe you can let us know the deal about hemp in the UK if you find out???
Good Luck!

Nutiva's are not irradiated. They are from Canada.

[fuggles]

Okay, what I meant was , lets say we have perfect hemp seeds in the shell that are not irradiated or sterilised etc etc etc. How would one sprout them ?

Thank you.

[kaybee]

bearlove--since you are in the UK, you might be able to get sproutable hemp seed. I am in Ireland and the stuff I get from the local hfs sprouts fine. I have the same kind you have with the hulls on it. maybe try a different brand. I noticed that last time i went to get some, there were 2 brands, the kind in bulk, which comes from the healthfood wholesale place, and one from Hemp Cottage. I almost got the Hemp cottage one as it is more local...then i noticed it said on the bag "not for planting" or something like that, so i figured maybe those ones had been treated. the bulk one always sprouts for me in 2 days or so, so i'd say that yours has been treated i.e. killed. Now, the disadvantage to having hemp with the hulls still on it is that youre limited in what you can do with it. i supposed you could grind it in a coffee grinder, shells and all, and mix it into things; but it might be a bit like eating treebark... im not a big fan of eating the shells. But theres no way to get the hulls off, even if you sprout it. i tried letting it sprout until it got big enough that the shells started to fall off on their own, and it was the awfulest bitterest, totally unpalatable sprout i have ever tasted. so now i sprout them just until they crack their shells, then put them in the blender with some water and blend the heck out of them to make hempmilk. its more pleasant to strain the milk, but i also feel like i lose alot of the seed by straining it; the heaviest shells fall to the bottom, but if you dont strain it your still gonna get some pieces throughout. i blend it up with honey and vanilla. so anyway, id try another brand. or contact a raw foods distributor in the UK and see if they have them. but i just get them off the shelf at the hfs and they sprout fine...

[fuggles]

Yes it sprouted, hemp seeds from sainsburys , in the shell.

I used this technique.

http://www.michigan.gov/kids/0,1607,7-247-49067-65181--,00.html

these are the seeds

http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/8519/dscn3921cy5.jpg

these are my results.

It took 6 days to do that, and on the last few days i left them in a dark cupboard. I did an amateur job of it now that I look back on how to sprout properly, and it still worked !!

Look at the seed on the left.

http://img123.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn3923nq1.jpg

the other seeds.

http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn3924ix7.jpg

I am also going to use the jar method aswell as the paper towel technique.
I will also plant them in soil when they sprout.
Will it grow this time of year in england ?

and would an easy green sprouter get those results ? comparable to my pictures ?

[coco]

sure, you can sprout those in the jar. if you're going to use paper towelling use some without the ink though. that method is good if you're doing it so you can plant the seeds as the jar method will end up in a big tangle that's hard to pull apart.

one note, the shoot will look like it's growing a fuzzy white mold, those are the root hairs so don't touch them! they are neccessary to the plant.
you can purchase rockwool or peat tablets for starting baby plants, you stick one or two sprouted seeds into each one and keep them under a moisture dome until they are a bit bigger. this is great for early sprouting to get your plants started before it's warm enough for them outside. then when it warms up enough they are ready to go in the ground and already on their way. that means an earlier harvest and if you time it right two harvests in one season, three if you're really lucky. hemp is a weed too so it is very hardy but i still recommend fertilzing the soil, especially for mulitiple crops per season. use something organic like compost or seaweed.

have a great time! you should have a bumper crop of hemp seeds if you let it pollinate and mature naturally. i'd LOVE to do this, those little suckers are so darn expensive! and for what? they grow so easily and abundantly, it's amazing!

[coco]

oh yes, and the sprouts do taste pretty awful but deer and other animals will eat them anyhow when they're pretty little. that's another good thing about starting them indoors, when they are a little plant animals avoid them, they don't taste good to them anymore. you need a light to get them to grow that big at home though. just don't get caught trucking around with a bunch of little rootlings when you go to stick them in the ground, it would be pretty fun explaining to the police that you're only growing something to eat and not the other stuff! no one would believe you i'm afraid.

and with the seeds, you can blend them for hemp milk as stated above. the shells are horrible to eat i find, way too crunchy.

[fuggles]

what light should i use ? a regular one ???

and

im on ebay.co.uk, typing in peat and rockwool separately, some good results

am i just loooking for a rockwool block ?

[coco]

yes a rockwool block, use a carpet or exacto knife to cut it up into squares, about 2" square should be right for 2 sprouted seeds per block. soak the wool and then use a skewer stick to poke a hole and drop the sprout in, root pointing down of course. you might want a humidity dome to keep them in for a bit, you can make something up yourself. it looks like this http://www.4seasongreenhouse.com/heated-germination-station-p-2007.html. i have seen sprouting tents made just with a clear plastic bag. here's a pic with saran and sticks http://www.gardenscure.com/420/imagehosting/49278467d7ada73538.jpg
here's an excerpt from a growing site:
To construct a moisture tent over the seedling container, place a baggie or piece of cellophane over the seeded soil. The cover will keep the humidity high and temperature elevated. Seeds usually need only one initial watering when under a humidity tent. Remove the cover as soon as the first sprout appears. Leaving the tent on will lead to damping-off and other problems.

keep the wool dampish, you can either add some water to the bottom of the tray and let it get sucked up or you can mist the sprouts with a spray bottle. i suggest that last when they have leaves. not too wet or you will get rot. a good trick is to keep the tray on a bit of an angle so it can drain any excess water.
some put the wool into soil as soon as possible, the cubes can be dropped into pots of soil when they are turning into baby plants. the roots can easily work their way out of the rock and into the soil.

as for a light, natural light is different during the seasons and so there are two kinds of grow lights, one to encourage growth and one to encourage flowering at the end of the season. this would be when your plants are producing seeds and will be outside so no need to worry about that. what you want is a plant light or grow light. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grow_light
(can you believe i'm pulling all of this out of my head more than a dozen years after i lived with the grower? geez, free girlfriend labour. at least i learned a little something eh?)

hemp grows in a very similar way to cannibis and you will find an enormous amount of grow info on that on the net. way more than info on growing hemp i'm afraid. and you can find places to trouble shoot and ask questions as well. it's a bit of a sticky subject because you personally aren't doing anything illicit but your online sources may well be all about that so take care where you go and what you ask and what computer it is from etc etc. and best of luck!

[fuggles]

yep, it works

www.thctalk.com/cannabis-forum/showthread.php?t=4937

Must only be American Seeds

[fuggles]

Yep, its definitely planting. The Uk seeds are definitely plantable and turn into plants.

BtW, this picture was tkaen at about 3 o clock today, its now about 9 o clock and its grown another centimtre ! I would take pictures of the others but the battery has run out.

Also, Im going to do 10 batches of the paper towel method a day and get about another 40 rockwool peletts.

http://img388.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn3925ag5.jpg

Edit, :: so in answer to the original poster, yes, you can sprout hemp, and I will have a full hemp plant in a month hopefully

edit: also, im looking into a simpler way of doing this, just soaking the rockwool and putting a seed in, to see what happens

[coco]

excellent! they do grow fast, they are weeds after all! but there are many problems that can occur so keep reading up and don't get discouraged if your first few attempts don't turn out perfectly. there are many bugs and diseases that plants are suseptible to but thankfully many natural solutions as well. the trick is to discover the problem early on so you can nip it in the bud, so to speak :D

[fuggles]

lovely hemp srpouts, here they are

Ive orderd 150 rockwool blocks for 10 pounds, so if i have 150 of these (the below picture) then it should be good news

http://img366.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn3926uw2.jpg

the others are slowly catching up.

A small technique i did was slice the block in half, soak it , and sellotape it back together , and remove the sellotape when the roots get big anough.


http://img366.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn3926uw2.jpg

[coco]

looking good. you can use a skewer stick to pole a hole to drop the seeds into, no need to slice and tape if you want to skip that extra work.

[fuggles]

ok thanks,

still growing ! the others are too, except the tall one is more fun to look at

http://img223.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn3927nz5.jpg

[coco]

one more thing, you must make sure that the light you are using is strong enough and low enough (not so close that it burns the sprouts or dries them out though) to prevent the baby plants from growing up faster then they grow out. if they get too "leggy" too soon they won't be able to support their own weight. this is important.

[fuggles]

Yer, im worried, its growing way too fast, and being honest, I ve only stored it in the dark !!


Ill leave them out in the light and see what happens

[coco]

initial sprouting is good done in the dark but once the plant is showing above the soil it's time for light and Strong light at that! just sticking it in a window at this point won't prevent it from growing 'up' too fast i'm afraid. you need a grow light, especially at this time of year. you can get an inexpensive plant light at most hardware stores and info on how to use it in the packaging or online.

you might want to consider growing only a couple of mature plants and using them for clones. it's not that hard and you already have the rockwool you'll need. look it up and see if it appeals to you. you do have to give the babies special care until they root but it's actually a bit easier than growing from seed. and it's a bit faster as well.

[fuggles]

initial sprouting is good done in the dark but once the plant is showing above the soil it's time for light and Strong light at that! just sticking it in a window at this point won't prevent it from growing 'up' too fast i'm afraid. you need a grow light, especially at this time of year. you can get an inexpensive plant light at most hardware stores and info on how to use it in the packaging or online.

you might want to consider growing only a couple of mature plants and using them for clones. it's not that hard and you already have the rockwool you'll need. look it up and see if it appeals to you. you do have to give the babies special care until they root but it's actually a bit easier than growing from seed. and it's a bit faster as well.

is the clone method you mentioned, basically where i cut the branches off it and plant them ? Basically ?

[coco]

you cut off branches (small ones) from the mother plant, dip the stem into rooting hormone and stick them into holes in your damp rockwool. for this you need the humidity tent or dome though because without leaves the plant can't take up water so it must do so through the leaves (in one of the links i posted there is info about watering in a tent, proper moisture levels, avoiding mold etc). the tent keeps the moisture in. you do need a light for cuttings as well.

you make cuttings from a female plant so you will need her to mature enough to determine sex. you want her to be big before you let her have any pollen for she will stop growing at such a quick rate once she's had some. you need only one male plant to pollenate many females and they MUST be kept seperate until the right time. if you are in the room with a powdery male and you go into the room with your girls they will steal pollen off your clothes, i'm not kidding. these weeds have a voracious sexual appetite.
once your mother (or cuttings) is mature you can move a male plant into the room and circulate the air with a fan. or you can tap the male over a piece of paper to collect pollen and use a small paint brush to apply it to the female. this is a great technique because you can make sure that your plant produces many seeds by pollenating wherever she is receptive. a mature female plant will have buds with two small golden or reddish coloured hairs sticking out, there will be many sets of these hairs. that's where you brush on the pollen.

i'm not completely sure that you need to pollenate all over though. you may only need to pollenate here and there and the plant will produce seeds all over anyhow. but check it out on one of those site to be sure.

best of luck! i'm offline at home after today so i won't be able to check in very often but i'll see how you're doing from time to time. it's very exciting that you are growing your own hemp seeds! they are one of my and the kids favourite snacks, i wish i could get them in abundance from my own garden.

[fuggles]

I have come to the conclusion that hemp is very easy to sprout, Please look at my pictures.

http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/7099/45134838mg0.jpg
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http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/6189/59300621xa3.jpg
http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/4823/94694999lv6.jpg
http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/9673/33486046sz1.jpg

[cherry.chops]

i got some hemp seeds from my health food store and i soaked them for a few days untill i decided what to do with them, and they've started sprouting!

[lovingoneness]

I just recently started eating raw food and have started growing my own sprouts....I have had great luck with my automatic sprouter and also my little green one..as far as broccoli sprouts and mixed greens go....

Then after reading a book that mentioned the benefits of hemp sprouts I bought a large amount of unhulled hemp seeds and seem to be havng difficulty sprouting them....out of a big tray i only got a very tiny , tiny amount of seeds that sprouted....and that is after waiting over a week...

I thought maybe i would make a milk with the seeds but have no idea how to do this....does someone have a recipe for doing this....

I would also like to make raw sesame seed butter and almond milk but cannot seem to find a recipe for them as well....

If anyone could help i would much appreciate it....

Thanks so much
Carolyn :rolleyes:

[fuggles]

I just recently started eating raw food and have started growing my own sprouts....I have had great luck with my automatic sprouter and also my little green one..as far as broccoli sprouts and mixed greens go....

Then after reading a book that mentioned the benefits of hemp sprouts I bought a large amount of unhulled hemp seeds and seem to be havng difficulty sprouting them....out of a big tray i only got a very tiny , tiny amount of seeds that sprouted....and that is after waiting over a week...

I thought maybe i would make a milk with the seeds but have no idea how to do this....does someone have a recipe for doing this....

I would also like to make raw sesame seed butter and almond milk but cannot seem to find a recipe for them as well....

If anyone could help i would much appreciate it....

Thanks so much
Carolyn :rolleyes:


the technique i used was, lightly soak or spray a piece of kitchen roll with water

sprinkle some seeds on it

fold the paper, spray again

put paper into an airtight plastic bag, and leave under your bed for 5 days

all should sprout

[lovingoneness]

Thank you so much this has been very helpful....and my little seeds are now showing they are still alive and sprouting......Carolyn Overby...

[jami_kear]

hey everyone,

so i'm in colorado in the states and i have been looking into licensing for growing hemp. here is an e-mail i received from the colorado dept. of agriculture...


No license or registration is required to grow this plant by Colorado Dept of Ag. However if you sell the seeds- you would need to be licensed as a seed labeler ($300/year). If you sell the plants you would not need a nursery license-hemp is not considered nursery stock in Colorado.

Laura Pottorff
Nursery, Seed, Phytosanitary Program Manager


i will keep after them to make sure this is legal, but sounds like i can grow hemp for private use without a permit. if anyone has any info contrary to this, please let me know.

cheers,
jami

[streetsurfer]

Decided to shorten my answer. It is still illegal federally.

[sport]

I have grown batches to about 2 inches but use them up then as after that they die.

[coco]

I am reviving this thread because I had a discussion about sproutable hemp just today. It's a very interesting topic. Wonder if anyone is having luck sprouting it these days...

[scyn]

I had a bag of hemp seeds which was labeled as natural & untreated, but I later found out it had been irradiated. Still, about 5% of the seeds did sprout; so I'd imagine that with a batch of 100% untreated seeds they would sprout.

[RONB]

Once upon a time hemp was a big cash crop in the colonies. Jefferson grew it as well as other notables, but tobacco eased out hemp and later tobacco had their cronies in government outlaw it, so now its illegal thanks to the tobacco and liquor lobbies not wanting any competition. Hemp can be used for making rope, and even clothes and hemp hearts are one of the most nutritious foods you can eat. The hemp hearts can be imported legally from Canada and consumed by Americans, which I do and eat them every day. If you vote for Ron Paul for president he will attempt to make it legal in the USA once again. Clothes made from hemp last much longer than cotton and are extermley durable but the cotton industry wants no part of that.

[coco]

Ron Paul? Wasn't that a few years ago? Quite a few if I remember correctly.

This is my friend, she makes and sells yummy organic hemp and cotton creations

http://www.aummygoddess.com

You know what you can make fiber for clothes out of? Nettles! No kidding.

And indeed, we've got some fine hemp hearts up here in Canada land. I eat them too, they are the best.

[lusterwings]

I know someone that sprouted hemp, only as an effort to eat the sprouts and not get high. I think it's a very intriguing idea, and they in fact were even actually able to get the hemp to sprout in march in Scotland, which is still quite cold at this time.

They sprouted on their window sill, in a small pot on top of some soil after soaking the seeds overnight.

Let me know how they taste? Might be good to throw them in a smoothie, eh?

[lusterwings]

A friend of mine bought hemp seed online in the UK as well as in some random small organic health food shop, (if you'd like to know the name of it please email me privately) and sells everything from alfalfa seeds to broccoli seeds and mung beans for sprouting. It seems to be a bit on the low down for sprouters who wish to sprout hemp. I can perfectly (and unfortunately) see why however. On the packaging, it said 'not intended for growing' which I thought was interesting. Apparently, that little message let me know that they could in fact be grown! :)
I don't know if this is the case everywhere in the UK, and I sure haven't had any experiences seeking out hemp while in the USA, so I don't know from experience whether it's been treated with something to inhibit growth. Hemp seeds will sprout just fine, as they have not been treated with anything that will inhibit their growth. :kisses:

[cdoggg674]

Yep, if you buy hemp in the shell, it has been steralised... so sad. The stuff is not only a superfood but would make so much possible in this world with it's many uses. Unreal that man can make a plant, a PLANT think about that, illegal! I think it is beyond obsurd. I don't see how people can actually allow that to go on.

Yep, but we all know why its illegal, cause hemp would void out so many other prescription meds cause marijuana works better on many illnesses than prescription drugs and with that the pharmaceutical companies would lose billions in income. So of course the legalization would take money out of the already filthy rich pockets, cause thy cant live on a 5 million dollars a yr salary but need 100 million dollars. Its all economically motivated, the ones that are making big money right now with the way things stand wont have it any other way. Just like oil, God knows we have more oil than the middle east combines in OUR ocean but wont drill for it. Cause as of now the Politicians that are making the big bucks now wouldnt be making as much and the poor and middle class would have a waaaay better chance to being financially stable. They pay 16cents a gallon of gas in Saudi Arabia. So the point is if we drilled our own oil making the gas prices literally dirt cheap the ones getting a piece of that 50 billion dollars a yr profit from the oil companies would not be getting a piece of the pie like they are now, cause that 50 billion dollars profit was made on US money alone and u better believe that profit isnt going into these oil companies, they are going into the pockets of whomever in US gov. is running the show on how the gas is purchased. Just like pot, all the commercials about the risks of marijuana are all funded by tobacco, alcohol, and Pharmacutical companies cuz they would not profit as much as they do now. The only way for any changes to go in affect is if the rich benefit from it. But lowering gas and legalizing hemp would help the actual working class citizens that spend most their money on Gas, and God help them if they smoke cigs or drink. So the ole adage "rich keep getting rich as the poor keep getting poorer and thats the only way the rich can stay filthy rich so they be damned to make changes to help the less unfortunate of our country. This country was built on principles and morals, now its built on Money. The one with the money runs the show. Thats why average citizens like me and you Korey just gotta hope and pray we find some stability, but the odds are stacked againts us. Now if you was child of say a politician or someone with wealth then u have no problem, pretty much shoe- ins to economical and political power. Thats why our Gov. is so screwed up, the leaders there now got there because money, either they have family in office or they just know somebody that knows someone. Instead of electing the right person for the job the one that has the most money , most connections, and so on....will be the ones telling US we are going to war with Irag for what??? Oh yea how did Bush get into office?? His daddy maybe?? Was he politician material?? Hell no he wasnt, he was alcohlic for the longest and many other bad characterisitcs that follow but no one saw that part of it. Money bought him a presidential seat period

[delmar]

I was doing some research on the web about juicing weeds and I found a video about juicing "weed"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xPmR8j4plw

If we are to take what the Dr. in the video says at face value, Cannabis is not psychoactive unless it is heated. In other words the claim is, it can be used for medicinal reasons without getting high. Also according to this article about juicing raw cannabis (http://www.naturalnews.com/035759_cannabis_juicing_health.html) it is not so much the THC that the main health benefit but a "non-psychoactive, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-cancer nutrient compound known as cannabidiol (CBD) that is proving to be a miracle "superfood" capable of preventing and reversing a host of chronic illnesses".
Being an at risk cancer survivor myself who's wife happens to suffer from Rheumatoid Arthritis this stuff is of great interest to me, though I don't happen to live in a state that allows the use of medicinal marijuana.

So I did a little more research and found out that there are other "legal" plants that I could grow that contain CBD. The most common of which is Echinacea.Seems like a no brainer to me that I need to order some Echinacea seeds and get to sprouting!

[lynch]

Well that's really a good news. I'm keep on growing mine.

[delmar]

Echinacea? How have you been using it?

[Living Food]

You know, I can't say if it's safe to eat echinacea sprouts or not. I'd be interested in finding out, though.

[delmar]

I know the flowers and flowerbuds, leaves and stems are all edible raw. The roots are sold as a nutritional supplement so it must be edible as well? I am assuming the sprouts are edible but I have not found anything about that so far.

[Living Food]

They should be, then. In every single case that I know if, as long as the leaves are edible raw, then the sprouts are too. I just wasn't sure if echinacea leaves were edible raw or not.

[delmar]

Echinacea a medicinal and I suppose should be treated that way. I wouldn't plan on consuming it in large volumes like I would broccoli. I'm pretty sure it is never going to be my main meal.

[MysticTree]

I wonder if the sprouts taste nice. Echinacea seems to work well taken as a supplement and if it tastes nice maybe it would be a good addition. Especially if there is the same substance in the sprouted seed as there is in the root.

[delmar]

I really haven't been able to find much information, so far, on sprouts. We may be in uncharted territory on this one. Also the echinacea seeds that I have found so far are pretty expensive, to the tune of $40/pound. I think perhaps if eating the sprouts is the way I end up going with this, I am going to need to grow mature plants and save seeds.
Seems I have more research ahead of me.

[Living Food]

The sprouts do have the same substance as the roots (or at least one of the compounds, I forget the name of it). They could very well have superior benefits.

[Non]

I dont think echinaceae have CBD but having some kind of cannabinoid.

I am VERY interested in raw cannabis. Ingestion of CBD has been suggested as a treatment for depersonalization disorder. Also excessive THC has been found "linked" to the very same symptom. Also smoking it may effect one in a totally different way than consuming the raw buds, of course depending on how it is taken/prepared. I actually helped myself to quit smoking it so much by chewing on raw buds. Then there is also the consideration of having the proper CBD/THC ratio.

I think.. one could grind the plant matter with the seeds, or make a "no bake" recipe in which it could make the cannbinoids bioactive. That and well it may also have to be cured.

Research if you will, the person who calls himself Free Rob Cannabis, or Free Love Cannabis. He is really into the raw cannabis thing.

here is a good thread on raw hemp with info from the Free Rob's website that was taken down sometime ago http://forum.grasscity.com/medical-marijuana-usage-applications/1042347-eating-chewing-raw-weed-w-seeds-healing-endocannabinoid-syste.html

My thread ;).

[MysticTree]

http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Echinacea+purpurea

[Non]

yes, but I havne't seen anywhere that echinacea actually has CBD, only that it has a cannabinoid or has effects on the endocannbinoid system.

[MysticTree]

nor have I but then I have been looking for the actual content. I have had good results from taking it orally and so I'm really only interested to know whether it is ok to sprout perhaps. Otherwise I will grow it for the flowers alone perhaps and enjoy looking at them and watch the birds eat the seeds!