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Doug4Prison t1_ivptvjb wrote

Reply to comment by axeville in Real talk… can we make recreational weed legal now? by the_mandateofheaven

Wouldn't growing it outdoors be less than idea since it is wind pollinated and all it would take is 1 male plant from some asshole upwind to ruin a whole crop? I'm by far not a weed or farming expert I'm just a home gamer gardener.

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axeville t1_ivq6ypf wrote

That's the genetic engineering that is taking place in various labs. Plant biology is booming thx to crispr and meat replacement industry.

Also crops are insured before planting and commodities exchanges allow futures pricing to control the price variance/ crop risk. All that infrastructure will happen also as part of the scaling. Hemp itself is a byproduct more valuable than cotton as a fiber so the gross value of a plant is higher. But at a $1 a seed the risk of planting acres uncontrolled is too high. But it was once a huge crop in pa for industrial hemp. Even wo the oil aspect of cbd and THC.

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