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Originally Posted by astraya
I recently wanted to buy hemp seeds but found out that it's illegal to sell viable hemp seeds, only sterile. Anyone have any sources?
thanks
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Unfortunately you need a minimum acreage and a guvmint license to grow industrial hemp (a CULTIVAR, NOT a different plant!) or medical cannabis in Canada. I once worked picking tobacco for Joe Strobel (gods awful job) who was Canuckistan's first hemp farmer! Then grew (legally) for Jim Wakeford, Canada's first med-pot exemptee. Seems cannabis and I are destined for one another. You are from Alberta, I'd suggest to every non-American out 'there' that having 10-100 cannabis seeds of ANY form, in a cool, dark place, in a jar with a dessicant packet...would be a very wise addition to anyone's seed stash.
Just make sure the cannabis seeds you buy actually seed out in your season.
There are now strains on the market which finish in late-August in BC, so they should be fine across Canada. Sure, they were bred for the 'high' but if you let them go to seed they sure bulk out. The remains once the seed has been taken out can be used to make a fine hashish for those interested in such things. Or more pertinently, 'Simpson Oil'! Wow that fella sure did a wondrous thing.