tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044824214506405475.post2921461332508435018..comments2009-03-22T04:50:32.111-07:00Comments on Dangling Threads: hops and hemp (and fiber, too)Cady Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18262723801427994297cadymay@gmail.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044824214506405475.post-76294955616221218942009-03-22T04:50:00.000-07:002009-03-22T04:50:00.000-07:00Hey beadnik! That is completely unheard of and fas...Hey beadnik! That is completely unheard of and fascinating to me! I, too, am too old for the effects, but I have often thought that if the hops fiber in the vine was "just a little stouter" it could be harvested abundantly and easily as a spinning fiber crop. Seems like grafting it would be tricky, kind of like grafting one mint variety on to another, very tender stem and all, not like grafting Cady Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18262723801427994297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044824214506405475.post-13594874929643378412009-03-17T20:32:00.000-07:002009-03-17T20:32:00.000-07:00years ago, I remember reading that a careful garde...years ago, I remember reading that a careful gardener could graft a hops body to a marijuana (hemp) rootstock and grow the intoxicating weed without attracting the unwanted attention of law enforcement types. I never tried this, but was always curious. Now, as an older woman, I wonder what if there would be a fiber benefit either way, i.e. grafting hops to hemp or vice versa. <BR/>fun to thinkbeadnikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11980853220518911444noreply@blogger.com