Grow

Putting it in the ground — soil, climate fit, harvest and retting.

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Government permission to grow hemp, usually tied to approved cultivars and THC testing.

The government body that issues cultivation (or processing) licences and enforces the rules.

Listing a hemp cultivar on an official register so its seed may be lawfully sold and sown.

Seed verified as a registered, low-THC cultivar with known genetics — often the only seed legally sowable.

Seed kept from a grower's own harvest; often disallowed for hemp because its THC genetics drift.

The EU's shared list of approved agricultural plant varieties, including the hemp cultivars members may grow.

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