CPC A01G 31/02 (2013.01) [A01G 22/00 (2018.02); Y02P 60/21 (2015.11)] | 4 Claims |
1. A method of improving a bast fiber of a plant of and from the family Cannabaceae sensu stricto and species cannabis, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a plant of and from the family Cannabaceae sensu stricto and species cannabis having roots and a shoot;
providing a plant growing system configured for growing the plant having roots and a shoot, the plant growing system including a plant nutrient solution about and surrounding the plant roots having a temperature between thirty-five degrees and fifty-five degrees Fahrenheit and including air circulating about and surrounding the plant shoot having a temperature above seventy-five degrees Fahrenheit; thereby
providing and maintaining with the plant growing system a shoot-to-root temperature differential of at least twenty degrees Fahrenheit to the plant continuously and throughout the entirety of both the vegetative and flora growth phases of the plant;
the plant being harvested at a preferred and selected time during the flora growth phase of the plant; whereby
the provided at least twenty degrees Fahrenheit shoot-to-root temperature differential causes reduced nutrient translocation by and within the plant resulting in significant and desired reduction in the overall diameter of the plant bast fibers.
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