iHemp (Cannabis sativa) yinhlobo yema cannabis lanetigaba te euphoric ye THC cannabinoid kantsi futsi ayibangi le 'phakeme' lehambisana nabomzala bayo, le yekuhlanya ‘insangu’ (insangu).
Lama fibre lamadze alencenye yangaphandle yesitjalo se hemp lekhula-ngekushesha seyisetjentiswe kutindvwangu leticinile letifana nemajean, ticatfulo, tintsambo kanye netindvwangu temikhumbi. Ecinisweni, tindvwangu letakhiwa nge hemp tatfolwa kumangcwabo nakubuyelwa emuva eminyakeni ya 8000 B.C. kantsi nemfundzi Christopher Ccolumbus wasebentisa le ntsambo ye hemp kumukhumbi wakhe lolukwe ngeliseyili ye hemp.
iHemp melula ingamelela kusetjentiswa kwakotini ekwakheni tembatfo. Ngekuya ngelitiko le kotini, lelisebentisa 50% wetintfo letifutfwako mhlabawonkhe, ihemp idzinga kungabi nemakhemikhali labulala tilwane kwentela kuhlanyela. Ngekungeta, ifibre yehemp icinile, yindze futsi ibamba kakhulu kunakotini. iHemp iphindze ingavumi umuhlwa, inetintfo letibalulekile kants futsi incutfwa kancane kuna kotini.
iHemp lelinyelwe lefibre kumkhicito wetindvwangu idzinga kutsi ivunwe ekucaleni ngesikhatsi sekuvela kwetimbali ngaphambi kuphume tinhlavu. Loku kungaba tinsuku letimashumi lasikhombisa kuya kumashumi layimfica ngemuva kwetinhlavu. Kuvunwa kwe Hemp kwenteka ngekuhlanga kwemushina wekuvuna.
Sinyatselo sekucala sekwakha le hemp kuyifaka emantini. Kufaka emantini kungesikhatsi lelihlanga le hemp lishiywa emantini. Kufakwa emantini (noma kubola) kungesikhatsi lamagciwane kanye nekugula lokutselelanako kuphula lamagala labamba le hemp emkhatsini wemaviki lamane kuya kulasitfupha, afakwe emantini cishe tinsuku letilishumi noma elashwa le enzymes. Ngesikhatsi lenchubo yekuwafaka emantini iphelile, lamahlanga avela nemafibre lamadze lamhlophe lahlukanisa melula kusuka kusicongo seligodvo.
Ngesinyatselo lesilandzelako, lelihlanga le hemp liyacokelelwa bese limikiswa lapho ‘’kuyohlotjiswa’’ imishina. Kulenanchubo, lamahlanga ayephuka bese lesichongo sesigodvo siyahlukanisa kulefibre yehemp lendze. Lamafibre lamadze atfunyelwa ngentfo lejikeletako ngesikhatsi le fibre seyitsanjisiwe ngaphambi kwekujutjwa kusuka kumasentimitha lamatsatfu emamitha kuya ekululekeni lokufisha njenge mamilimitha lamakhulu lasitfupha nemashumi lasihlanu. Letincetu letimfisha tiyakanywa, ngebunono kantsi naleto letimfisha, letigocene noma letitigodvo tiyasuswa. Lamafibre lamafisha atiwa njenge ‘tow’ bese lawo lamadze emafibre abitwa nge ‘lilayini le fibre’.
Lamafibre ehemp abese alayiniswa ku ‘’silver’’ lechubekako kwentela kutungeleltisa, noma lokumanti noma lokomile. Kutungeletisa lokumanti kwalokuphumile kwakotini lokahle kakhulu njengoba kutsambisa le pectin levumela kuhlukana lokuncono kwefibre kanye nekukhokha ihemp lendze letsambatsambile.
iHemp yinkhulu kuletinye tinhlanyelo te fibre (kufana nakotini noma sisindvo setintfo temibhedze), kabili ngematemu enchubo yekukhulisa kanye nekusetjentiswa. Letindlela tekukhulisa le hemp tifaka emanti laphansi ayadzingeka ekukhuliseni le hemp kunekutsi kulinywe kotini. iHemp iphidze idzinge emakhemikhali labulala tilwane lambalwa njengoba tilwanyana kanye netifo letingafunwa kube lokukhokha ifibre ye hemp (kuhekitha ngalinye) kuphakeme kunakotini ne flax.
Ngetindlela te lizinga le fibre; ihemp nguyinye yemafibre endalo lacinile, intfo lengetela kudla, lenekuphefumula lokuhle, ayivani nekukhuntsa kanye nemuhlwa kantsi ayivani nekugcoka-kanye-nekudzabuka. Lokutsamba kwe liyadi le hemp kukhuliswa ngekugcoka kantsi nelibala aliphuphi noma alipheli ngekushesha njengalelo lekotini.
Ngetindlela te hemp njengeliyadi letintfo tekuhlobisa emakhaya, inetintfo letivalako te UV (letilungele kwekuvala emafasitelweni kanye nemakhethini) kantsi futsi ayeluleki kangako ngako tintfo te upholstery tigcina kuma kwato.
Translated by Phindile Malotana