This present invention is directed to a method for the production and use of the leaf and/or leaves and/or stem(s) and/or stalk(s) of plants of the cannabis species for animal, microbial, bacteria, fungi or human consumption as a food, supplement, medicine, beverage.

The invention relates to a method for stripping leaves and/or flowers from a stalk (1), in particular for stripping cannabis leaves and/or cannabis flowers from a stalk (1). Thereby, a loop (2) is formed around the stalk (1) to be stripped, which is formed at least in a partial area from flexurally elastic or flexurally slack loop means (3, 3a, 3b) which have tensile strength in the direction of the loop. The stalk (1) is then pulled through the loop (2) in the longitudinal direction of the stalk, with the leaves and/or flowers being stripped from the stalk (1). The invention makes it possible to strip the leaves or flowers, respectively, more easily and directly from the surface of the stalk (1), such that they can be substantially harvested better, faster and with less damage. Less preparatory work is also required.

The present disclosure discloses a method for producing raw cotton of machine-harvested long-staple cotton with a modal length of greater than or equal to 35 mm, including the steps: planting sea-island long-staple cotton and machining seed cotton, wherein planting the sea-island long-staple cotton includes preparation before machine harvesting, defoliation and ripening, choosing a cotton variety, etc.; and machining the seed cotton includes preparation before seed cotton ginning, mechanical separation of cotton seeds and raw cotton, and finishing the separated raw cotton. Raw cotton fibers obtained by the method of the present disclosure have main quality indexes that: a fiber length is 36.5-38.4 mm, a specific strength is 42.3-46.1 cN/tex, a uniformity is 86.2-87.0%, a foreign-fiber content is 0.2-0.4 g/t, and an impurity content is 2.6-3.4%. According to the method, not only can impurities and foreign fibers be effectively removed, but also mechanical damage to the raw cotton of the machine-harvested long-staple cotton with the modal length of greater than or equal to 35 mm is relatively small.

This present invention is directed to a method for the production and use of the leaf and/or leaves and/or stem(s) and/or stalk(s) of plants of the cannabis species for animal, microbial, bacteria, fungi or human consumption as a food, supplement, medicine, beverage.

Harvesting devices and methods for cannabis plants that enable efficient harvesting of floral material from cannabis plants. In various embodiments, the harvesting devices better facilitate the holding of the cannabis plant during the bucking process. In various embodiments, the harvesting devices better facilitate the bucking process and specifically the removal of the floral material from the cannabis plant with minimal damage to the floral material while minimizing user fatigue.

An upstanding clamping longitudinal conveyor system for whole-stem reed harvesting includes a conveyor device, a height adjustment mechanism, and a control unit. A preharvest detection unit is configured to detect height information of reeds in a preharvest region, and transmit the height information to the control unit; a position sensor is configured to detect a current height of the conveyor device, and transmit the current height to the control unit; a lifting device is connected to the conveyor device; and the control unit is configured to calculate an average height of the reeds in the preharvest region and a height of a gravity center of the reeds, seek a height difference between the height of the gravity center of the reeds and the current height of the conveyor device, and adjust a position of the conveyor device to correspond to the gravity center of the reeds in the preharvest region.

An upstanding clamping longitudinal conveyor system for whole-stem reed harvesting includes a conveyor device, a height adjustment mechanism, and a control unit. A preharvest detection unit is configured to detect height information of reeds in a preharvest region, and transmit the height information to the control unit. A position sensor is configured to detect a current height of the conveyor device, and transmit the current height to the control unit. A lifting device is connected to the conveyor device; and the control unit is configured to calculate an average height of the reeds in the preharvest region and a height of center of gravity of the reeds, calculate a height difference between the height of the center of gravity of the reeds and the current height of the conveyor device, and adjust a position of the conveyor device to correspond to the center of gravity of the reeds in the preharvest region.

Devices and methods of harvesting textile hemp are presented. The methods comprise mowing the hemp and wherein the cut stems are held between crossed conveyor belts and then rotated 90 from vertical to horizontal, taken over one or more times by other belts, to be deposited in parallel swaths on the field.

Systems and methods of harvesting a shrub from a base of the shrub proximate a ground surface utilizing a shrub harvester include dislodging the shrub from a base of the shrub proximate the ground surface via a shrub dislodging system on the shrub harvester. The methods also include receiving the shrub via a shrub release system on the shrub harvester. The methods further include grasping the shrub via the shrub release system on the shrub harvester. The methods also include releasing the shrub via the shrub release system, which can include a plurality of catch members.

The invention relates to methods of maturing Cannabis plants. In some embodiments, the cannabis plants are matured until they have reached a defined height for an extended period of time during a vegetative stage in a defined sized container under a first light schedule prior to flowering. In some embodiments, the plant is started in a small container, and subsequently moved to a larger container. In some embodiments, a source of the cannabis plant for the propagation is a mother plant which is kept without flowering, the mother plant grown from a non-genetically modified (non-GMO) seed, and the mother plant has itself matured according to methods of the invention.