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By: Sebastian Grauvogl
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Hemp cultivation is the topic of a lecture by the Neuhauser Kulturkreis (symbolic photo).
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“Growing marijuana made easy”: This is the topic of a lecture at the new Neuhauser cultural group.
Sounds strange?
We think so too and asked the speaker.
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– So that no one draws the wrong conclusions here: “I am a non-smoker,” explains Anton Beer (61).
And no, during his lecture “Growing marijuana made easy” at the next meeting of the Neuhauser cultural group tomorrow, Wednesday at 6 p.m., he will neither smoke the participants in the Alperie restaurant nor give them samples in the form of cookies.
“For me it’s all about botany,” emphasizes the music teacher and cantor of the Protestant parish of Neuhaus.
He will deliberately exclude legal or health aspects of the topic.
Marijuana cultivation is part of human cultural history
The question still remains: Why is the Neuhauser culture concerned with marijuana?
Beer doesn't have to think twice: the cultivation of hemp plants is a tradition that goes back thousands of years and is therefore part of human cultural history.
It is also this broad concept of culture that he wants to establish for the circle of interests with initiator Marlene Brech-Tybl.
As reported, the then 90-year-old from Neuhausen campaigned for a new establishment after the Schliersee cultural group, of which she was a member, was dissolved a good year ago.
Even though there is no registered association yet, the group has already developed a whole series of events.
Beer came up with twelve of them - including the aforementioned marijuana lecture.
Anton Beer (61) gives the marijuana lecture.
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As a member of the Society of Friends of the Munich Botanical Garden, 61-year-old Neuhauser reports that he has been interested in plants for a long time.
Since hemp cultivation is a current topic in Germany due to the planned and still hotly debated legalization, he bought a book about it: “Growing marijuana made easy” by the US author Murph Wolfson.
Whether it's seeds and seedlings, germination, hydroponics, pest control or harvesting and processing: "It's a very exciting thing," says Beer, comparing the fascination with other horticultural challenges such as rose cultivation.
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If the seeds can be ordered from the Netherlands from April as planned, the 61-year-old will definitely try it himself.
As he learned from the book, the seeds are first planted in the pot.
If everything goes well, a seedling will grow in ten days - a flower with two leaves.
It can then be moved to a bed in the garden.
However, the soil should have a pH value of around 7.
This can be determined with a small measuring device from the hardware store and, if necessary, adjusted with lime (if too acidic) or vinegar (if too basic).
“But it works for me,” Beer has already found out.
However, it gets exciting from a climatic point of view, because hemp, which comes from Asia, needs a lot of warmth, at least 24 degrees.
Growing completely indoors will become difficult at some point because the plants can grow up to four meters high.
Speaker also wants to try his hand at harvesting and processing
And then?
Of course, Beer announces that he will also try out harvesting and processing.
“I definitely won’t burn the plants,” he says with a smile.
But after drying the leaves, smoking them in the form of joints is by no means the only option.
You can consume them in yogurt, cakes or cookies.
Or not eat it at all, but use the ingredients to make medicine, textiles, oil, soaps and even insulation materials.
That's why Beer thinks it's a shame that the public often equates marijuana with a dangerous drug that should be kept away from young people.
The fact that parts of politics also share this view is shown by the discussed minimum distance of 100 meters between cannabis clubs and schools and other children's and youth facilities as well as playgrounds.
According to this logic, this should also apply to alcohol or cigarette consumption, the consequences of which would kill many people every year.
“It’s just like with everything: the dose is crucial,” says Beer.
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The 61-year-old cannot estimate how much interest there will be in his lecture.
But he would be happy if a wide age range of visitors were represented.
Then the actual message of the cultural group would have had its effect, says Beer: “Culture is much more than Picasso, Mozart and Co.” Botany, for example.
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