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2023-04-24 Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Helmand farmers swap poppy fields for lucrative ‘hing’

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Posted by trailing wife 2023-04-24 00:41|| || Front Page|| [18 views ] Top

#1 related to the "dirty socks" plant...so named for the smell

Posted by Mercutio 2023-04-24 07:27|| 2023-04-24 07:27|| Front Page Top

#2 One Acre

Posted by Frank G 2023-04-24 08:45|| 2023-04-24 08:45|| Front Page Top

#3 I thought Hong might be an Adams Faming character that crossed over into a Charlie Chan movie.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-04-24 09:01|| 2023-04-24 09:01|| Front Page Top

#4 If 'hing' is extracted from the roots of the plant, how is it you can cultivate the same plant for years?

Posted by ed in texas 2023-04-24 15:43|| 2023-04-24 15:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Hing is a perennial that must mature for several years before it flowers, according to the internet, then after that first flowering it dies. A slow motion biennial, as it were. Presumably the resin is gotten from the root in that last year, while each year another future crop is sown.

Posted by trailing wife 2023-04-24 22:39|| 2023-04-24 22:39|| Front Page Top

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