A green stem undergoes field retting and turns into a brown stalk, which undergoes decortication and carding and turns into a fibrous, hair-like texture before degumming turns it i

Figure 2. Pictorial diagram of the different stages of fiber hemp stem processing.

A green stem undergoes field retting and turns into a brown stalk, which undergoes decortication and carding and turns into a fibrous, hair-like texture before degumming turns it i