Hemp or Cannabis

I just have a question about distinguishing between hemp and cannabis. I found a plant in a public flower bed while working and dug it up and transplanted it. I figured immediately that it was marijuana but now i am having second thoughts it is probably three and a half feet tall and is already budding but it is a single stalk there are no other branches shooting off of it. the Bud(s) that are developing look very nice and appear to be developing trichomes. I was wondering if what i have is hemp or marijuana. Does hemp produce trichomes without thc in them or what? anyone with any info would be much appreciated.

picture 1 Plant immediately after i dug it out of the public flower bed
picture 2 Plant about a week ago probably a month or so after transplanting only the top cola of plant

Difficult.... Hemp seed could have been dropped by a bird, hemp seeds are in alot of bird food. Then again some joker might have thought it would be funny to plant one of they're seeds in a public place which means it could be good.

I dont think Trichs appear on hemp though....

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Originally Posted by KHAN

I dont think Trichs appear on hemp though....

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Yes they do. It's not the trichome amount that matters, it's what's inside of them.

I would let the plant finish, and smoke it, and see if you get high. That's how you can tell. It's definitely a sativa though, so it could very well be hemp. Do you have a picture of it, from the side-view, of it recently?

I grew up in an area of the country (central Illinois), that had wild hemp growing along lots of railroad tracks (one year, the town kids set up a 12-footer in the 'town square', and put Christmas ornaments on it, :D) ... anyway, as memory serves me, it didn't look any different than most sativas, tall and lanky ... but, smoking a pound of it wouldn't get a fly high ... in your situation, I would guess someone planted MJ there as a prank ... :smokin:

Looks kinda hempy to me. You would think if it was MJ it would branch alil bit, but maybe not.

Grow it out, hell what do you have to lose?

I heard somewhere that smoking hemp won't get you high and just boosts your tolerance to marijuana.