I've got a male and I'm going to smoke it but

MrFishy said:

I've smoked plenty of leaf in my 42 years of use . . . only folks who never have are appalled at the thought, though I suspect more have than will admit to. Believe it or not, for this kind of smoke, the male can be the stronger. The top 3rd? of each branch will be the strongest, with the very top leaves being the best. I'd stress it by not watering it and grab it when it wilts for the strongest buzz.
Lighten up, RIUppers . . . I ain't smokin' it these days . . . but have and it truly is better than nothing. You shouldn't knock what you've never tried. It can provide an excellent buzz.

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so have I.........and i am going to rep you since it seems you are the only one that has answered correctly.......
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The male plant contains low levels of THC and does not taste very good, but it can produce a high.
Growers only cultivate male plants for pollen so that they can make cannabis seeds.


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next time grow more than 1 seed, make your odds better!!!!

Thanks Panhead . . . I can't fathom that there's a whole generation, or two, that don't know good strain leaves, and even males, can get a person quite buzzed. Not preferred, by any means, but more than possible. Neo-hipsters.

smoke it and tell us what happens

when i smoke leaves it just feels like i smoked something stronger than tobacco. You do feel something light in the head but it's just not something you can compare to buds.

Thats my opinion.

wich strains got smokable male leaves?

Guys,

OP here. First off let me say I haven't actually been following this thread because despite the fact that this is my first grow (AND it turned out to be a male) I'm actually newer to posting on message boards than I am on growing weed.

So I did a little research and came across this taken from THE MARIJUANA GROWER'S GUIDE by Mel Frank and Ed Rosenthal

"Male plants usually do not have the dramatic increase in potency during flowering that the females do. Male flowers take about two weeks to mature, from the time they are first visible as tiny knob-like buds. New flowers continue to appear for several weeks.
When male flowers open and are about to release pollen, they reach their maximum potency. Since all flowers do not mature at the same time, for maximum potency the plants should be harvested after the first few flowers have opened. "

Similar statements were made about smoking leaves.

Copy/Paste link if you want a first hand look at what was for a long time considered almost a bible on the subject.

THE MARIJUANA GROWER'S GUIDE..........by Mel Frank & Ed Rosenthal

So yes, I am going to smoke the plant. According to what I've read both in this thread and in many other places since, I should be thinking about cutting things up next weekend, letting it dry a bit and smoking it by the end of the month. I will check back to see if the thread is still going and if it is I'll post it here. If it's not then I'll start a new one.

I guess before that point I would point out that I'm not operating a "grow room" I'm not trying to make money or be a scientist. I'm simply a guy who used to smoke pot basically everyday to the tune of 15 - 30 bong hits a day for 10 years. Now I get down about once every three or four months and have to score from strangers in the park. I'd rather be growing my own and if what I happen to grow turns out to me male then that's what I'm smoking until lady luck srongs up. Then I'll need a lesson in cloneing.

Glad to spark a heathly (cough, cough) debate.

take some advil for the headache!

I don't recall ever getting a headache from smoking leaves, but take pain meds, so I suppose it might happen.
Essohkay . . . please keep the upper part separate from the lower growth, at least for your reply to this post. Mixing it will degrade your entire stash. There's always a great difference in potency of leaves between upper and lower.

gangjababy said:

take some advil for the headache!

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I smoke the males the only headache I get comes from my wife in the next room.

RandyRocket said:

I smoke the males the only headache I get comes from my wife in the next room.

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lmao dude..lmao

Ok fuck it. The debate had me thinking about it more and more and the leaf discussion only added to my curiosity and guess what... Now I've somked some. Before giving the result here's what I did

I looked at the plant, its' now about 26 - 27 inces tall, it has been in 12/12 for ten days today. I selected the very largest leaf on the whole thing. This leaf was 2/3 of the way up the plant. Meaning there are about ten decent sized leaves above where I took it from and 30 or so below it. It was one of two of the only set that went 9 blades in growth. After that set the leaves went back down to seven, meaning it should have been at the peak of veg when it grew. I took just that leaf, baked it in the oven at 175 degrees for about five minutes. Then I put in in the mircoware for 15 seconds.

So far I've smoked half of that leaf. Honestly I'm not "stoned" hardly "high" but definately "buzzed". Again I've still got half of that leaf yet to smoke.

So... yes if I had three healthy female plants in early bloom and an ounce of buds in my pocket, I would definately be throwing the male away and just taking it easy on my ounce. However, if I only had the three females in early bud and no other smoke, I'd be smoking this plant. I don't have a headach and I haven't been high in about five or six weeks.

So I would agree with both sides of the argument. If I had better buds, I'd be smoking them but until I do... I'll be smoking this.

In short, as far as the high goes, for having smoked about 3/4 of a packed bowl, I've certainly paid for worse and had a whole fucking lot better.

I'll continue this thread as I go through the plant and try to keep it real as far as what I learn. I do have six more seeds in the dirt as I type and a much better idea of what I'm doing. And, there is that little buzz...

essohkay said:

Ok fuck it. The debate had me thinking about it more and more and the leaf discussion only added to my curiosity and guess what... Now I've somked some. Before giving the result here's what I did

I looked at the plant, its' now about 26 - 27 inces tall, it has been in 12/12 for ten days today. I selected the very largest leaf on the whole thing. This leaf was 2/3 of the way up the plant. Meaning there are about ten decent sized leaves above where I took it from and 30 or so below it. It was one of two of the only set that went 9 blades in growth. After that set the leaves went back down to seven, meaning it should have been at the peak of veg when it grew. I took just that leaf, baked it in the oven at 175 degrees for about five minutes. Then I put in in the mircoware for 15 seconds.

So far I've smoked half of that leaf. Honestly I'm not "stoned" hardly "high" but definately "buzzed". Again I've still got half of that leaf yet to smoke.

So... yes if I had three healthy female plants in early bloom and an ounce of buds in my pocket, I would definately be throwing the male away and just taking it easy on my ounce. However, if I only had the three females in early bud and no other smoke, I'd be smoking this plant. I don't have a headach and I haven't been high in about five or six weeks.

So I would agree with both sides of the argument. If I had better buds, I'd be smoking them but until I do... I'll be smoking this.

In short, as far as the high goes, for having smoked about 3/4 of a packed bowl, I've certainly paid for worse and had a whole fucking lot better.

I'll continue this thread as I go through the plant and try to keep it real as far as what I learn. I do have six more seeds in the dirt as I type and a much better idea of what I'm doing. And, there is that little buzz...

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jeezus no wonder it is no good ,doing that to good pot fucks it let alone to something that was always going to be a mediocre smoke in the first place..

but i am going to rep you for sticking to your guns...................

I didn't say it was no good. I aslo said I smoked, cured it etc. this way primarily in the interest of this thread. Meaning I had to dry it the quickest way possible just to satisfy my curiosity. In otherwords you people just made me get high. Hahah

I smoked the final third of the first bowl and I'd say it's a low grade high. I'm going to dry some correctly next weekend and see how that goes.

Change this thread to tips for drying leaves, and six ways to smoke a male plant.

The small new growth leaves are the best. Also just air dry the oven/microway takes away imo.

Here is a pic of some male leaves in my dryer box.

Well, the easy way would be to over water it and change temperatures of the grow room from hot to cold to hot to cold and stress the fucker into a hermi then keep it and get a few female buds, or just through the fucker away. Your choice

essohkay said:

Ok fuck it. The debate had me thinking about it more and more and the leaf discussion only added to my curiosity and guess what... Now I've somked some. Before giving the result here's what I did

I looked at the plant, its' now about 26 - 27 inces tall, it has been in 12/12 for ten days today. I selected the very largest leaf on the whole thing. This leaf was 2/3 of the way up the plant. Meaning there are about ten decent sized leaves above where I took it from and 30 or so below it. It was one of two of the only set that went 9 blades in growth. After that set the leaves went back down to seven, meaning it should have been at the peak of veg when it grew. I took just that leaf, baked it in the oven at 175 degrees for about five minutes. Then I put in in the mircoware for 15 seconds.

So far I've smoked half of that leaf. Honestly I'm not "stoned" hardly "high" but definately "buzzed". Again I've still got half of that leaf yet to smoke.

So... yes if I had three healthy female plants in early bloom and an ounce of buds in my pocket, I would definately be throwing the male away and just taking it easy on my ounce. However, if I only had the three females in early bud and no other smoke, I'd be smoking this plant. I don't have a headach and I haven't been high in about five or six weeks.

So I would agree with both sides of the argument. If I had better buds, I'd be smoking them but until I do... I'll be smoking this.

In short, as far as the high goes, for having smoked about 3/4 of a packed bowl, I've certainly paid for worse and had a whole fucking lot better.

I'll continue this thread as I go through the plant and try to keep it real as far as what I learn. I do have six more seeds in the dirt as I type and a much better idea of what I'm doing. And, there is that little buzz...

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fair play dude...but like u said..u hadn't smoked for a few weeks so bet u wouldn't feel it if u had.
not for me tho bro but goin2 rep u for havin an open mind! more open than mine

Well, the easy way would be to over water it and change temperatures of the grow room from hot to cold to hot to cold and stress the fucker into a hermi then keep it and get a few female buds, or just through the fucker away. Your choice

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you can actually change male to a hermie!!??

If yall are smoking only buds without seeds , then you are truely blessed !!!! I guess the shit we get down here in the South , besides the KB is hermie buds ... sometimes they have hella tons of seeds in it snd sometimes maybe not as many .. I am happy with what i can get most of the time . 90% of the time its Fcking dirt of course . I praise all you KB growers ... You lucky SOB's !!! lol