leaf THC question.

hey my question is. The THC in the leaf and just general plant matter used to make hash (using w/e method. butane, blender, bubblebags etc) is produced at what stage in the plants life? does it form during flowering along with the buds?

i believe its their all along in small quantities, but increases with plants growth,, cos wen im desperate, ill nick a few off mine, now and again..

They have trichomes as early as two weeks old. You can harvest hash from anything that's a decent size, even males, but if you wait until flowering the females do get a lot more trichomes on the leaves or larger trichomes not just on the buds.

It depends a lot on what you are growing too. Some plants get crazy trichomes everywhere and even leaf hash will get you baked as hell and then others have very few on the leaves and yield very little hash. It's all worth collecting though.