What to do with single male plant?

natedogg789

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I just flowered my plant 3 days ago and this morning I waited for the lights to go on then when they did I saw the damn sacs. I only have room for 1 plant. Should I just ditch this plant and start another? Can I use the male leafs for hash later is it worth it?
 
Male Marijuana plants do in fact grow THC. The Male flowers contain THC, but a much smaller amount than the Female flowers. Male plants also produce THC on their leaves, but again, it is a much lower content than from Female leaves
 
Okk ok, i heard differntly but i guess it makes sense..

Wait you forgot to finish the following paragraph...

Male Marijuana plants do in fact grow THC. The Male flowers contain THC, but a much smaller amount than the Female flowers. Male plants also produce THC on their leaves, but again, it is a much lower content than from Female leaves.

Male plants are rarely harvested as the flowers have a low THC content. Female plants can have as much as 20% THC content on the flowers, while Male may only grow as much as 3% THC content on the flowers. From personal experience, I have harvested a 3 month male marijuana plant, and made cannabutter from all the leaves and flowers. The end result was very disappointing; it wasn't even strong enough to give a high.
 
If the male has characteristics that are desireable, you can use it for breeding purposes. Careful pollen collection can be done then fertilization of a few female flowers is possible without contaminating all the buds. This is a gross over-simplification with several steps that should be follwed but if a continous "mother plant" for clones is impractical then seed production is a viable alternative in all but hybrid cultivars.
 
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