Plucked fan leaves of any use?

[eggzin]

Hi all,

My plant is in week 3 plus of flower. I defoliated a few days ago and have several ounces of undried fan leaves. Are they good for anything? Cannabutter, tincture, etc.?

 

[TheFertilizer]

Well it depends on what you want out of them. If you're looking for a psychoactive buzz then probably not, but the leaves have plenty of other medicinal values when ingested or consumed in food. There's a lot of info on this in SweetSue's thread about various cannabis dosing methods. I like to freeze them and then put them into smoothies. Of course you'll want to be sure to wash and rinse them like you would with any produce. There's a lot of strong evidence to show that the cannabinoid receptors in your digestive tract can benefit from the cannabinoid absorption, but beyond that the leaves are a hearty source of nutrition.

 

[eggzin]

Thank you F. I suspected as much but to be honest I was looking for perhaps a partial psychoactive buzz. My wife drinks nutritious smoothies and she has just expressed glee at the idea of adding them to her smoothies. Thanks much. I'll check out Sweet Sue's recipes.