Wax that bastard!
Also.. I've used 4 year old leaves, stalks and roots - read that again.. NO buds, and I mean 0! - to make butter that WORKED WELL. Butter is simple, potent and needs less plant matter to be potent because you are not burning any of it. Difference is that when you're making butter out of garbage like that, you need more of it. My rule of thumb is 1/4 oz. DANK -OR- 1oz. SHIT per lb. of butter boiled. SO.. it your male is tiny, yank it and dry it outside away from your girls. Do not dry in a plastic bag or some shit because it will mold. Done that a couple times, too, btw. Then, leave that dry male until you harvest your girls. Make your butter out of the leaves, stalks and stems of the harvested plants and the males. BOO-YAH! Also.. do NOT put an oz. DANK per lb. of butter. First time I tried that, I made cookies that made you hallucinate. Turned the eater into a puddle on the floor.. for real. Imagine the most stoned you ever were and multiply that by 100, plus reeeeal uncomfortable. I didn't even get that high in Amsterdam smoking multiple Cannabis Cup winning Indicas!
If you're wondering my credibility, it's true that I am a VERY new grower, but I have been a butter maker for several larger growers in my region for some 7-8 years. Bigger growers don't like to take their trash out, so I used to do it for them. All I gave in return was a batch of cookies.