When should I harvest male?

[konviktlyfe]

So here's my situation.. I have a plant that I just found out is male a few days ago when i began flowering.. it's only about a foot and a half tall but i want to make oil out of it. i also have a few other sprouts that are just about ready to go under my hps, im just waiting on killing this male plant before i mix them in. im wondering if it would be worth it to give it 18/6 light cycle right now instead of 12/12 as i plan on cutting it down on sunday anyways.

thanks to anyone who helps me out. this site is awesome btw lol so much good information, i cant wait to perfect this next batch.

 

[Ledhed]

That plant is pretty much useless, even for oil or hash. May as well yank it and trash it now.

 

[konviktlyfe]

ive heard of people making decent oil from males. i just dont want all my time to go to complete waste haha i wanna do something with it.

 

[francy420]

Don't risk it. Just by having it in the same house you run the risk of pollinating your entire crop. Get that dick out of there now.

 

[silverserf]

Are there any trichomes on the leaves? I think about all you can harvest is pollen. You might be able to smoke the leaves, i've never tried, except maybe this one time but I think that was oregano

 

[konviktlyfe]

i will post a pic tomorrow during the light cycle.. it has a lot of crystals on the stems etc, my roommate even thinks it might be a hermie but im not positive.

in your opinion does a good ph level or a high ppm level matter more in the earlier stages for a plant?

 

[Icannabis]

take pollen from it and save it for a rainy day...you never now when you'll want to breed a female...

 

[konviktlyfe]

take pollen from it and save it for a rainy day...you never now when you'll want to breed a female...

how would i do that? and is it worth it to put yeast in a bucket w warm water and a cup of sugar? i saw people saying that it helps if you design a system for it but for the time being i had the ingredients and wanted to see if it would benefit at all.