?? about fan leaves

Hello:
First grow. I have trimmed a few fan leaves along the way and am now in the process of harvesting. My question is are the leaves that I have trimmed as the plant grew of any use for making butter, or other concentrates? I have a huge freezer bag full of leaves I've trimmed over the last few weeks. I was thinking of combining them with the leaves I will get when I cut them down. Since the stuff in the bag is dry, would I have to decarboxylate before extracting? So many questions!

Thanks

no... just use the close fan leaves that have trics on them

For many years I was happy to get fan leaves from a grower. An alcohol extraction yields an oil that I use at 20 doses per gram, others use it at 60 per gram. I use it in chocolates. The leaf can be ground up and used as flour, about one gram is a moderate dose. Replace 2 cups of flour with 110 grams of finely ground leaf for cooking.

Yes, depending on when they were pulled. Check them with a microscope for trichomes, which they also grow during flower.

They will however tend to be more mature trichomes than the buds and so isn't heady, but couch locking. It also lacks the terpenes and provocative taste of bud oils.

We use fan leaves to make topicals. The yield is low, but it works well for that purpose.

I would advise against mixing them with your bud and sugar trim, as it will degrade the overall quality. Keep them separate for their own qualities and uses.