Fan leaves safe as a salad green?

[007.]

I'm practicing defoliation on my current grow, and am plucking some shading fan leaves in veg to encourage small branching shoots to take off.

Can I eat those leaves? It seems like an awful easy way to get rid of them. The only thing is I'm growing in DWC and I'm worried that since I'm obviously not flushing or anything, those leaves may not be "fit for human consumption".

Anybody care to drop some knowledge?

 

[krunchbubble]

humans cant digest it, notice how much thicker the leaves are compared to iceburg, romaine, radicchio......

you will shit out whole leaves.....

 

[RetroGrow]

I would suggest adding them to your favorite local salad bar.....

 

[MJBadger]

Never tried them although i do eat a lot of wild & garden grown vegetation , i would think that considering their leaves of a hemp plant they would be unpalatable with no nutritional value at all . & they probably taste like shite no matter how you cooked them . Put them in a compost heap .

Stay green .

 

[Haps]

Tear the leaf up and it can digest, I have done it many times and never shit leaf. If your hydro is clean it is safe, no poison is the issue.

 

[geopolitical]

You don't digest a ton of the material, but you don't poop whole leaves unless you've never learned to chew. They're safe for most people, but raw leaf can be irritating to some people's tracts, I'd start with small amounts and see how you do. Same way contact with the plants can cause dermatitis for some unlucky sob's on here.

 

[imadoofus]

not only can you eat the leafs with no ill effect, they will also get you somewhat buzzed. even male fans leafs have a trace amount of thc, eating marijuana, whether it be buds or leafs, is more potent thant smoking. providing you dont foliar feed or spray pesticides, then you should be fine. personally though, at least give them a good rinse.

i once ate a handful of leafs i trimmed off a random bagseed plant, definitely felt the effects... long, long body buzz.

 

[geopolitical]

I'll second the buzz bit.

 

[gardenbug]

I stopped eating them since I use neem oil and neem tastes horrible, but if they haven't been sprayed with anything they are good to eat. I always found them a bit...spikey...rough?...maybe fuzzy is the better word, kind of like a peach skin. They are best mixed with normal lettuce and some dressing.

 

[SOTF420]

I have eaten pot leaf salads many times, they are totally safe and healthy just make sure you chew them up well. If you don't chew any type of food well it's hard to digest it.

The younger more delicate leafs are the best for eating sometimes the big coarse fan leaves can be harder to digest because of protective hairs on the leafs. Try them with some nice aged balsamic vinegar & hemp seed oil dressing over fresh tomatoes & mozzarella, sprinkle hulled hemp seeds over the top with some garlic croutons...mm mm nummy!

 

[mean mr.mustard]

Never tried them although i do eat a lot of wild & garden grown vegetation , i would think that considering their leaves of a hemp plant they would be unpalatable with no nutritional value at all . & they probably taste like shite no matter how you cooked them . Put them in a compost heap .

Stay green .

Hmmm... I may be the only one who reads hypocrisy in this post, but it made me laugh my ass off!

 

[imadoofus]

oh snap, that mustard is mean ; )

 

[007.]

Lol thanks guys. The plants are still in veg though so I don't think they're gonna get me buzzing. I tried some leaves and they weren't bad. Basically tasted like vegging weed smells, which isn't bad. Like a skunk got into the produce isle at the grocery store.

 

[geopolitical]

They make great banchan soaked in a little rice vinegar & pepper paste.

 

[HillBomber517]

You don't digest a ton of the material, but you don't poop whole leaves unless you've never learned to chew.

 

[lvclosetgrower]

You can eat anything just wash em off snip those suckers up and throw em in with your salad report back and tell us how it tastes

 

[mean mr.mustard]

You're late... we already found out

 

[lvclosetgrower]

You're late... we already found out

Thanks im a dumass:

 

[mean mr.mustard]

In our own little way, we all are.



But I take the cake.

 

[moses wellfleet]

Lightly steamed so that they remain green, olive oil and some garlic salt. Heavanly!