What part of the plant is smokable?

Hey, when you grow your own canabis plant, what parts do you harvest? Do you harvest the big leaves only, or the whole damn thing?

I am about to grow my own for the first time and am wondering what part I should be cutting.

Also, once you cut all the leaves and buds off the plant, does the plant survive?

Just the buds leave the leaves tho and c if it stays alive...it should go to the basic growing section of the boards its very usefull

i really ,really suggest you read up on Everything you can
here is good place for finding quick answers

http://www.overgrow.com/faq/sitemap.php

another place you may want to check out
http://growguide.klozitking.net/

I usually just smoke whatever is in the sack I get, I smoke leaves and stems too if they're there or seed coverings, I try to get out seeds that are occasional in the good bud i smoke.

I found that smoking stems only gives me a head ache. I'd only use the buds to smoke and use the leaves for making tea. If you want to make the stems useful for smoking purposes, there's a method that I came up with (probably someone else has done this before). Collect stems in an empty prescription bottle and place a marble in there. Close it up and shake it up for a good while, then uncover and stretch a nylon over the opening of the bottle and shake it over a good sized flat surface that's white (it's just easier to see the thc crystals and smokables this way), scrape into a pile, put in a pipe with a screen preferably and enjoy.
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