First signs of preflowers

[LWD]

Wassup RIU, I hope you all are doing very well. I am happy to see one of my plants showing preflowers, but at a very initial stage. Like the pistils aren't over obvious they are very small and you'd have to look very close to spot them. I just wonder how much longer will it take to see the calyx at a normal size? Right now it is very tiny and one small pistil is showing and they haven't been growing as fast as I thought preflowers would. My other plant hasn't shown any yet, its over a month old and over a foot in height. However its behind one week compared to the other one. So I should be seeing more preflower signs to come. Happy growing all.

 

[shawn705]

are u sure its a pistil ur seeing? is it green and attached to the stem of the plant? with no calyx? its not a pre flower by the sounds of it, common mistake for new grower's, u wanna sex ur plant flip it to 12/12 or if outdoors put it in a dark room for 2 days then back outside. pictures say more than you can describe for future reference

 

[LWD]

I can't think of nothing else that grows out of node with a hair like quality I'm pretty sure its a preflower. Its attached to the node or stem yes. It doesn't look like a fully formed calyx I think its a baby one, its small but has a single hair coming out of it. I heard that forcing your plants to show sex too early inducing 12/12 before they are ready can stress a plant. I chose just to go the natural way and let the preflowers show themselves. I will flower them in a couple weeks regardless. I could give you a pic but the preflowers are so small that it won't show on camera very well. Thanks

 

[Adjorr]

stipules are present on all male and female marijuana plants. they look like little green hairs that point upwards. they arent preflowers

 

[LWD]

Yeah thanks for pointing that out, they are absolutely not stipules.

 

[Indoor Sun King]

this gal is so skinny that the pre-flower sticks out like a swore thumb

 

[MYOB]

The calyx wont swell until late in flowering. You can barely see them in pre-flowers, the two white stigma are the plainly visible sign at this stage. The bracts won't grow larger until the plant flowers.

 

[OGkushNC]

Hey man if u got hair awesome lol I just found the little white hairs shooting out all over mine

 

[LWD]

cool man I just threw mine on 12/12.. going to flower with the MH for two weeks, then switching out with a HPS bulb. I didn't give them 36 hours darkness to signal flowering but I doubt that it matters much.

 

[flattylfc]

are u sure its a pistil ur seeing? is it green and attached to the stem of the plant? with no calyx? its not a pre flower by the sounds of it, common mistake for new grower's, u wanna sex ur plant flip it to 12/12 or if outdoors put it in a dark room for 2 days then back outside. pictures say more than you can describe for future reference

what's this ? Is this a sign of preflower? Cheers