on the side!?

jimmym357

Active Member
I cant take pic because my camera isnt that good. But my plant is pre flowering and there is a white hair on the side of the calyx i thought it was suppose to grow om top???
 

jimmym357

Active Member
Ok so the thing growing in between the main cola and the branches is called a calyx and the white hairs (pistiles) grow on top of the calyx or on the side of it? If is female!?
 

bamacheese

Well-Known Member
pistils = female

Pistils can exit the calyx at various points, in various ways. The presence of a calyx with pistils protruding signifies the sex.
 

MYOB

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Calyxes form in tight groups during flowering called racemes. The "buds" you see are just collections of swollen calyxes with small "sugar leaves" growing from them.

The main cola, or any cola for that matter is just a collection of calyxes.

In preflowering, you will usually just see a single calyx (female) with two white hairs (pistils) scattered about the plant where stems intersect with branches.

The pistils grow from the tip of the tear drop shaped calyx. They are there to receive pollen from the male plant. Once pollinated, the pistils die and shrivel and a seed begins to grow in the seed bract (calyx) If not pollinated, the pistils eventually turn orange/brown and shrivel and the calyx swells as if it has a seed in it.

Trichomes (THC containing glands) grow most densely on these swollen calyxes and the small surrounding sugar leaves.
 
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