Preflowing Pic

I've had my plants for about 5 or 6 weeks at least. I wanted to take some pictures just before I was going to start them on 12/12, when I notice this...

I noticed something that didn't look like a stem coming out of the nodes. Look at the top top node areas in the pics, can anyone tell what that is?

Can anyone tell if that is a female pistil?

<a target='_blank' href='http://img4.imageshack.us/my.php?image=003gvs.jpg'><img src='http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/1295/003gvs.th.jpg' border='0'/><br>
<a target='_blank' href='http://img4.imageshack.us/my.php?image=004vzp.jpg'><img src='http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/6323/004vzp.th.jpg' border='0'/><br>

Hey just to say my 2 cents. Those are not Female Pistils that you are seeing that is just reg growth. Between the new leaf growth and a branch you will start very soon to see either a club like looking growth which would be male and you could see a pitcher like looking growth for a female plant. Your pretty damn close tho and I just went thru that stage it and it sucked cause I ran outta bud room by letting my plants veg too long in my space..that blows but i found out which were females and cloned the hell outta them so next round will be with clones and more space in box. I bet your getting anxious at that stage cause I know I was...:)

Thanks for the help, Yeah def do want to know the sex. I'm worried about space, can you prune during flowering?

there probably 15 16 inches tall and I started 12 and 12 yesterday, so we'll see

Don't prune! Could take 2 weeks for it to recover. If anything, LST = Low Stress Training... All training should be done 2 weeks before flowering, but I've done it up to about 21 days into flowering with no real problems.

Plants look good, should be signs of sex in the next week or two... :jointsmile: