Alright, so I have a lot of questions now that I have done a bit more investigating about the bud elongation issue MIQ is having. Her buds look like a braided rope, as the calyxes have not opened for pistils to "flower" out. I am not certain I have anything to be concerned with at this point, but thought I would document this issue for future reference.

I was doing a bit of reading in my 2d office, and came across a term, "stacking calyxes," in a discussion of bud development and the concept of additional flowering phases. Since MIQ has been flowering for some time, this article made sense to me, and I reached a preliminary conclusion that due to the lst'ing and additional vegetative stage MIQ experienced which served to slow/halt her flowering cycle, MIQ is now entering a 2d flowering phase, causing her to elongate her buds through this stacking of calyxes.

However, when I searched the board this morning, I came across this thread - http://boards.cannabis.com/indoor-gr...acking+calyxes. It seems to highlight MIQ's issue and the experienced growers and powers that be conclusively determined the issue to be the result of heat stress. The pictures in the thread were not the greatest, due to grow room lighting, so I couldn't really compare them to MIQ. I will post pictures of her within this reply for comparison purposes and to allow/encourage comments/suggestions.

MIQ has been outside from about Day 13 of her life, and the temperatures have remained fairly constant - in the high 80's to mid 90's. Since she has experienced the heat from the beginning of her life and has not had an issue to this point in time, I hope heat stress is not the cause of these stacking calyxes. I am going to do a bit more research on this issue to hopefully come up with an answer for myself. However, any and all input/suggestions/advice is welcomed and will be appreciated.

Here are the pictures which should clearly show the stacking calyxes on MIQ. I've also thrown in a picture of some gerbera daisies. My wife took the picture, and I really like it. Since several outdoor growers I appreciate have thrown in pictures of their natural surroundings, such picture is my feeble attempt to reciprocate.

Thanks again for any light you can shed on this stacking calyxes issue.