Quote Originally Posted by snowking
I feel like I'm failing miserably at trying to describe them.
Are you talking about "fingering" or "spearing", where the buds kind of get little shoots on them that make the bud kind of look like it has fingers or spears?

I thought this was caused by heat stress... I've never heard that this can be caused by letting the plant go a little long. Can anyone verify this info? Maybe the plant becomes more sensitive to heat in it's later stages of life therefore creating a greater chance for spearing?