Bro! Preflowers DO NOT eventually form the actual flowers(buds) on a Marijuana plant. They are SINGLE calyxes that grow where the stem, petioles, and stipules meet, at each node. One or two female pistils OR male staminates will protrude from each preflower, but that's it. NO bud or flower forms at that site. Check out the pictures. Male plants
View attachment 1738910 grow preflowers too, and I hope we're all in agreement here that you're not gonna harvest any bud(flowers) off of a male plant, right? Sheeesh.
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