First Time Grower Flowering Questions ^.^

Hey, so this is my first time growing other than last year when it turned out to be a male , but I finally got a female this year its been planted since may 15th, it is now aug 14th it has all the white pistils everywhere its about 2 - 3 feet but it has not seemed to bud there is just a bunch of white pistils does it stay like for a month then start to form bud im confused aha, Ill post some pictures up tomorrow if that will help anyone please help!

It's preflowering right now just showing its signs of sex, and it's ready to flower. It will flower pretty soon depends on where you are.

You should be able to enjoy your plant soon (looks wise) After the flowers get about an 3/4 inch across you will notice they are shaping into a small nug. How big will each nug get? That's the fun part, watching it reach it's full potential!
You should be sitting pretty in 4 to 7 weeks.

Here's an interesting article I ran across, it clears things up a bit about the flowering stages. Enjoy
http://www.clear-uk.org/the-importance-of-matured-cannabis/

Here's an interesting take on reaching maturity

"Another way people can end up with unripe cannabis is by taking flowering period guidelines too seriously. If on a seed packet, it states 6 weeks, 7-8-9 weeks, it does not mean they flower them at 12/12 for exactly that amount of time and crop the plants, no, one has to check the maturation of the trichomes by using a loupe or macro function of a digital camera does the job, or snipping a small piece of bud off and putting it under a scope, but the guidelines for flowering period for a particular strain/hybrid are just that, guidelines, often stated as a little shorter to encourage people to buy them knowing hobby growers are looking for fast plants as much as cashcroppers want heaviest yields in as short a time possible. The number of weeks stated is usually a few weeks short of the reality. If they say 7 weeks on the packet you can be sure pretty much that the real number of weeks will be around 9-10 to have mature cannabis, at 7 weeks it will be at that clear into cloudy stage, no amber"

And this

"Curing allows for a further period of oxidation of active compounds and that is beneficial to a cannabis user on several levels. People also tend to use less if* properly mature and well cured because the active compounds do everything they should do and is a superior high/stone than cannabis just cropped and dried for sale, very different to immature cannabis which tends to be a shorter lasting high and people use more as the brain tries to keep stimulated and this often leads the user to use too much, a common issue with speed actually and again a similarity between raw THC D9 and amphetamines. Curing is a necessary part of the process, something which is fast being forgotten in commercial weed terms"

There she is can anyone tell me how healthy she looks and what I expect to see happening in the near future ?

whats the least amount of bud you think id get off that judgeing the way it is now, thats all my questions thanks alot everyone!

There is no way we can tell you Yield.Lot of factors light,nutes,etc,etc.....Did you go to 12/12 photoperiod Yet?

BEECH

I do not know what you mean by photoperiod but if you mean light cycle its an outdoor ^.^ so suns light cycle, I got a couple more questions actually.. do the pistils just get bigger then they form into bud or is bud underneath them? and in the last month or month and half does the plant have a huge growing spirt ?

Why in heck does every swinging dick post pics sideways? Jesus H Christ. Then think they can assimilate info on a "very complex" plant? Bless me, Ultima. Sorry but something so simple yet courteous?

Thanks for the encouragement, hotrodharley! I will definitely reconsider my actions next time.