Stipules Are Not Pollen Sacs

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New growers panic over stipules, the little green spikes that appear at each node on every plant regardless of sex. They are not preflowers, and a seedling showing a pair of them at three weeks tells you nothing, though people cull good females over it. The difference between stipules, immature preflowers and actual sacs is shown with magnified photos on https://breederregularseeds.com, and I send that page to anyone who asks me to sex a plant from a blurry picture. Give it another week and a loupe before deciding anything.