August 28 2026
She's starting to take off now, but almost entirely in the horizontal direction. That's fine with me of it means an easier time levelling out the canopy later. She's got plenty of soil to explore, so she might get girthy.
Even though she's an F1 and fast development is to be expected, I can't say I've ever spotted a pre-flower so early. On August 25th at only 11 Days old, I spotted what looked like a pre-flower forming on the 2nd node. As of today that pre-flower is fully visible and almost looks male. Since I've never seen the pre-flowers for this cross, I wouldn't be able to say anyway. It's feminized so the odds of landing a male are next to zero, so it's likely just a very vigourous F1.