tiny leaves at internodes

my outdoor plants are producing tiny little leaves at the internodes, but no pistils or seedpods (plants haven't even pre-flowered yet).

i couldn't get a picture of them (friend is borrowing camera) but imagine 2 tiny little marijuana leaves just starting out of the nodes. note: not the stipules, these are definitely leaves.

what is this? does it signify sex at all? i've never seen it in pictures of pre-flowers and i can't seem to find anything on it.

are you growing outdoors?

er, sounds normal to me... plants start small and grow bigger... the leaves have nothing to do with sexing as far as i know.

your just getting real branches not just fan leafs