i have two plants. this is my first grow and i have these small leaves coming off where the branches meet the stem. there are leaves on every place where the branches meet the stem. they are 5 weeks old.
Hey, another Newb myself here, but I can tell ya the Pros are gonna wanna see pix. If it looks to you like leaves coming out in the nodes then its probably leaves. Do a search on the forum for "Sexing" and you should find bunches of close-up pix of preflowers to compare with what you're seeing. A picture is worth a thousand words.
Yup that's another branch getting started... Everywhere there is a leaf on the main stem a new branch will form. That's how our favorite little (and not so little) herb grows.