Its too early to tell . What you circled in your pick are called calyx . Part of the reproductive system but doesnt determine sex .Yours have dryed up for some reason. Some of mine have done this too but not that bad . Here is some info from wikipedia .
Pre-flowering phase
Duration: 1 day to 2 weeks. Also called 'the stretch'. In most plants will last for 10–14 days after switching the light cycle to 12/12. The plant development increases dramatically, with the plant doubling in size or more (see reproductive development below). The production of more branches and nodes occurs in this stage as the structure for flowering is built. The plant will start to show
calyx which appear where the branches meet the stem (
nodes). Pre-flowering indicates that the plant is ready to flower.
[edit] Reproductive/Flowering phase
The flowers of a male cannabis plant
Duration: 4–16 weeks. The sex is clearly revealed. Males produce little balls clustered together like grapes. Most plants (except auto flowering strains which flower independently of
photo period) will flower under diminished light. In nature, cannabis plants sense the forthcoming winter as the earth turns and daylight reduces in duration (see also
season). If females are not pollinated (fertilized by male pollen) they will start to produce buds containing sticky white resin
glands or
trichomes in a final attempt to attract male pollen. The trichomes contain the largest amounts of THC and
CBD, the two main psychoactive substances. Indoors, flowering is induced by keeping the plant in complete dark for 12 hours every day, until it is ready to be harvested. If manipulated, a female can either generate a seedless bud, a bud with a few seeds, or a bud that is almost totally seeds. The first case is achieved by removing all the male plants before any of their flowers open, the second occurs when one or more male flowers have barely burst open and then removed and the third case occurs if the males are let to fully pollinate the females.[
citation needed]
Buds of the first case are called
sinsemilla (it is really two words: "sin semilla," which translates to "without seeds" in
Spanish, but is often misspelled as one word). The resultant cannabis contains the most
Cannabinoids possible[
citation needed]. The amount of Cannabinoids in
sinsemilla is considerably more in comparison to cannabis that has been grown in a pollinated environment, because the production of seeds requires an immense amount of energy, and if left unpollinated a female plant will divert all her energy to
calyx production in an effort to seize
pollen.[
citation needed] This is especially desirable, as the calyx is where the highest concentration of trichomes exists, and the more densely packed a plant is with calyces, the greater psychoactive effect that plant will likely have. Potent sinsemilla is especially important to medical users, to minimize the amount of cannabis they must consume in order to be afforded relief. Cannabis with seeds is generally considered to be of inferior quality and/or grown with inferior technique. Common terms for seeded, or otherwise low-quality, cannabis are "mids,"
schwag, "regs," "booty," "greta," "bushweed" or
mersh.[
citation needed]
Indoors, plants like cannabis are induced into
flowering by decreasing its photo period to at least 10 hours of darkness per day. Traditionally most growers change their plants lighting cycle to 12 hours on and 12 hours off. This change in photo period mimics the plant's natural outdoor cycle; with up to 18 hours of light per day in the summer and down to less than 12 hours of light come fall and winter.
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While the flowering hormone in most plants (including cannabis) is present during all phases of growth, it is inhibited by exposure to light. To induce flowering, the plant must be subject to at least 8 hours of darkness per day; this number is very strain-specific and most growers flower with 12 hours of darkness to be safe. The flowering hormone is very quickly inhibited, taking less than two minutes of exposure[
citation needed].
Flowering usually lasts from 45 to 90 days indoors. If growing outdoors it may take somewhat longer, depending on the natural onset of the colder seasons. The flowering length is mainly genetically determined with some plants (as pure cannabis "indica" strains) flowering in as low as 45 days, while some plants (as cannabis "sativa") can take up to 4 months to finish and the harvest yields significantly less. This is also the main reason why certain plants (as cannabis indica) are almost always grown indoors (unlike cannabis sativa, which is also grown outdoors).[
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Some plants, specifically members of the subspecies Ruderalis, will begin the flowering cycle without a significant reduction in their photo period.[
citation needed]
Flowers from certain plants (e.g. cannabis) are called Calyx, and are (with cannabis) the most prized part of the plant. In late flowering the calyx are easily visible to the naked eye. Calyx development begins approximately 1–2 weeks after the photo period is reduced. In the first weeks of flowering a plant usually doubles in size and can triple. Calyx development ends around 5 weeks into flowering and is proceeded by a period of Calyx “swelling”. During this time the buds greatly increase in weight and size.
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