She's a long way from flower, still growing in symmetry.
Those bits are nascent side branches.

If you want taller plants, (longer internodes), raise the light and they will stretch for it.
Then search for Horsemanrocks. He has an excellent thread on early sexing.

Here:
boards.cannabis.com/basic-growing/191087-males-females-early-recognition.html

But do the search, you will find most of it quite useful.

Aloha,
Weezard
Weezard Reviewed by Weezard on . Day 17 veg closet grow. Can I tell the sex yet??? I have been running 20/4 with two 75 watt cfls with humidity between 40-60% and temperature hasn't hit above 75. I have only put a slight mix of very weak fish fert twice ań everything seems healthy. I just transferred into a bigger pot and noticed something different. Are you able to tell the sex of the plant yet???? Rating: 5