Only you would know if this plant has been properly watered for say, the last couple of weeks ? And how it's been fed ? If you kinda feel like maybe it hasn't had enough of one, the other, or both, it probably hasn't. If the clawing tips of a green healthy leaf perk up when you hit it with water, would support that idea some. To me, the leaves you have that aren't dying back with burnt tips don't look overloaded with N, and under watering / under feeding might well present like what is shown here.
I take little or no issue with the lack of leafage. It's mid September man, and buds are trying to bulk up. To me, the plant needs enough leafage to perform adequate photosynthesis and store some water, and that's it. Beyond that, the resources your plant is taking up can either go to making little buds big, or they can go to supporting ounces or pounds of leaves that have become redundant and serve mainly to block light and air movement and will eventually be trimmed away anyhow. You also get a good opportunity to look for worms and other late season issues as you take that stuff off. I have only 3 this year, here is the biggest
Yes, it looks like a Truffula Tree ala The Lorax and Charlie Browns Christmas tree had a baby. I grew this strain last year too, so I have that yield as a measuring stick. Barring the catastrophic, I judge it will come in 12+ and won't be surprised if it hits a pound. Some branches are clearly strained already so I will support them and put the cage back against the wind and rain that will surely come. Is there something all that leafage was going to do for it that I'm missing ?
Good luck cody, stay in you'll do better as time goes by.