I experienced your problem myself, in that plants began flowering way early. I was told to let them grow and as season progresses they would revert back to veg. Also, if they don't revert, just harvest buds as they mature, and plant will continue to produce more buds as long as season permits. Keeping male can be a problem unless of course you want to acquire some seeds, otherwise there is very little you can do to prevent pollen from finding females. Wind will swirl and distribute pollen over as much as a square mile from site of male ( or so I have read ) , and once a female has acquired pollen to produce seeds, she has done her reproductive duty and will begin end of life cycle. In my own case, budding females showed no additional growth for about two weeks, and have now ceased bud production and reverted to veg just fine. This is interesting to me as tiny little female buds have ceased getting any bigger, while plants have begun vegging again. Interested to see what happens next. Good luck with your girls and I hope it turns out well for you.
Yeah. I figured out what it was. One of the plants was male. I moved it probably 150 yards away with obstructions between it and the females. Will that be enough room, or do I need to just destroy it? Also, What do I need to do to my females to maximize the budding? They are less than a foot high and already starting to flower, and since I'm growing outside, I don't have control over the light. I have a 1000 watt HPS setup that will also run MH lamps, but I'm scared to use it. Too much power consumption. So what do I need to do?? Help a newbie out.
