First, go to
www.overgrow.com, they have grow guides writtin by people who know what there talking about. the guide you have there isn't the greatest, you don't dry bud in the sun, light kills thc when the plant it dead, or so i've heard. You hang the entire plant, roots and all, in a dark room thats warm but not really hot, upside down for a week or two.
Males don't produce bud, they make your female plants (the ones wit the bud) get seeds, and you don't really want seeds unless your a seed breeder or something. Don't put more than one plant in a pot, keep the pots 6 inches or bigger, if your plants are going to get over 2-3ft tall they should be bigger than 6inches. You can use a few diffrent kinds of lights, for a newbe you can use flouresants, if you have money you can get a HPS and MH. When you start out you should have your lights on 24hrs a day, or 18 hrs on 6 off. When you want your plants to start flowering (buding) put the lights on 12 on 12 off. You can start buding when your plants get about a foot tall, well it really depends on your grow place.
I'll answer more questions later but i g2g.