I have been looking them over carefully everyday because I knew they woud start to flower soon, and today I noticed a male. Thank god I noticed it in time....it had just begun to flower and hadn't pollenated yet. I cut it at the base and moved it ever so slowly out of there. What if some pollen released while I was moving it? It's unlikely though because I took all necessary precautions to abstract it but you never know, anything is possible, no matter how careful you are. I know my females would have seeds if it pollentated them, but would it ruin my crop? Other than not being seedless? I mean, would it still be fairly smokable? (*just not as good because not as much thc because it would be busy producing seeds, do I have that about right?) Thank you...this is my first outdoor grow ever and things have ran smoothly, til now grrrrrrr!
I really need to invest in a digital camera so I can share pics of my next grow. That would be awesome. I really enjoy looking at every1 Else's pictures. The male was just starting to show the little ball formations. The females were showing beautiful pistils. I went out again today and cannot believe how fast those beauties are starting to bud since I took that male out of there. I don't see any seed sacs yet, so far it all looks to be beautiful bud. Which makes me a very happy camper. I am up in the Northeast here, so I am glad to see them budding fast and on time, because if it were much longer, I don't know how much buddage I would have had before our first frost. (or how far along in the process it would have been) I also want to add, I expected a few males among my crop and was pleasantly surprised to have only come across one in the entire batch. Beginners luck