That is true about the malesmales growing slightly faster due to the fact that they need to grow fast to grow tall so that their pollen can travel further in the wind, but what I've seen is that if you give your plant a good environment and keep them healthy, they'll grow fast anyway, whether female or male, so don't stress, fast growth can be good, as long as it isn't stretching.
It looks like you may have fimmed too early,but saying that you possibly thought about doing it because of the age of the plant..so understandable.
This is true males do tend to grow vigorously but don't be discouraged I've seen plenty of fast strong growing females too. Once that grows up two nodes you can top them both again, helping keep it shorter. I don't know how much room you have but if its very limited space you may want to flip it over into flower after another week. You'll have a couple nice colas.
Hey man, this is called hijacking a thread, rather open a new one of your own, then you won't get hated on.
Your plant does look badass though, not sure why it did that, hopefully some one will help you out. But start a thread.
Sorry I didn't know! Thanks for the heads up
OP, Welcome to RIU. It looks like you were FIM'ing a little too much maybe. {Fuck, I should have Missed} As others said, more light will get it out of it's funk faster. You do need good air flow.
What I meant was to let it rest and recover from the stress, it should usually be fine after a couple to a few days. But if you have micro grow space then go ahead and flip it. If you have the ability to get some super thrive or some B12 /vitamins for plants then go for it and give it a dose that'll help with recovery and transition. I will tell you though that that stuff super thrive etc is really meant to give before the planned stress such as Fimming/ topping or transplant.
