Texas grower here as well
Honestly - the difference between the first picture and the more recent ones are great, but if you are growing outside I wouldn't expect a "huge" yield from that plant...it's just too late in the season. If I were you, I'd start cruising CraigsList for used grow lights, and bring that baby inside. Just my opinion, so take it for what it's worth (that is unless you are far S. Tx.)
As far as the plant going hermie from stress - I'm not so sure they all do that. I've got one plant I'm finishing up (pretty much pure sativa - bag seed) that I have mistreated on purpose to see what would happen. It's now about 6' tall, and covered in buds. Each stem (even the bottom ones) are one long solid bud. Sure - the stress I put on it made it lag behind the others as far as maturity rate, but she's a trooper. Not a male flower to be seen anywhere. Honestly I'm wondering at this point if the hermie issue is more in the genetics rather than treatment of the plant itself. She's been exposed to intense heat, breaking of the main stem (accident, but recovered beautifully), shitty soil, absurdly high nute feedings...nothing seems to phase her. I almost wish I'd cloned her, but being bag seed, I have no idea what the potency will be, and I didn't want to waste a lot of effort on what *might* turn out to be so-so smoke. She does seem to be getting covered with trics now - even the leaves.
Do you know the strain of your plant? If yes, what was the average flowering period? 8 weeks? 12 weeks?
