I siad topping "like in veg"
I chopped top colas.....
smaller younger buds below still have some to go..guessing they will be stunted for a day or two?
Lots of growers do that. The lower buds usually are light deprived and don't mature like top colas. Yea, cut that female and keep your reg lite sched. The lower buds will fatten and ripen.