[newbeee]

Its a good idea to transplant your plants before u put them on to flowering. Transplanting is like taking someone to a new surrounding and leaving them there. The plant kind of has to get used to its new surrounding. I don't understand why someone would flowering just to get more grow tips going. Why don't u try topping or training. Sid's grow guide explains most of the stuff and the rest of the answers could be found in other threads that have been started before. Check those threads. Your temperature is fine as I can see...the only thing u should note is that the plants should feel a 15 degree drop in the temp. when its on the dark period. You know that nights are colder than the day time right ? We need to mimick the natural world or in other words make the plant feel at home in ur setup. When u keep the lights lower ( without heat killing r plants ) the plants tends to grow strong and bushier at the bottom. However, according many experts, the light should be 18 inches from the tops of the plant and this applies mainly to MH or HPS lights. But for fluro. I think its could be significantly lower as those do not produce the same temp. as an HPS. Just raise the lights a little and see how the plants react to it. When the have come to a satisfactory height ( 12 inches with a strong stem ) I would flower them, the height of the plants needs to match what's available in your setup. So it all depends on your own setup and ur own goals. Hope this helps at least a little bit. And also during flowering a plants can double or triple in height.

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