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Hey jimmyrauch, You could put them to flower pretty much at anytime if you want. Normally they strech 2-3x in size from when you put them into 12/12 deppending on the strain, and lights. I would say if you have five feet i would probably wait till they hit about 12-16" before you put them to flower. Another thing you can do to help with less initial strech is to put them to 24 hours dark before the start of 12/12. I know a lot of people will agree and the same amout will disagree with 24 hour dark before flower. But trust me i did it with identical clones from the same mom with 2 different strains with the same results. The one with 24 hours dark had alot less initial strech that was very noticable after 2 weeks like almost a 5-6" difference. Also it was throwing pistils like crazy. The one that didnt go to 24 hours dark first looked alot more streched and had alot less pistils looked almost like 1.5 weeks behind.

Hope this helps... Good luck...