sexing then re-veg..? for the pros and discussion

I've been trying to find as much information about re-vegging to get more insight on the inner workings of the plants. As mentioned in my root-a-fanleaf thread, my kids are 5wks old, on their 5th node.

1 plant was topped. 2 stems growing now.
4 were fimmed (or i attempted to). 1-2 days recent, so no idea of my success.
1, i am attempting LST.

Say in 2 weeks, I send them into flowering for 2 weeks on 12/12 to show signs of sex. What would be the impact of switching back to 18/6 as soon as I've determined sex (roughly 2weeks into flowering)?

I have a gut feeling the plants are gonna be like WTF

My original idea was to cut, root, and sex a few clones but they're only on their 5th node, and I dont want to f*** it up. Any suggestions?

I got 7 more germinating and on the way, and I'm looking to make some space in my 22gal bin.

Conventional wisdom says it stresses the plant and may promote hermies. I used to do it all the time and didn't have any higher percentage of hermies than after I stopped doing it, so I don't know. :shrug:

The plant may end up yielding less....I would be patient take a cut let it root and flower

determining sex by forcing and revegging

pros - only need one light space

cons- can lose many weeks waiting for plants to revert
- can cause female plants to crack nanners (although this is usually only a problem in the first few weeks of revegging).

determining sex with clones

pros - donor plants get to continue vegging while clones determine gender
- sex is predictable in approx 3 weeks, sometimes less

cons- need to have two lit areas on different light cycles (although the clone space wont need very much wattage)

I've done it both ways but clone as a rule now... the little bit of extra work can save months if your girls don't readily revert to veg.