Quote Originally Posted by nevergetsold
McDanger:
My oldest one is now suddenly growing at about an inch per day. I think it is a girl because I am seeing numerous single pointed growths coming out of the nodes but no fuzzy ones yet. Does the growth mean it is near ready to push it into flowering? It is 53 days old.
If you have alternating branches instead of pairs, the plant is ready anytime after that. It mostly depends how big you want it to get, it will double or triple in size when you switch to 12/12.