Quote Originally Posted by kevin10
what if i switched the to 8 hours of light and 16 hours of dark,would this not fool the plants into thinking that nows the time to flower and bud
As said before, the plant will _not_ flower until it is sexually mature, you can't get around that with a lighting adjustment.

At this point, you really have nothing to lose by staying on 12/12. I would expect to see some changes soon, if you are 6 weeks from seed. Unfortunately, the 4 weeks of short days has definitely given you much smaller plants than you would have had on a more appropriate schedule.