Personaly mate by the look of your pics your plants look well ready to flower I have been doin every strain possible hydro grow the lot personaly I prefer light mixid say put them in 12\12 nd get the babys started but like anything the mor time you give it the better it will b but I flower when my plants hit 12inches and have abbout 10 to 12 layers of leaf nd usualy hit the 3 4 onz a plant mark