Early Flowering...?

I was considering flowering early because this is my first grow and would be happy even if I could see at least 1 plant come to bud.

I currently have 4 plants vegin at the mo, 3 at 2 weeks and the other at 1 week (came through late for some reason).

I keep reading that marijuana is an easy plant to grow, but for me it feels like a constant battle. So for this reason if the plants stay alive long enough to get through flowering I'll be happy.

WHAT I NEED TO KNOW IS..

1)Is there a minimum time/height/growth/leaves needed before flowering?
2)What are the results of doing so?

From seed, not long enough veg.....need clones to "speed" up the process. Read..read...read!

You can flower as small as 8", maybe smaller. You realize that flowering early will cause your yeild to be much smaller. If youre ok with that, go for it.

yeah i got 5 bud plants about 5 inch each all budding looking beautiful but only grow a certain amount :/