First real grow after fumbling around in past years!

I like this site. This is my first post after learning a lot from reading a ton of others. Couple questions... I have a couple of what looks like fruit flys. I used to see em on my dwarf lemon trees and sprayed em with a gallon of water infused with crushed garlic and a teaspoon of dish soap. Has anyone used a non chemical approach to what I believe is the beginning of spider mites? Second is I’m on a 18/6 schedule for around 6-7 weeks and one plant has shown preflowers as definitely female but the other four have shown nothing, so if I start 12/12 how long do I have if the others show male parts before they have the ability to knock up the girls?
 

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