I think it's just about time to flip (pics)

Wondering if you guys thing it would be time to flip these babies to 12/12 soon?
http://i.imgur.com/e65TJ.jpg
I also would like to know when a good time to begin trimming under the net would be .
http://imgur.com/OFDFB
As always ANY general comments or questions are greatly encouraged
http://i.imgur.com/K8PKp.jpg

looking nice man
they look though as if they could do with a bit of a water, but they're healthy anyway
you can pretty much switch whenever you want to from here i would say, but if you have the patience to wait a little bit it would do no harm for a bit extra harvest.
in terms of trimming under the net you may know it's greatly debated over whether it's good to do that at all! some say chop under the net and the plant will use it's energy to make the big buds instead of the popcorn nugs at the bottom, but from my understanding that isn't really how the plant works as such, more leaves (regardless of where hey are) means more photosynthesis and therefore more potential energy. Taking away the bottom leaves is just taking away the possible energy from the plant.
of course it's up to you and your interpretation of all the information on the net, but i would say leave (hehehe) them there.
hope i've helped
gimp.

You COULD switch it now, but i would give it 1.5 weeks more .

thanks for you help....i have heard LESS water actually since they are a bit droopy today ( i watered on the 4th)

i have also heard the theory of the energy...i was more looking into the trimming because I hear it is good for airflow ect ect. thanks again for the info I appreciate it.

Trim the biggest of shade leaves, then use the netting to get good light on all ur budsites .. Happy growing

I trim lower branches up until the beginning of week 4 flower with Indica and Indica/Sativa. Fan leaves, I'll pluck off up to final week of harvest. That's just me though.

Jorge Cervantes says fan leaf plucking is "crazy". But idk, it has worked well here. I hate those pale looking shaded buds.

You normally want to wait until they show preflowers before you induce flowering. Which usually takes about 8 weeks. This reduces the likelihood of Hermaphroditism. Unless your growing from clone that is. Then you can induce blooming as soon as you've got a decent root system. And it is advisable to not induce flowering until 4 weeks after topping a plant. In order to let the flowering hormones to re disperse. And just trim the leaves under the net as soon as they turn yellow. Hope this helps

does this apply to fimming too????

shadyslater said:

does this apply to fimming too????

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If your referring to the Fuck I Missed pruning technique. Not a 100% sure. If you look at my grow journal post you'll see that I just tried it for the first time outdoors. But yeah I think it would Be lucrative to wait 4 weeks after using the F.I.M. technique before inducing flowering.