walk in closet grow space/250 watt hps/ 3 soil plant advice

Hey need some all around grow advice from the experienced. I have 3 soil plants.
/ under 250w hps/ a big walk in closet to grow in. My plants are now each abouth 10inches in hiegth.
1. When should i flower?
2. I want to transplant them into. 3 gal pot, should i? And what soil?
3. How far should plants be from my light

So this is my set uo after reading a bunch one thing that i believe has to change is the distance of my light from the.plants seems way too far. Any other friendly advice?

What strain are growing? Did you buy them online? Are you using feminized seeds? If you throw them into 12/12 to early it can cause Hermaphroditism or plants with both sexes and can go to seed. Jorge Cervantes recommends that you what until the plants show preflowers which usually takes about 2 months and then veg for 2 more weeks before changing to 12/12. Veg 'em in 1-2 gallon pots until they show there sex (If growing regular (Non Feminized) seeds get rid of males at this time). Then put 'em in 5-7 gallon pots, veg 'em for 2 more weeks and then start blooming cycle. But if space is an issue and you may want to try one of the auto-flowering Strains. I recommend Dutch Passion autos like these:

http://www.dutch-passion.nl/en/seeds/product/think-different/
http://www.dutch-passion.nl/en/seeds/product/automazar/
http://www.dutch-passion.nl/en/seeds/product/autoblueberry/

What Soil are you using now? Normally you would transplant into the same soil you started with? But if you're looking for a good organic soil I would recommend foxfarm, roots organic or Black Gold

http://foxfarmfertilizer.com/products_soils1.html
http://www.aurorainnovations.org/soil.html
http://www.blackgold.bz/products/potting-soils

Choose the soils that say they are designed for better drainage and aeration. Or add your own extra perlite. Don't use more than 33.33% perlite or it could stratify and your soil will float!

I recommend these fertilizers

http://generalhydroponics.com/site/index.php/products/general_organics/

A 250 Watt HID should probably be about 1.5-2 feet from the plants or high enough that it sheds light on all the plants.

A good way to simulate a more natural growing environment and encourage earlier and stronger preflowering is to start at 22/2 photoperiod and decrease by one hour every week until you reach 12/12

Week 1----Week 2----Week 3----Week 4----Week 5----Week 6----Week 7----Week 8----Week 9----Week 10----Week 11
22/2--------21/3-------20/4------19/5-------18/6------17/7-------16/8-------15/9------14/10-------13/11------12/12

Hope this helps. Good luck!

Cool does help alot. I will try that light cycle

Sorry dragon havnt had a chance to write back. But its jillybean tga. I have had it on 18/16 since i got these 3 plants 5 days ago. Do u still recoomend the same lught cycle u suggested?

If they are clones then you can start blooming at anytime because they are already mature. If they are seedlings about 4-6 weeks old then put 'em in like 16/8 or 14/10 to help encourage preflowering.