not really sure when to chop it.

hi , i started this a long time ago. i never kept records only pictures as time went on. now im wishing i kept a ledger of the grow. this time i wont make the same mistake twice.

here is a few pics of the one out of 5 that was female. my question is how do i know if its ready, is it ready?

also how do i know when its ready to flower? is it just preference of size? flower whenever you want to?

heres better pics those suck.
i think its probably a little soon to chop it

looks pretty good to me... but def. doesnt look ready yet... post up some more pics in a week....

and yes, you can pretty much start flowering whenever you want

yeah as far as im concerned im lucky to even have one decent female plant. i hacked it bro. i used dirt from my yard. big mistake. i litterally put a seed in dirt and all i gave it was water, and it came out ok. this time instead of floros. i bought a 400 hps, which now makes 640watts hps. im not even using the floros now. except for a male plant i dont want in my hps spot. i figure why not try and get some seeds, by pollenating a branch myself. im pretty sure its male anyway. heres a pic of the plant i think is male. it seems the males are always awsome plants. i cropped the plants i have now and luckily they turned out four out of five females. deffinite obviouse females with perfect preflowers