I go straight to 12/12, well actually I'm running 12.5/11.5 (dark/light) currently. But anyway my clones are always showing flowers in about 6 days. I will add that I don't count my plants as flowering until they start to form pistils and actully begin flowering. The title of your thread is why I bothered to look at it, because transitioning into flower is exactly what the plant has to do. I feel that it does that very well being flipped directly rather then decreasing light hours gradually.