Knowledge and Opinions please!

I have just germinated some seeds in soil and they're about4 inches in heigh with only 2 leaves...so basically it's been 5 days since they've actually germinates. I have some time constraints but am also curious about how early you could flower a plant. Would it be possible to immediately flower the plant? I realize that obvioulsy yield would be greatly effected...I was just wondering. I've heard of peope flowering early...On the other side, is there an actual proper amount of time to leave the plant in its vegetative state? Usually I only leave it a 2-3 weeks...(I have size issue...only can go up to about 3.5 feet). If I wanted to grow them bigger cound I bend the plants if they became too big? Or top them? (I'm not sure whgat topping really is) Thanks for any opinions...sorry for all the questions

i know some have done that (flower right away) but I don't know how it turned out. I'm sure if you searched for the thread you could find it.... it was called 12/12 straight away or something like that.

you can both bend or top or both to your plants, it's all up to you....... topping is simply cutting the top of the plant off to shorten it. most top right at the growing tip...... but I usually will top it to the point where I take the top as a clone.