When should I flower to fit my space?!?!

Plants are at 5"
DWC is 9" (I have a box under it to keep it close to the cfls)
box itself is 20"x20"x32"
but im worried that even if i flower now i may run out of space. LSTting is hard because they are so bushy and short. will scroging buy me more veg time? and can i leave my clones of these strains in there while i flower the mothers on 12/12?

Strain..sativa up to 3 times stretch indica 2 times..hydrid up to 3 times.. go with that.

pretty much what i was gonna say ^^^^^^^^^^^^

If you leave your clones in there while flowering your mothers then naturally so will you clones flower, is that what you intend to do ?

DeeTee said:

If you leave your clones in there while flowering your mothers then naturally so will you clones flower, is that what you intend to do ?

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These are bagseed, i have no idea if the strains are even female. i need to take atleast one clone from each for now to continue the strains and just kill the male plants/clones. should i flower some clones first and veg while im doing that? or just flower the plants and as soon as the show sex take clones?

Take clones first, keep the mother in veg and flower the clones, once you determine the sex you'll know if the mother is worth keeping. if it's a male then you'll need to start over with new seeds.