transition

Hello All! Im wondering what everyone does in preparation/the process of transitioning their plants from Vegetative to Flower. I'd like to hear everyones opinion on going from 18/6 to 12/12 (Do you do it in one day? Step the timer down over a # of days? 24-36 hours of dark? etc... BUT more...

Been reading about a flower initiator. Where you turn one some red led one for about ten mins after your main lights turn off. The idea is that help the plant transition over to sleep mode. With out the red it takes two for the plant to transition over. So the idea is to be able to flower...