Yes it's flowering. It's an autoflower and you don't change the light cycle with those. Keep it on 18/6 - or some people use 20/4 or 24/0 - and it will do everything for you. Good luck!
yes, 10-12 weeks from first pistil for best potency and highest yield. i really like how well youll running hydro. you could increase the ppms by 25 maybe 50.
youll know when its done, itll stop pushing out rouge white pistils. join my blackout kush journal to see how to harvest properly.