Just another Bozo's post is very helpful, but just because you're new I'm gonna say take almost everything on these sites as hear say. There are a lot of people with great advice, techniques, and incredible knowledge on here, but for everyone of them there's 4 just saying what they've heard and can't really help. I had people telling me I wouldn't see any bud sites or anything for a month and though this may be the case in some situations it was not for me...
What light are you using for flowering and are they on at least 12 hours of complete dark every day?