vegetating? how long?

you can veg a plant out indefinatly if you want, thats how many people get their clones. they have one mother plant that might be 20 years old that they clone for their grows. as a general rule a plant will double in size after you throw it into budding. so keep that in mind for your grow, you can then grow one plant to fill your entire space if you wish, it takes a while though. most people wait until their plants are about one or two feet high depending on their space and time before budding them out.

i hope that answers your question

 

really the plants will double in size when u throw them into budding.
wow i didnt know they get that much bigger in flowering..... hell yeah.

 

actually, ive found that they only put on about another 2 inches, maybe 3, Because all of the plants energy goes towards the buds

I envy you if your plants double after flowerng

 

thats pretty interesting that you say your plants only grow 2-3 inches in flowering.
most people have said that the get much bigger when they flower. maybe you force flower yours ealy or something.