to tell you the truth im not shure how long it was in veg state, about a month or so,i dont know what strand it is,im useing 3 spot lites on it because i dont have the money now for a good lite,to answer that other guy its all for me& my cat doesent see the plant unless i take it out like when i took those pics other than that its in the grow room, what kind of plant food/ is good for budding?and can i trim leaves off durring flowering,if they get damaged by say like a cat biteing the leaves? i will put more pics up soon so you can see it better