I'm glad to hear you understand that the plant is nothing compared to what it could have been. My concern was that, after everyone telling how great you were doing, you might actually believe that plants are
supposed to look like that. I don't understand why you started the flowering cycle so early, but hey, that's your choice. Anxious to get flowering maybe?
It's not necessary to keep track of the days in veg although everyone likes to know how long it's been ... just grow it to the height that you want it to be when you start flowering, however long that takes, that's what it takes. Keep in mind when deciding how high to grow it in veg that your plant(s) will almost certainly double in size during flowering and could triple with less than optimum lighting. In other words, if you grow it to 1 foot tall in veg you could end up with a 3 foot plant during the flowering cycle ... whatever you choose, can your lights adequately cover that? All that is for next time of course. Good luck.
