Outdoor Deck Grow

For some reason it wont let me add a Week 7 Veg, so I have Week 7 and 8 together in this week. The plant has done well after all the rain we received. i haven't had to water the plant by hand once in 2-3 weeks. This week (Week 7) is the first week I will be able to water the plant with the Fox Farm Soil Nutrients. After I added the nutrients, the plant showed a sign similar to "claw" leaves, which after research found out that it could be from too much nitrogen. (I knew it wasn't from over watering, because the soil was super dry and the bucket was light). So I immediately flushed the plant with tap water at a pH of 7. That seemed to help the plant perk right back up by the following day. Didn't see many spots on the plant leaves either. Also removed more leaves from the lower half of the plant to help promote new growth upwards. (I am defoliating too much? I don't want to stunt any growth from the plant in the future).