Problem Child DWC

About 24 days into 12/12 and I FINALLY started seeing real progress into the transition to flower. Not only is this strain slow to transition but early flowering signs start off kinda weird lookin compared to other strains I've grown over the years. If this plant continues the same trends as the last time I grew it then it will chunk up pretty quickly once things get rolling. Even with minimal flowering the aroma is already starting up. Did full tank changes and switched over to true flowering ratios. If you haven't noticed, I'm not as anal about tank changes compared to a lot of hydro growers. I usually do a change about once a month or when changing ratios unless there are issues. I top off a couple times a week though so plenty of fresh nutes in the system. I also don't push my concentration levels very high, only 1100ppm(about 2.2 EC) using pretty hard water. Gave a light defoliation. Before and after pics included. Nothing crazy, just the old long stem stuff in the bottom half of the plants that aren't reaching the top of the canopy and is just clogging up space between branches. Leave the stuff up top intact for now though, those are the leaves that are doing the heavy lifting being closer to the light source. We just want a little better airflow in the under canopy. The plants had stretched to about 10 inches away from my light so I raised it 6 inches to give it closer to 14 inches of clearance again. I have about another 6 inches I can raise it if needed. Hopefully it's enough headroom. The canopy is very full, I'll have to get very creative if I gotta supercrop.