Decided not to continue veg for another few weeks due to other complications and now we are flipping to flower (hence, why these look like beginning of flower as these pictures were taken a few days into flower week. We flushed the plants in darkness for about 24 hours and many of the lower leaves were hanging down, which made pre-flower defoliation really easy (1/2 pound trim using with coconut oil). The plants responded very well now a few days later and have grown in height again and now many of the bud site locations are popping up all over. It looks incredible.
Also we have switched the lights and have added a 6000W main light (replaced two quantum boards from last week) and spread out the remaining 6 Led lights around evening the spectrum.
Note: Pictures were taken a day after flush, prior to defoliation.