Strawberry Cough - Newbie DWC

Thanks for taking a look! F number in photos = days since 12/12 flip. No more pictures of management or the senior pruning supervisor for a while, they are no longer allowed in the tent room because the plants are starting to get nice and sticky. Lil strawberry here bounced back from defoliation quite well, should have taken off a few more branches and less fans. 6 days after defol she's back to drinking 3/4gal of ec1.9 solution per day in VPD~1.35kPa. On the plus side, it stunted her vertical growth a little, but I've still completely lost control over the canopy, just a shaggy mess of uneven tops. One main branch was a good 4-5"(10-12cm) above the next tallest and running far too close to the light, so I've done some experimental plant abuse. A lot of the smaller twiggy branches from the base were bending out, which wasn't helping the already messed up canopy, so I supercropped the big one right across the middle of the plant where it was still pretty thin. My thought here is that I'm going to brace that and hope it grows a solid bar in the middle of the plant I can then use to anchor other branches to and bundle it up a bit to get closer to a 2'x2' canopy. Closer to... it's still going to be a mess. Not worried about being able to take the abuse, she's super healthy, growing like mad and took the defoliation like it was nothing. Worst case, I don't mind a reduced yield here to make res changes easier. Struggled getting EC to stay low where she wants it but EC1.9-2 doesn't seem to be causing any issues either. On day 8 of the current res, pH rock stable the whole time, going to change it in a day or two and shoot for EC~1.5(including ec0.35 tap water) to start I think. One more res w/ silicic acid, then stopping after that.