you could take some cuts from her and get the tight close growth you desire back into her if you felt like it, shes going to get 2-3 times larger with streach during the pre flowering phase, im not sure if thats what hydro is getting at.
Yeah it was pretty bad I made the mistake of trying to follow the fox farm feeding schedule that they recommend but I did 1/3 strength but I guess the soil at the time still had quite a bit of nutrients left in it and it was way too much with what I added idk it was all bad.