Grow light Australia do some things called buddies.
You could wire a small driver into your existing wire and then they have stick on pads , you could put string/s of them spread out under the 4ft space
Yeah, if it's off the chart it would suggest a long slow accumulation..
Which is why it hits mid flower.
I'm a coco guy so can't give you the quantities and timings for soil unfortunately.
If you've made changes , I'd see how things go.
The last one you can see tip burn, and it looks heavy on N , though photos can be deceptive, so it might be a case of just reducing your overall nutrients to avoid the same pitfalls.
I'd get online and find your water report.
See what's in it that's making it so hard.
Chances are if you're having issues mid flower it's something causing a lockout .
A build up of something.
I can't tell if inder all that new growth is a plant that was ready.
But it looks like a lock out to me.
You've not given enough information though to diagnose.
8 weeks isn't a standard finishing time, despite what breeders might say
I'm a big fan of drain to waste coco as its forgiving. Though I am technically Recirculating.
But one hydro system is much the same as another.
They all involve well oxygenated nutrients.
Forget about aquaponics and aeroponics.
Too many points to fail.