i just wanna know with all your expertise, why you arent using mylar.
i think if you lined the walls with mylar you would have been able to keep the smaller branches becuase the light would have been reflected into under the canopy.
i had a 4x3x4 space with 9 babies and lined the complete room with mylar and every branch had beautiful nuggets regardless of the actual direct lighting. they say that reflected light from a 1000watt light is like an additional 400w for free.....

just some food for though.