nitrogen claw.... i gotta read up about that. but i havent fed any nutes in a while, only ph'd water. and still no improvements! the problem has only gotten worst! wtf??
That doesn't look like 'the claw' too me, The wrong leaves are curled under and they are too severely curled.
Now for having too much nitrogen in your growing mediums or soil. The plant will have like an overall DARK green look and have delayed maturity. Due to Nitrogen being involved in vegetative growth, to much nitrogen will result in tall plants with weak stems.
New growth will be very lively and plant transpiration will be high, but not always. Nitrogen toxicity can be seen when there are very very dry conditions almost as if there was a drought, which may show a burning effect. If you give your plants ammonium based nutrients they may show NH4+ toxicity, which will show a smaller plant growth and lesions that occur on stems and roots, leaf margins that will roll downward.
Also the big fan leaves will have the claw look. The tips will point down but the leaves will stay up as if when you bend your fingers downwards. Leaves can be twisted when growing
mainly new growths. Roots will be under developed along with the slowing of flowering. Yields will be decreased, because to much nitrogen in early stages of flowering slows down bud growth. Water uptake is slowing down from the vascular breakdown of the plants as well. Too much potassium and nitrogen will lock out calcium as well.