Nah, I totally get what you're saying finn (as only someone growing would). To get some of my bud spots up to the screen, I currently try to pull the leaves/fan leaves above the screen, and hope that the leaves will hold the bud spot above the screen. Sometimes, it works, sometimes it falls back through. Using twist ties would definitely work, although many of the branches would get covered up by the uppper fan leaves unless I trimmed off the fan leaves... do you do this? Mostly it's the main stem and it's fan leaves that are getting in the way.

On the clones I'm growing now, I'll try some LSTing... if I get a chance. The folks are flying out from the midwest in a couple months, and they'd probably croak if they knew I was growing.... so I may have to put the clones on hold.