Sorry Sanguine trying not hijack your thread but i think i little explanation of what i'm trying to achieve is needed.
Im very intrigued by this method.....
What exactly are u doin by caning?
I mean what the purpose.....does it provide more light down in between the taller colas?
Im not sure i fully understand
The principal is to maximise the growth of blooms on lower branches, by aggressively tying down the stem horizontally. This will force on the side branching on the lower 3 nodes of the plant. When the side branches grow they are tied to the outside canes, but it's very important to tie them
after the first node on each side branch.
The tops of the side branches are then held down to allow the two branches at the first node of the side branch to develop, these are allowed to grow upwards at the same rate as the top of the branch, in effect giving you three colas on each side branch.
This allows for many more blooms to develop than normal, and these are true full size colas. A couple of the largest blooms develop from the very first nodes on the first side branch. The even canopy that is created allows much better use of the available light.
I do a fair amount of defoliating this helps with light penetration. And if any branches stretch too far these can easily be super-cropped, to help maintain the overall canopy height.
I hope this explains what i'm doing, it's about creating more blooms at the lower nodes of the plant and not just about getting more light to the plants.
Here is a picture of a stripped plant showing the first node side branch with the two extra colas forced from the first node of said branch, usually the site of a little popcorn bud.