Damn Bill, there's a lot going on in this thread. Good job at taking it nice and slow.
Sorry to hear about the budworms. We're in the same general area and I learned about them the hard way during my 1st grow last season. I was forced to chop early. I've been using the BT ever since, but today finally decided to prevent the moths from landing on my plants by putting a sheer piece of cloth over them at night.
The thing I don't like about the BT is that it doesn't prevent the worms from eating your buds. The eggs have to hatch and the worms have to eat your buds and ingest the BT. So presumably they will die inside your bud and potentially rot?
About the supercropping: I see how your Querkle is doing and it's very nice. It doesn't seem you can keep branches very low doing that? Seems like the limbs will heal and kinda straighten up a bit at the point where it was bent. My sole purpose for LST/supercropping is just to limit the height of the plant rather than bud production.
I talked to a girl at Lowes the other day and she suggested Lavender spray and even mothballs to prevent the moths. She didn't know what plants I was trying to protect, tho. I doubt mothballs should be anywhere around your plants. I dunno.
In any event, awesome grow.