You might could top the plants to encourage lateral growth, or LST the plant. LST is low stress training basically you tie down the branches so they grow horizontal instead of vertical. so in your cause you would train the plants to grow across the netting instead of vertical.
As for topping tomatoes tend to concentrate a lot of its growth hormones in the upper growing tips, By topping the plants the remaining lateral growth tips will recieve more of the plants GH and it will bush out more.
You could also do both methods, top the plants and the new growth LST it to keep the plant shorter and more compact. with LST you can train them so they also allow more light to fall on a greater amount of the plants.
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