Doc I see you said your not having a great time with LST well i have learned its super easyier when there younger, and clones are easyier to bend than seedling.
Seedlings you really cant bend over at a young age so you have to wait for there branches to develop and try to bend without snapping lol.
but with clones as soon as they root and plant in 1 gal i give them a few days to settle and root to grow a little than i start bending before the stem gets to hard lol.
so about a week in the 4in clones is bend over almost a 90degree angle, than when the new growth grows vertical about 2-3nodes u tie that down and cont. the process.
thats just what i do and it helps but if you have plants like your just hook some floss to the branches and just open them a little, like you did i wouldnt try to full blown LST those.
I use to LST a tone a follow this technique-
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but since i have been working with a lot of seed lately i quit doing it, and decided to let most of them just grow lol.
sorry if all of this has been said or stuff you know, didnt read all the post on the past couple of pages.