This is my first grow. I have two plants going now, and earlier in their lives i burned them pretty bad because this is an expariment grow before I grow full scale. Any way they are about 2 days shy of 3 weeks old and LST has been going for 2 days on plant 1 and 1 day on plant 2. I found that if you use eyelet screws, you can easily tighten and loosen the branch ties, like tuning a guitar. also a simple hitch is the best to hold onto the branches.
one of the plants the top had to be removed because it was burned really bad in its earlier life(last pic) so its got two main stems. the other will be once i start to flower.
only problem is that then you have holes in the top of your reservoir. great if you're only using your system once.
Also I think you may have some hardcore nute burn going:/ http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1234402-Budget-DWC-CFL