I been using jute gardening twine, tied with a sliding hitch for easy adjustment. That's a "rolling hitch" to y'all sailors. I just bent this midget DoSiDo this evening on day 40, til the cola is a few inches below the lowers. The stem was too woody to crush it, so I just took a chance on breaking it off:Ya, I use butcher string to tie my plants down to spread them out. Works well enough to tie them up I guess. I tied them up to the tent support bar. This is going to be a good one.