camoxnhx, I would probably use some wire cutters to cut off the end of that paper clip, leave the hook end of the paper clip around the stem of your LR2, then just push the newly-clipped end of the paper clip into the soil at a right angle to the location of the hook around the stem - I think such a method would result in lower stress to your LR2, because it appears you may have an issue with regard to the upward pressure against your 2nd node? Also, training your LR2 at such an early age, you will be able to continue to use such a method as she lengthens. You will be able to have more anchors into the soil than possible to the lip of your bucket?

Your LR2 should be fine as is, if you don't feel like fooling with the above. She is super bendy at such a young age, so I doubt you will do any damage to the node, as discussed above; I just feel the anchor system may be better in this instance. However, I am a newbie at lst'ing - the MIQ is my first plant and therefore my first lst. I anchored her the way I don't think I could have anchored her into the soil - plus, her nodes were pretty hardy, so I didn't think the stress would adversely affect her.

Sorry to ramble on so long, but there you have my 2 cents, which are worth substantially less in this day and age! Your LR2's look awesome though, man! I am really thinking hard about trying some out since my last bean order has not made it. With the limited time I have left in the outdoor season, I am thinking I would get almost as much vegetative growth from an autoflowerer as I would from any other.

I look forward to watching your LR2's and the lst'ing of them. greenatik has made me a firm believer in this technique, and from my own implementation of it. As I stated in my own log, I think it has increased MIQ's potential yield by at least 3-fold! I hope you will see the same results, and feel you will.

Be good out there, my friend!