Not to bad, still been pretty busy lately, almost slacking in a sense too. Haven't gotten on the forum as much as I'd like to. Now I have to repair part of my roof in the next week or so before it becomes a big problem, wanted to wait til we decided to do renovations but that's not gonna happen haha Luckily I used to be a roofer though so it's just material costs.
I'm sure you can get a little bend in them babies, I would try to do it above the 2nd node at least if you can, it will be more flexible farther up. You can also rub the stem back and forth between your fingers with a little bit of pressure (almost as if you were supercropping) and this will help warm up the part you want to bend and it will make it much easier with less chances of snapping it. Always remember to hold onto the stem just below where you want to bend it before you add any pressure to the top and start bending. Then once you got it bent over some to your satisfaction just stake it down and anchor the bottom, the tops will turn back up towards the light eventually.
Good choice in getting another panel. I need to do the same for my 2nd room with the HPS, I can't really go bigger with an HID light since I only have 1 power circuit for both rooms, it would overload it. But I could do 2 identical panels like what I have in the veg room
I really like the results I got in flower last time with my LED panel, you will like it. I may just try a different brand this time so I can compare.