Hey there my Belzebut , well I also never done this kind of thing before and I guess I shouldn't give advice to my adversary in the competition but I will try to follow
@silky_smooth 's advice to max the yield, for sure topping maybe pulling the leaves with more than three fingers to keep the plant in veg and maybe I'll also try to follow her mainline and let training. So to make it simple : topping and LST ! The most important thing is to keep the plant fed correctly and in this size this means adding a chelation agent to the feed , spray your micro to keep the ppm low and give calmag to the plant.... I'm also trying to water very little at a time so I can get two and sometimes three waterings a day , my hypothesis is that more wet/dry cycles means a quicker grow