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How should I train this tall plant?

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This plant is a Nirvana Maui Waui fem growing in organically amended soil in the ground. It is now around 63" tall and I am at ~33 degree latitude. It's on the corner of my property, so it can be tended to a couple times a week. What should I do to train it? I know there's many combinations. The following options are what I'm considering:
  • Should I top it, and if so, how many nodes down should I top it? The third node's a long way down.
  • Should I only super crop it?
  • Should I just bend it and LST without any topping or super cropping?
I'm really leaning towards topping it, because I've done it to a plant(another Maui) repeatedly, starting when it was at ~5 nodes. But, if I top a couple nodes down from the top on this tall plant, then later top the new growth tips, will that cause weight balance issues for this plant? I want to support it with a trellis either way.

Btw, I can't seem to upload new photos, so these two are older. And yes, a deer stepped on the base several weeks ago and snapped the plant just above the ground and now she's got a loop at her base. lol
 

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It is very pliable, so I've tested bending it down and it could definitely work without super cropping the internal structure. I might do LST with some stakes and soft ties as it grows
 
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