Its your party find out what works for you man, there's no right or wrong in it, its all opinions and what methods you learn best for your environment and situation. Some top some fim some lst which i love but the stress to some genetics will turn your baby male and some can take it and turn out great, some grow for money some medical some for personal and some science. so in the finding what and how and why (YOU) wanna grow have fun with it and know there will be problems and you will figure them out but out of this forum remember its YOUR grow and youll get 100000000000 different OPINIONS but until you try it you won't know.
Looks like you have one plant is it a sure thing(fem?)
Also looks good to me and i know its a struggle to be patient but if you would have waited a little longer your stem would have doubled and you could have taken a healthy clone and the support for your bud would have been epic.
Like i said trial and error. Theres no such thing as a master grower just people who are really good at their method.... good luck bro ill keep watch on your updates.