With all due respect to Uncle Ben, I'm a noob to growing weed, but I have worked in agriculture my whole life. Every grower I have met/done business with 'thins' their crop. Whether it be cherries, plums, almonds, olives, grapes. Thinning will help the tree produce bigger fruit. Thinning is used by the best botanists in the world here in the Calfornia valley. Why do you think botanists/growers do not thin their crops? You are misinformed on this bit of information. Maybe this is different for marijuana? I do not have a degree but I do have hundreds of hours working with growers (fruit crop, not weed).