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This process is called "thinning" [0] (as distinct from pruning), and is employed by farmers the world over. And has been done for several hundred years. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinning#In_agriculture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinning#In_agriculture