According to some aspects of the present invention a
system for controlling
thinning of
plant reproductive structures (e.g., fruits and / or bloom) includes a
processing unit; and a non-transitory media readable by the
processing unit. The media storing instructions that when executed by the
processing unit, cause the processing unit to generate a
thinning policy based on analysis of data that may include one or more of the following: strains / cultivars, geographical area, topographic, soil, farming practice, climate, season, target market preferences, and trade. The
thinning policy may include the determination of a desired reproductive structures density which may mean the rate (percent) of flowers / fruits to be removed and the distance between flowers / fruits. Typically, the density is related to the location of fruits / flowers. It can be spatial, linear, tree average,
branch average, or average per unit length. The thinning policy may be determined according to strains / cultivars and geographic.