I lollipop my plants, and its is I think more about the quality of the buds. You are removing growth that won't be getting any light, and inturn usually ends up being light fluffy, and of a lower quality. Dome people cook with these buds, I cook with the trim off of my 12-15 inch solid colas. Its not that its better just a different way of growing. It also allows you to fit more plants into a smaller space which is what SOG growing is all about. I usually have between 20-25 plants in my 2x4 ft tray under my 1k lamp. I have a second tray I set up at times to run twice as many plants in a 4x4 area. Each plant yields between 20-30 grams each x 20-40 plants and you can see how well it works out. I'm able to put these plants in with little to no veg time, so I can cycle a harvest in barely more time then it takes to flower the clones.