I agree with all of this, but I think at the very start, those first few weeks, or even months, then we need to be able to see some growth.

When I plant my turnip seeds, my initial concern is to see visible growth, and the impatient part of me wants to see that sooner rather than later. Those green shoots emerge and I am thrilled. They get to so many inches and then it is time to thin out the seedlings. If I start to thin out the crops too soon then I will at best inhibit and at worst destroy growth and crop production.

This is a rubbish analogy, not least because my turnips failed miserably this year.