If you had a rare or unique strain the only way to get the buzz up on it was to have people see it. To do that you had to pass it out or grow, distribute, and promote it. With things being underground people didn't want all that leading back to them.
With things changing now, that might work. Still you'd have to run a really tight ship to keep something from getting out. Any disgruntled employee or friend could take cuts and sell them to your competitors.
With things changing now, that might work. Still you'd have to run a really tight ship to keep something from getting out. Any disgruntled employee or friend could take cuts and sell them to your competitors.