I cant see a plead to intent to sell being worse, they would need proof you were selling in court, and if they dont have any, there way of charging you with it is to convince you a plea is better, whcih most of the time liek thsi got him in more trouble. If some one comes to your house and find stuff its for you and only you, you would then have only 1 felony cultivation, and the seriousness of the situation can be explained to the police that in fact you are very against dealers and the system put up do to the criminalization of cannibis.