[jasondozell]

No doubt the tech is interesting but conceptually this is pretty awful.

Anyone who has done it knows if you have irrigation sorted there is very little needed for seedlings to grow to full size. Even with no irrigation we’re only talking 5mins watering on dry days.

Adding all this electronics and metal to an otherwise organic and natural process is environmentally, economically and spiritually detrimental.

[sgt]

I thought the same. Why not just sort out an automated irrigation system, and do the initial seeding manually? Even with a robot there will be manual work like cleaning weeds, pruning, etc.

[justsomeperson]

weeding and pest control is where the real utility for a farm robot would come in.

[opinologo]

If that's the case then plastics from your irrigation system would also ruin your environment.

Metals (although in tiny portions) are part of ourselves but plastics are not.

[jasondozell]

Don’t think a hose that costs $10 is comparable to everything going into these contraptions that cost $1.5k