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Yes, it only works for tall plants like tomatoes, raspberries etc., but that doesn't mean it "won't work".
by fenwick67 7y ago
Yes, it only works for tall plants like tomatoes, raspberries etc., but that doesn't mean it "won't work".
- giarc 7y agoIt works on smaller plants, you just have to place the collar around them.
- pajtai 7y agoI guess I meant, it "won't work" for me personally... and using height as an indicator of weediness seems risky.... at some point you'll have a tiny new seedling that you want to keep and you'll have to remember to work around your weeder... just doesn't seem as convenient as I would imagine it in my ideal world.
- majewsky 7y agoIf you only need to remove weeds manually in the first few weeks after seeding instead of all the time, that's a potentially substantial reduction of labor cost. Same with strawberry picking robots: It's not a dealbreaker if they have only 50% precision. That still means you have halved your labor costs (and time requirements) for the picking step (assuming that the robot picks in the night, then workers pick the remainder during the day).
- pavel_lishin 7y ago> at some point you'll have a tiny new seedling that you want to keep and you'll have to remember to work around your weeder. There's a metal guard you put down around small plants that prevents Tertill from mowing them down. The video does a pretty good job explaining the basic operation.
- larrydag 7y agoOr just put chicken wire around areas you don't want weeded
- HeyLaughingBoy 7y agoI have thistles that if left untended will be even taller than tomatoes or raspberries...