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This robot will grow all the food you need in your backyard.
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Information  07-27-2016, 04:08 PM
Explanation: This is a different kind of recipe ... a recipe for an Open Source robot that will grow your own vegetables etc.

Farmbot Genesis [https://farmbot.io/]



Build your own OR purchase DIY Farmbot kits available from $3900.oo each (+p&h) from the website provided in the link above.


Personal Disclosure: This is amazing technology that allows anyone to have a green thumb and grow their own food with minimal effort.

I for one think it is excellent if but a little costly!

However the produce looks very yummy! :mediumlunchtime:

What do my fellow rogues think about this?

If you had the cash and the land/area to support it would you get one?

Is this the end of gardening as we know it?
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07-27-2016, 04:39 PM
(07-27-2016, 04:08 PM)OmegaLogos Wrote: Is this the end of gardening as we know it?

If it'll dig out all the crap I've hauled away from the garden in the past two weeks, I'd have one!
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But... I'm tempted!
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07-27-2016, 05:17 PM
Wow, that's alright!  And I sure could use one of those now that my bones don't want to cooperate to do my own planting.

But... alas, I will have to wait until my rich uncle dies before I can afford one, or else, show this to my husband and let him build me one. tinybiggrin
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07-28-2016, 07:03 PM
Kinda cool !

Personally, I think it would take away the fun of having a garden from scratch to results out of my hands but it could indeed become helpful once I can't do it anymore or just about.

The price tag is hefty though. Will probably go down as production increases.

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08-03-2016, 01:57 PM
No thanks ... you can have the mechanical monstrosity .... will stick to gardening the old fashioned  way .....
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08-03-2016, 10:11 PM
That robot would not stand a chance against the chippies and deer.  It would be harder to prep for winter than it would save time.  A couple of raised planters and two hundred bucks apiece would be a better investment, less of a headache.

Raised planters make it easy to control weeds.  Nothing in the video said this was going to pull weeds.
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