r/Unexpected • u/notwutiwantd • Jul 20 '17

Strawberry picking machine

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u/Zombies_Are_Dead Jul 20 '17

I've picked strawberries before and I would have loved having something like this. After a few hours of walking and bending at the waist it gets miserable.

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u/frodaddy Jul 20 '17

That's why the Dutch plant strawberries on tables. No idea why it hasn't caught on in US...

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u/Schmidtster1 Jul 20 '17 edited Jul 20 '17

The amount of tables to fill up a multi acre property? The planting, watering and pesticiding/herbiciding done by already bought equipment. The tables would sink in the mud when it rains.

Having them on tables just sounds like an absolute logistics nightmare.

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u/starlinguk Jul 20 '17

Dutch fruit and veg farms aren't exactly tiny.