I planted over 200 different vegetable (annual and perennial) varietals on my farm and weeds were still our #1 problem. In my experience, weeds don't discriminate, they come for us all!

However, a robotic solution will be easier adapted initially to larger 'mono crop' type plantings indeed.

That said, no-till, regenerative ag plantings have the potential for huge, large-scale positive effects for soil and environmental health. Even though they can indeed be 'mono crop' in the sense that they are many acres of the same cash crop, planted into cover crop.

I'm hoping eventually we can have robotics that work even for small, diversified farms. Like mine.

Several of my market farm friends have said to 'sign them up' for robots after reading this piece. One wants them for her lavender farm. Another for their brussels sprout plantings.

It's those dang weeds!