Any way to automate collection of biomass?

[SightlessGopher]

Any way to automate collection of biomass?

As I am writing this, I am getting this thought: may I place a mining rig on a tree..? :P

[CoinSpin]

Ironically, biomass is not really renewable at this time (trees don't regrow, and mining a tree doesn't get you anything), yet the ore veins are infinite. It's sort of the exact opposite of real life at the moment

If the suggestion for greenhouses to produce biomass as a byproduct ever comes true (it hasn't yet, has it?), you could theoretically set the greenhouse to produce seeds and be able to just pump in water and have it replenish the seeds while creating some biomass in the process. It wouldn't be a quick way to collect, but it would be a slow self-sustaining method.

[Haerken]

A fern and a shrub used to regrow, but I don't know if they do anymore as I'm not in an area that had those. I can't confirm any vegetation that will regrow. My hope is the large green house can be used for biomass production in the future, and maybe a good idea would be in the water an algea harvestor machine using top teir components.

[Peanut Gallery]

Probably not, but it would be nice if you could "plant" a tree to harvest later. Perhaps grow a seedling in the greenhouse as a starter...

[Mr. Fibble]

Only way to really farm biomass at the moment is to find a nest and fence it in maybe with a raised platform around the top unless you've got an upgraded jetpack.

Then just kill the spawns as they come at you and gather from the corpses.

I know you can run up to a nest and gather from it the same way you can for fruit and herbs but I've never bothered to find out if that can be done multiple times on a timer as its easier to just slaughter the beasts.

[johndai]

Nests perform like food trees, can be harvested after a short period, time and time again. You may find you don't always get the same mixture of items, have not explored that. I will experiment and see.

[Mr. Fibble]

Which means that building a moat around a nest to contain the nasties would work pretty well for safe collecting along with the nest slider cranked up to get more clumps of nests on a world.

[SightlessGopher]

I need a multi tool that may be placed in the world, I would find a forest and would hit the trees with the multi tools. Hopefully the trees would regrow in the same location and the laser would hit them again. And again.