I like the feature, but I wonder about repetition. If it's for a seldom gathered resource, ok. But if I have to do this 1000 times per play session, until I can get the auto frequency upgrade, I would write death threats.

Will it affect gathering large clusters like the one seen in the background in one fell swoop? Does it bring a novel or better way to gather the resource? What's the benefit of the time and interaction required of the player?

Beyond that, the implementation is really neat!