Im certain this will provoke the community as being brash and a step in the wrong direction, but I feel they should be expressed
Herbalist table:
Herbalist table shouldnt be quality factor for malted grain/tea/trees/etc. perhaps they should softcap these items quality, but certainly it should not affect its quality.
Because:
within two weeks of the release of wheat, there was already Q170+ wheat floating around the markets.
if you have good string (from farming or from hides) you can make a herb table vastly superior to your current board/block quality, allowing you to jump at least 10-15Q on trees
instead i suggest that, similar to drying frames, high Q herb tables speed the timeframes to dry/malt/hatch/grow items.