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[@TheSouthernersNorthernGarden]

Hi y'all, let me know your questions about Tony aka Tony Stark aka Iron Man. :) He's doing a fantastic job so far!

[@MichelleSuggs-ls1ki]

Fabulous addition to your garden! Once you get ahead of the crabgrass hopefully this will free up your time to shoot more videos

[@camicri4263]

How much Tony cost? (Price) and how big of a lawn can it cut?

[@gardeningjunkie2267]

You wanted to make the weeds suffer 🤣, only a gardener would understand the sense we have of talking to and our treatment of plants

[@kathrynmettelka7216]

Crab grass is terrible, but I battle bermuda grass, which grows on rhizomes, nasty cords that have to be pulled up by the roots. Not easy when you’re trying 77 with arthritis in the lower back. Fortunately the garden looks good, and I’m gradually filling in the beds with beautiful plants. Sorry for whining.

[@katherinelarini8514]

to kathryn from another katherine: I feel your pain... I am 75 and have had terrible back pain for the last 10 years, but I can't imagine not working in the garden - it's what keeps me going... drink lots of water and take frequent breaks... all the best to you and your garden... p.s. we have reached the age where we can whine if we want to...

[@SMElder-iy6fl]

There is definitely a place in gardening for nuclear weapons, and Bermuda grass would be my first choice

[@marcoconti0555]

Stay strong and fight the weeds!

[@shirleyvastine9328]

You could sell an entire line of t-shirts about making crabgrass suffer!!😂 I hope you played hooky from work today, July 1, because this is absolutely glorious weather!! Cool breeze, sunny, blue skies, love it!!

[@terrihart2133]

I did! 😅

[@lovinglife8097]

Omg! Looks so beautiful already ❤... Loved it..

[@daiseegray9110]

I had to rewind at 7:02 to see the gorgeous planter! When you said introduce I thought maybe it was “we” or a garden helper. Love Tony and your channel! 🌼🐝

[@PeggyMills]

Everything is filling in, Matthew. Going to look better and better. I am “building soil” in an area that was hard pan after dozier work in the back. It’s amazing how 2 years of leaves, kitchen scraps, trimmings, and mostly soiled goat hay has changed this area. I don’t do chemicals either. Good luck with Tony!

[@TheSouthernersNorthernGarden]

Soil changes so quickly when you’re adding good things to it!

[@kaychaney6102]

I missed your comments about Preen other than it’s not good around hydrangeas. Must be half asleep. Beautiful garden!

[@southernsun9890]

Enjoy the heat waves while you can, her in Northern Ireland we are having endless days of below average temperatures and no sun! I am talking about an average day with only 14c during the day!! or at best 16!! we should be around 21c!!! perhaps is a blessing for me since I have planted so many new plants this winter, but everything is lagging behind :(

[@LULC0759]

That Heuchera river is gorgeous. How can you keep it alive in the sun…..mine always disintegrated.

[@TheSouthernersNorthernGarden]

New varieties of heuchera, including those I selected, can take more sun.

[@evquinn2156]

It’s good to hear you laugh as you talked about causing crabgrass pain. Welcome to Tony!

[@flowerfairy1950]

Chemical-free gardening is the only way to go

[@FrediOlson]

Darnit, Matthew, it's hard doing the garden all yourself. But it looks so beautiful; you're doing a masterful job. I do have a ❓ or two for Tony. Tony, how high is the maximum you can mow? And, because Matthew has such a large expanse of lawn, how long can you mow for on a charge? Thank you. I look forward to your response. Thanks, Matthew. (PS Honestly, I don't mind crabgrass as much as I mind other weeds. It's fairly easy to pull)

[@sally6852]

Question About Tony: How well does he handle inclines/hills (cutting quality as well as battery performance)? In general do you feel the need to "touch up" after him, or does he do a pretty thorough job at cutting consistently?

[@TheSouthernersNorthernGarden]

Hi Sally, I answered a few of these items in another question in the comments and will address them more in my video. It can handle an incline up to 38 degrees because it has all wheel drive. The cut quality is what I would consider good and consistent and I've not had to touch up after him - although you would still have to do any string trimming in areas that may need it. It's best for maintaining a certain height. I wouldn't recommend setting him out to cut down 12" high grass, but my initial cuts were for grass that had been growing a couple weeks and it knocked the grass down quite well. The second cut just improved even more after it had evened everything out and it's been consistent ever since.

[@miickeyp1695]

We have a husqavrna Automower and it’s awesome. Highly recommend!

[@christinenagel8300]

Lol love Tony👏👏👏. Thanks for sharing your ups and downs of your gardening experience 😀

[@annwoleben5439]

Everything is looking good. I don'y envy your task of weeding - my least favorite garden chore. I try to go around every morning so the weeds don't get ahead of me. It sounds like you have a handle on it now.

[@lindamiller394]

I like your lawn robot. Hope that takes care of mowing for you. My gardens have got away from me since I got a total knee replacement. I hope to start working on that before too long. Love what you have done in your gardens.

[@elainewashington3004]

We have massive flower beds. Also massive weeds that we have to pull. Hope to get the plants to fill in so either we don't see the weeds or they will be choked out! It's a constant battle for me!

[@sandyg8794]

Hi Matthew! I love how you decided to make your weeds suffer! That was too funny! 🤣Your front flowerbeds do look so much prettier with the weeds gone. Your hard work paid off. It looks like Tony has been a great addition. I'm looking forward to your update. I do enjoy how you like to check reviews before buying something because I like to do that, too. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@lyndadaniel3163]

Your front yard garden is looking great! You might look into a 'Grandpa's Weed Puller' for pulling out that crabgrass. It's cheap, and does a good job of getting most of the roots. I actually have the Fiskar's 4 Claw Standup weeder that releases the clump of weeds without any bending...saves time and my old back...!!! By the way, your roses are looking especially beautiful!

[@lovelight9164]

Can you show an up close shot or two of crab grass, I fight what I call strangle weed Im not sure if they are the same. Im also not sure exactly what Burmuda grass looks like. They may all be different name for the same irritating weed I'm really not sure.

[@TheSouthernersNorthernGarden]

It would be best if you google pictures of it so you can see comparisons. Crab grass and bermuda grass are not the same. Crab grass has a lime color, has a prostrate growth habit, and roots in at nodes along the stem making it more difficult to pull. It grows very quickly given the right conditions and can easily crowd out other grasses because of its growth habits. It also reseeds rather rapidly. Because of its growth habit and color, it sticks out very visibly in a maintained lawn or the flower bed. Bermuda grass is actually a desirable grass in some climates because of its heat and drought tolerance and some people have entirely bermuda grass lawns, but it can also spread rather quickly by rhizomes. Bermuda is a warm season grass (sensitive to cold), and we do not tend to have issues with it here in Ohio.

[@jasminelouisefarrall]

Gorgeous 🥰🥰

[@ChristiCC23]

I think I may need a Tony here too! 😂

[@lajoyceneafus3021]

Matt, sorry to hear about the ugly crab grass problem you've had. We have the same problem. We have zoysia grass here in southern Il. Most of the time it will crowd it out but not recently. Your garden is looking great. Especially since you have only lived there for a short time. Thanks for info & your progress.

[@patriciapeters9087]

Garden looks amazing. Has really filled in. I planted a Rhododendron and it died. Learned they like morning sun. Shade in the afternoon. My new one is doing great in the afternoon shade. Gardening is trial and error but it’s so rewarding.

[@lindafreeman1687]

Your garden is looking awesome. It will be fun to see it mature and explode in blooms and color. I don't know why, but, crab grass is a real problem this year for many of us gardeners. I have fought it worse this year, in the old beds and the new ones... worse than in the past. Even in mulched beds that I put cardboard down under the mulch last year I'm having trouble with grass. It has been a real issue this year for some reason. Love your videos.

[@sheilastromberger2275]

I’ve used Preen with success for many years, even around hydrangeas (I guess what they don’t know can’t hurt them!) I like your suffering pile of crabgrass and weeds but no concerns of having a dead patch of lawn when you remove them? Or of possibly getting crabgrass started in the lawn by piling it there?

[@TheSouthernersNorthernGarden]

The pile was only there for a few days (and has already been removed) and unless there are mature seeds on the crabgrass (which there wasn't), there's no concerns of more popping up.

[@cgilly1858]

Please let us know about the boundary interface, how you set it up, etc.

[@sandyduncan914]

🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼👍

[@judymckerrow6720]

Thank you Mathew. Good luck with Tony ! Your garden is filling in very nicely ! 🌺💚🙃

[@peggydove8756]

Your plants have grown so much! They're all looking beautiful!

[@kristooley4112]

too cute - making the crabgrass suffer :)

[@lisajelle714]

I feel for you on the newly planted plants, lack of mulch plus other conditions, and resulting weeds! I’ve had that happen before, too. I try pretty hard to mulch at least around the base of all new plantings right away… especially if they are in sunny beds where the weeds are especially aggressive! I can fill in the rest of the spots later, but the weeds do pop up right where I’m watering the new plants, around the crowns, without that ring of mulch!

[@cece_marie]

Wow that front bed has filled in!!! 🤩 I also keep piles and buckets of weeds 🤭 "tell your friends" So glad that Tony is working out for you

[@TheSouthernersNorthernGarden]

Haha! I love that.

[@shareenstone6673]

Another great video and interested to see how Tony does in the future. Happy Gardening!

[@najwaseiya]

☺☺☺☺❤❤

[@TxHoneybee01]

Grandpa’s Weeder is the best. Pulls up everything, roots and all!

[@darlenelickteig2338]

PJM rhododendron does better for me than the evergreen rhododendron. I'm zone 5/6.

[@juliefurman1978]

Life happens to us ALL. .. new beds are ALWAYS a bit wicked. Might want to attempt more cardboard down between/around plants and then mulch on top of it. May help you more than you think. I use cardboard in my vegetable gardens every year, and I straw on top of it. It is my LIFE SAVER in the Iowa heat of summer and helps keep the moister in as well. Good luck ... the struggles are REAL ... 🎉

[@dinac7361]

Love Tony Omg I wish I had one ,I cut my grass on a 1/1/2acre ,and Fl all my really big flower beds and everything myself on top of working 7 days a week ,I’m allways struggling w finding time to do everything,it’s a lot ,I’m divorced gif many years!! Your flower beds are so impressive! I just finish redoing one of my biggest glowed beds and I gotta mulch quickly becausd we vê had lots of rain and weeds are growing so fast !! It’s allways a pleasure watching youf vídeos and see that we all struggle w weeds!!❤

[@cindyannefontenot]

I will come through with a mover and a chainsaw!! LOL Texas Chainsaw Crabgrass Massacre in Ohio! 😂 Bless your heart Matthew! I feel your pain! I have a full bed of crabby grass and weeds to deal with this week, but it’s so hot and muggy here in Texas!

[@patz780]

The front garden is growing in so beautifully and its lines are so much easier to see after the weeding. I’m really loving the purples throughout the bed and the heuchera drift is so distinct and colorful. I always love it when my gardens are properly groomed for the summer. Always a huge job but so worth it.

[@peggy-ann1961]

Oh how I laughed out loud when you tortured your weeds! I’ve snarled at them while saying “ take that you…”😡. Too funny. Congrats on your little buddy Tony…he’ll be a huge help! Our neighbour has a robot mower too but he has it set I swear to scalp mode. Your’s is set just right! 🇨🇦👏🌸

[@lainyjane4581]

i have to get roots and all with my crabgrass. if not, its back in a nano second maybe i misunderstood you? i think mine is coming from using my weedeater (mindfully) and my *grass* (really pasture/weeds had alot of crabgrass.....ugh. plus wind. Do you have japanese beetles there? i fought off a wave of june bugs today on my hydraganeas. 100's of them. its crazy. i feel all your hard work. looks very good. tony seems necessary. my crabgrass also has seeds. can't sit on anything. lol.

[@peterwinstonaldredge6927]

Wow! I didn't know there were robotic lawnmowers. Although that makes total sense. Would have loved that before I moved into communities with HOAs that cover lawn care.

[@quailhollow7955]

Those weeds do deserve to suffer! I have been in your position when mulch gets delayed and it is scary how fast those weeds emerge and spread. Thanks for great breakdown though of the timeline of how this happened. I always appreciate your education mindset around the garden. Those lawnmower robots have been on my radar for quite a while. I saw them in use throughout the UK, including public garden spaces and they are so quiet and not intrusive at all. I am going to follow your review and might have to try it. Thanks for a great video, and I should have led with: Your front garden looks spectacular!!!!!❤

[@terrihart2133]

Tony is a game changer. My question would be the blades. What width does it cut. Does it sence morion such as animals and stop. We ofteb have small limbs fall around our silver maples and just curious. Looks nice where it already has cut. I continue to pull crab grass. Never ending. Your pule was huge. Hope it gets under control. Best wishes on that. Garden looks great.

[@krisleonard1428]

Crab grass is awful! You did a great job! Boy I know how awful that is! Lol! Tony looks like a fabulous addition to the yard!❤ I hope he does well! Thanks for sharing!

[@micheleagren1604]

I love it! Embrace the mistakes they are sending you great information. I now embrace the mistakes because they are such a good teacher. Thanks for sharing ❤🌟

[@erikas974]

Crab grass suffer😮😂🥳🥳🥳👍👌💃🕺💃🕺 Tony is great. Wondering if would do a job on small rocky healy site?

[@sarahchristine546]

For Tony, how long can it run before it needs to recharge? Where do you store it? How does it do on steep/uneven terrain? Can you do multiple zones?

[@TheSouthernersNorthernGarden]

Great questions! I'll go into more details in my video. Briefly, run time is a bit complicated depending on which settings you choose to utilize in your cut and which model you pick for battery capacity. For example, how much overlap between cutting rows (there is some neat customization there), how you choose to turn around (zero turn or multi-point turn), terrain incline, etc. could minorly impact cutting duration. For my version, which is the largest they offer, I've found that it will cut just over 2 hours, before it returns to recharge (even on the slope in front of the barn to the house). Then it takes around 1 hour and 20 minutes or so to recharge to 80%, then it continues the job until it's finished. Mine is stored outside with its charging dock. The Luba 2 has all wheel drive and shocks and can climb a 38% slope, which is pretty steep. Multiple areas/zones can be mapped until you reach the maximum acreage for your model.

[@christinetrewin9717]

We love our robot mower, called it Lancelot after English landscape designer Lancelot Capability Brown. Our garden has never looked so tidy as we now have more time for other jobs instead of mowing. Enjoy!

[@annak3015]

Question about Tony: what happens if your yard has some elevation? Can he handle hills?

[@echo1020lukka]

I'm looking forward to seeing the Tony review and how it works!

[@katherinelarini8514]

lol... I never thought to make my crabgrass suffer!.. I love this idea - "that'll teach you and your little seeds, too"... my number one rule for the garden in the last few years = do not pull weeds unless mulch will go down within a day of the pulling - this has made me a lot less work over time... question re Tony: what's the pay grade to hire him?.. we have 22 acres of which 5-6 are lawn/weeds - my husband could really use a break...

[@TheSouthernersNorthernGarden]

The pricing is all different depending on the number of acres it will cut because of battery capacity and internal mapping storage. 2.5 acres is their largest bot right now. I'm impressed with it right now, and if it can get the more detailed cutting areas around the home and leave the field open for cutting with the larger mower, it will still save an enormous amount of time. I think is well worth the time savings in my case. You can find more details about the mower before my review video in the meantime here: thegardencalls.com/mammotiontech

[@kaystinebrink1220]

My son has had a robot mowing his backyard for two or three years. It is amazing.

[@lovelight9164]

Wow, I need a Tony for my ditch. How does he seem to do on steep ditches or hills?

[@camicri4263]

The garden looks good Mathew! Blessings!

[@ncflowergirl1446]

How exciting last mower I saw like that was all over the place. Can’t wait to see what you think

[@TheSouthernersNorthernGarden]

They used to wander around like the old Roombas. They've come an incredibly long way in just a few short years with new technology. I just go outside and watch it like a little kid and think "how is this real life". 😂

[@barbarabranstetter1784]

Wow that’s a lot of crab grass😏

[@angelaschettino1327]

I hate weeding!! Regarding the lawn bott - do you have to set the parameters so it knows where to go?

[@TheSouthernersNorthernGarden]

Yes, it is GPS navigated.

[@natashafeinberg3153]

The heuchera river looks amazing!

[@BossMan_Jerm]

Incredible garden, incredible house

[@susieque933]

I have a question about Tony! May I have him?!!?😂

[@TheSouthernersNorthernGarden]

Haha! I'll have to fight you for Tony right now. He worked without complaints during the heat wave, and that's the kind of help I need. 😂

[@susieque933]

@@TheSouthernersNorthernGarden you say this to a fellow Alabamian who is melting 🤣🤣🤣

[@susieque933]

@@TheSouthernersNorthernGarden And I’m willing to fight😂💕💕

[@rachelbarth1271]

Totally agree about the bhyve orbit weather delay being imperfect. It delays watering but the rain never comes 😠. I'll probably just turn it off and program it to run every other day for in-ground and daily for raised beds.

[@TheSouthernersNorthernGarden]

I’ve tried adjusting the settings for weather too and it still just doesn’t work well. They need integration options with personal weather stations or the ability to choose person weather stations from neighbors or surrounding more local areas.

[@lovelight9164]

Oh my, I love that you wanted the crab grass to suffer, I feel the same way. Im over weeds creeping charlie has taken my front yard over the last few years. Anyone know of a natural way to irradicate creeping charlie?

[@TheSouthernersNorthernGarden]

You could try something like Bonide Dead Weed Brew. It's organic and acid based. It's non-selective, so anything you spray with it could be injured and because creeping charlie is so pervasive it may take several rounds to beat it down. It's going to be a difficult one to control naturally, for sure.

[@laurahale5774]

It's looking beautiful!

[@terrimarks3694]

Quick question: when cutting hydrangeas for long term arrangement, do I put them in water? Love your videos!

[@TheSouthernersNorthernGarden]

Yes, but the florets themselves should have started to dry slightly (become “papery”) on the plant for best results.

[@janetvorenkamp3655]

Really appreciate your honesty in this video. It's an ambitious garden so not getting mulch down is understandable. It is critical to controlling weeds and I'm sure you'll get there. Still amazing how well the new garden has grown in. Hope we get to see the new rose wall soon. Would love to see how they are doing. I know several estates who use the Husqvarna robot mower and love it so expect it to serve you well. Good idea!

[@TheSouthernersNorthernGarden]

The rose wall is coming along slowly and needs to be weeded itself! I'll try to get some shots in a future video after I'm able to clean up that area some more.

[@cgilly1858]

Lol teach those weeds a lesson!!

[@DogWoodsFlowerFarm]

Was Tony hard to program

[@jennetteojeda138]

💙🪴👍🏻🪴💙

[@MAA-dt1yo]

Do you have any experience with using corn gluten meal as a preemergent?

[@TheSouthernersNorthernGarden]

I have not used it since I didn’t have much of an issue with serious weeds at my last home, but I’ve been looking into it this week for prevention.

[@newt52864]

Welcome Tony !!! 😉

[@bonniemontroy4040]

💡💯🤗

[@jessicacook8186]

Tony! I'm looking forward to a video. Super cool time saver! How do you set up his mowing zones/don't mow zones? Similar to a robot vacuum?Where'd you get that delicious looking mulch from? Thanks!

[@TheSouthernersNorthernGarden]

It is very similar to a robot vacuum, so if you have experience with one of those the concepts transfer really well to the mower application. I got this mulch from Dalton's Mulch.

[@jessicacook8186]

Thanks!

[@dr3406]

💕💗💕🙏🙏🙏😂Matthew, I feel your pain with the crabgrass, it’s been horrible this year. I’m also battling Hairy bittercress, in my flower beds, which I’ve never had before. Don’t know where it came from, thoughtI’d pulled it all out, only to find, two weeks later, it has re-emerged with a vengeance!!! Your beds are looking beautiful and all your hard work eradicating the crabgrass has made a huge difference. Tony looks like he’s doing a great job. Have a blessed day.💕💗💕

[@Jdadkins6198]

Oh my gosh I feel your pain! Our yard grass has been full of crab grass, nuttsedge and violets. We’ve been trying to eradicate it with professional help but in the past 3 years of all my gardening in new beds, the crapgrass and others has been a nightmare. It keeps popping up in decorative riverbed rocks which has lion head Japanese maples in so it can’t be sprayed, ugh 😩 talk about back pain from constantly pulling weeds. I’ve had to hire help cuz I physically couldn’t keep pulling so many weeds daily. Pros and cons to hired help is sometimes they do good, everything done quickly but costly and sometimes they pull out perennials while throwing mulch right on top of the weeds. Lol gardening certainly has some wild roller coaster roads to travel through. 😊

[@jjjohnston545]

Love Tony ❤

[@judyrhine234]

I’m amazed at how fast crab grass takes over. I built my house in the middle of a pasture and I’ve worked very hard to eradicate the pasture grass and many weeds. I can go out and weed all day and the next day I have new crab grass. Yuck!

[@kathytaylor9798]

You made me laugh when you said you wanted to make your weeds suffer! I can’t wait to find out what you think of Tony and how long you think he’ll last and of course the price.

[@AQTGirly4U]

PLEASE keep us updated on Tony! I've been looking at those for a bit, and I'm very curious to see how you like it! 😁

[@Drew8283]

The bot could be great. How is the battery life? Does it have a docking station near by or does it travel from your shed? Cost? What does the maintenance look like?

[@rhondaschenk5727]

Gosh, Matthew, Tony looks great! How long does it take to. Barge? How long does he cut in one session? And your gardens look great even with all the weeds and crabgrass! Way to go!

[@judyjohnson4117]

Love that you wanted to make the crabgrass suffer! Too funny and I got weeds I like to suffer too. You get all the cool toys!

[@aptkeyboard3173]

Holy crap! I thought I had an invasive grass problem but that pile is something else

[@cathyhatfield5340]

Love what To y can do! That’s a great thing in a big yard like yours. It gives you time to do other gardening needs or wants👍😎💙

[@Blake.Cooper]

Thanks for letting me know about Preen!!! AHHH, I used it in my bed with hydrangeas!! Won't do that again!! Luckily, I didn't put the Preen directly under the hydrangeas which are in the back of the bed, but focused it mainly on the border.

[@TheSouthernersNorthernGarden]

Someone else in a comment said they have used it around their hydrangeas without ill effects, but I've never risked it. There is a natural preen product that's made with corn gluten meal you could try. I've not tried that product yet, but I've looked into it because corn gluten meal has been shown effective in preventing weed germination.

[@Blake.Cooper]

@@TheSouthernersNorthernGarden Thank you for all you teach us, Matthew!! I'm here in south central KY and LOVE your channel.

[@Lyniem1989]

Good ❤❤❤

[@aalejardin]

That was a lot of work getting the crab grass out. We also have a plague of crabgrass -- I swear the stuff doubles in size overnight. We have had a couple of big thunderstorms recently and the weeds are loving it! A robot lawnmower is on my list -- I will be interested in seeing how you like Tony.