10 minute review of a weed cutting robot and not a single weed was cut..great footage of the thing rolling over dirt though! Looks incredible as a dirt rolling over device! Amazing!!

@Tertill_Corp

4 жыл бұрын

Actually, when the wheels roll over the dirt they are killing the weeds in the soil before they even sprout, much like a well-worn path doesn't have weeds. This is how Tertill kills most of the weeds. The weed whacker only kills the ones that survive the wheels. You can see video of it working at www.trtill.com

I have a Tertill, it is not nearly as good as advertised. It is very difficult to maintain, I literally have to babysit it because it constantly gets stuck. A typical garden wont work, it has to be a VERY smooth garden that is free of dirt clumps, dips in the ground or uneven soil. SO after one failed season trying to use it, we built its very own raised bed that is smaller and more manicured and has a wall around it and new dirt and evenly spread out. Perfect for the Tertill right? I still have to babysit it, it still somehow climbs over the wall and falls off the raised bed, gets stuck on small dirt clumps, gets stuck on the guard rails that came with the robot. OH Yeah and you have to keep the wheels free of dirt, when it rains the wheels get gummed up with mud and then you have to take it out of the garden and clean it all off. Anything that can go wrong does. I will keep playing with it and trying to get it to work because I REALLY want it to succeed. But for now my wife just laughs at me and thinks this robot is a horrible gimmick. I think she is right but I wont admit that to her.

@Tertill_Corp

4 жыл бұрын

Alex, I am sorry to hear about your Tertill experience. I believe the Tertill you purchased was a presale unit. Since shipping these out we have made many improvements to Tertill that might help out. These are available free of charge to all our existing customers via downloading a software upgrade. Please contact us directly at support@tertill.com so we can help.

@sirguuri2095

4 жыл бұрын

@@Tertill_Corp amazing save

@the_mercifulunderdog4437

4 жыл бұрын

You should admit while your ahead bud 😂😂

@shankarva81

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the information Alex

@Tertill_Corp

4 жыл бұрын

Alex, can you please contact our customer support? I can't find you in our system and we want to address the problems. This is not a horrible gimmick, we are a team of committed engineers who have created a solution that works for many. When it doesn't work for anyone we learn from them and either address their issues or take the robot back.

I want a flying drone that shoots weeds with laser beams.

@VashtheStampede007

3 жыл бұрын

You made me laugh 🤣

@constancegomez351

3 жыл бұрын

Lol!

Didn't see it cut one weed!

@instantvortex3429

3 жыл бұрын

That’s because it was so weed free

@flybywire5866

3 жыл бұрын

@@instantvortex3429 Things being reviewed without ever showing what they can do is rather pointless. Also there was no nylon string inserted into the cutter, which was also not rotating, at least not at the beginning of the video. Later it run to produce some dust. As a review a waste of time. This is a product demonstration having it do nothing. And when set into weeds there was the note that it cant do the job. You have to remove the weed before using it. Ridiculous.

Great demo on a garden that has ZERO weeds. We really got to see this thing in action.

@ModelLights

4 жыл бұрын

'Great demo on a garden that has ZERO weeds. We really got to see this thing in action.' And you even have a ridiculous name like 'Don't Be Stupid', so why are you being stupid? Kept that weed free for 4 months. If you think weeding a garden once keeps it free for 4 months and you weren't seeing a demo, you're an idiot.

@obviouslytwo4u

4 жыл бұрын

@@ModelLights mate he's right though the garden was weed free I didn't see it pick up any weeds..........

@ModelLights

4 жыл бұрын

@@obviouslytwo4u ' the garden was weed free I didn't see it pick up any weeds.' I literally explain to you EXACTLY why thinking this is dumb, and you still put out the EXACT same dumb.. Relax on the 4th, but on July 5th you should start working on being smarter. You'll have the rest of your life and it looks like you might need it.. :D

@crash4dafun

4 жыл бұрын

So where did all the weeds go if it just cuts them down with a string trimmer?

@christopherstein2024

3 жыл бұрын

@@ModelLights How can someone interested in gardening even be such a atrocious person. Yes you didn't get to see a demo. But you saw a almost weed free garden being build and growing. Judge that evidence and think if it cuts weeds or not. One possibility is that this guy went through all this effort to lie to us hand picking the weeds or it just works. Assuming that it works isn't stupid.

Tertill somehow escapes and kills the entire weeds on earth

@lindaystueta5357

4 жыл бұрын

Wha ha ha ha....

I imagine a wall-e type story about this little robot fighting weeds until the end of time in a little plot of a garden.

@turboprint3d

3 жыл бұрын

Long after all people are gone

by looking at that robot, its more of a "for selective gardens" than all gardens tbh. that thing would be stuck 95% of the time on my garden area.

@shadowblack1987

4 жыл бұрын

Do a better job at grading your garden

@lindaystueta5357

4 жыл бұрын

You are right that you do need to keep the soil reasonably flat and pay attention to plant spacing. Once that is done Tertill is largely autonomous and makes it much easier to control weeds.

@hydropage2855

3 жыл бұрын

The amount of work it takes to make a garden that’s efficient for Tertill is far less than the amount of work Tertill does in the long term

Perhaps you could include in this video the robot actually cutting the weeds? It just leaves them there to re-root??

@lindascully276

4 жыл бұрын

Tertill actually prevents most weeds from emerging at all by constantly disturbing the topmost layer of soil, and killing the weeds at the pre-emergent state with no need for chemicals. This is similar to why vegetation doesn't grow on a well-worn path. Those weeds that do grow, it cuts with its weed whacker. By cutting them continuously they eventually shrivel up and die.

@thekienlam7426

4 жыл бұрын

Linda Scully yeah right, in your dream

@yaash4123

4 жыл бұрын

It looks like it starves the weeds.

@Tertill_Corp

4 жыл бұрын

@@thekienlam7426 umaine.edu/weedecology/2019/08/13/the-tertill-an-autonomous-weeder-from-franklin-robotics/ It is not just us saying it we have 3 research institutions studying this new modality of weeding.

@lindaystueta5357

4 жыл бұрын

@@thekienlam7426 You can check out this independent report from University of Maine. This was also confirmed by Cornell School of Ag. While it seems unbelievable it happens to be true! umaine.edu/weedecology/2019/08/13/the-tertill-an-autonomous-weeder-from-franklin-robotics/

As this technology improves and develops further I can see it being used by commercial growers to tend crops that require intensive weeding, like salad crops etc. Clever idea.

The results is unseen from the first view.

It needs to be bigger, so mulch can pass underneath it better. Bare soil is not healthy soil.

@pjanoo6973

4 жыл бұрын

Definetly agree, Sun baked soil kills all the beneficial bacteria and creates a huge dead zone that your plants roots could be occupying

@Tertill_Corp

4 жыл бұрын

Tertill does work on mulch. kzread.info/dash/bejne/dHqCuKuFeK3Xl7w.html

Plant in ways where your vegetables drown out the weeds. Use beds not rows. Study square foot gardening, companion planting, and high intensity gardening. A combination of these strategies make for very very little weeding.

Snake Oil works too !

We're actually looking for an autonomous, self-powered robot to scare away pests (mostly rabbits, squirrels and deer) from our garden. Not sure if this would work for that, it seems like it might. It would probably have to run day and night at fixed intervals. If it has to spends hours getting charged before working or it can't run at night, it probably won't do.

No robots needed in the garden. Plant natives, feed pollinators, befriend edible/medicinal "weeds", mulch thickly and plant native ground cover and nitrogen fixers....very little weeding should be necessary.

when happens when the weed nylon runs out does it tell you? if not it be running around doing nothing

He is very cute and I love him.

@VashtheStampede007

3 жыл бұрын

That’s what she said

Fun game: Take a shot every time he says "turtle"

But did you put googley eyes on it?

Its pretty big and needs alot of space between plants.

@lindaystueta5357

4 жыл бұрын

Tertill is a little over 8 inches in diameter. Most seed manufacturers recommend 12" between plants and rows for maximum production. That is why it was designed to be that size.

i'd like to see how it works when you didn't dig up your garden. when it's over grown with weeds.

@Tertill_Corp

4 жыл бұрын

Tertill will not work in an overgrown garden since it will think the weeds are wanted plants due to their height. When I have an overgrown area I weed it first and then am grateful that once I put Tertill into the garden I will not have to go through that again :)

I'm wondering how this would work on a mulched bed? I can't see it traveling across a deep mulch.

@VicktoriaTacos

3 жыл бұрын

He says in the video that it does not work on mulched beds for the most part.

A review that avoids showing anything the product can do. To top it, when placed into weeds a note apperas that it cant do the job. So its a weeding robot not showing any weeding, and you have to weed the garden before using it. This is beyond ridiculous. Reminds me of the review of windows cleaning robots being demonstrated on perfectly clean windows....

What's the average uptime before your neighbor's kid runs off with it?

It's so cute!

You mentioned it doesn't do well with low lying grasses. Our main issue is bermudagrass, I'm guessing it can't really help with that? What are your thoughts?

Tertill could relieve itself of vinegar solution on those low-lying weeds. 🐢

My terrill doesn't seem to work unless I push the button to start it. Is this normal? Does it need to be started everyday or is it supposed to start up on it's own? It just seems to be sitting in the same spot each day unless I go push the button on the top. Suggestions?

Strange thing is, Minecraft already has a thing called a turtle. ;-)

@joela6895

4 жыл бұрын

So does nature

There is a much easier way. Just place on ground sheet of agrotextile - no weeds, no power req, nor shitty robot - extremaly clean and simple, lasts 5 years or more.

I have a general rule for technology; never the buy first generation of a product. Since this application for a robot is uncharted terratory ;) I predict they'll be listening closely to customer feedback and make big changes for the Gen 2 model. I wouldn't be surprised if the first thing they redesign is the wheels after hundreds of owners complain that the wheels often get stuck in the dirt and get clogged with mud. So I'm waiting to buy.

A weed whacker is different than a weed puller

@Tertill_Corp

4 жыл бұрын

The reason Tertill works even though it does not pull the whole weed is that it kills the weeds before they grow strong roots and get established. This method works since Tertill weeds every day for an hour or two a day. The best part is that unlike hand pulling the soil's nutrients don't get removed with the weeds.

Woods chip, plastic to keros weed at bay or other technics to keep weeds in check.

Tnks Turtle

ALL I can say is wow. It could get me back into gardening.

Haha well this quality of video is way better than your AI Osmo robot vacuum review haha. Wow I can’t wait to have a garden and use this!

I just use the rabbit

Will Tertill work effectively on a garden bed with mulch? What about it has a slope?

@Tertill_Corp

4 жыл бұрын

Tertill does work on mulch and slopes of up to 20 degrees. kzread.info/dash/bejne/dHqCuKuFeK3Xl7w.html

Interesting and I would love to trial one in the UK to see if there was enough sun and daylight just to keep the little fellow working. As an allotment holder it's the kind of thing I would want keeping weeds down but you would be scared to leave it on the plot because some bugger would nick it

I think I'll wait for a $29.99 Chinese version at Walmart.

@revan1202

4 жыл бұрын

Buy american don't give china anymore money.

@burgerking220

4 жыл бұрын

@@revan1202 you act like it will be made in the usa

Hundreds of these milling around the farm.

Why you take a pic of your old yard

Thanks

I know someone selling one for 200$ I might have to take them up on that offer

I am impressed! What a cool little machine!

I need one or two. So cool. I work alot. Have several garden plot and weeds drive me insane. All my plots are 10x20 foot...but I'm sure It will work. Got 2 at the above specs, and then an asparagus bed at 12x3, then corn field and several potatoes pillars and some fruiting trees and bushes. I just have this in mind for the 10x20 foot beds

@lindaystueta5357

4 жыл бұрын

Tertill's latest software enables it to work in beds up to 200 square feet. Free upgrades are available to those who have earlier versions.

@FishForFoodNotSport

4 жыл бұрын

This product is garbage

Honestly open soul is not really better for THE plants than grown weed and Rhen composting Them.

Don’t think this would last at our homestead. Come check our homestead out!

Anyone smell that?

Would be cooler if you could drive it with the app

Where are the weeds? Send me one to try and review!

we don’t have the one to pull weeds out of the ground because we are too busy laying on the couch. making people lazy gadget. making people sick gadget. if we all voted for a massive cost of living reduction so we did not have to spend so much time away from home and then giving up more than we earn, pulling weeds out of the ground will become a joyful and beautiful pass time.

For $350 I could just pay another human or intellegent animal species to do this!!!

@hdwblade

3 жыл бұрын

Let's see it then! Every day for a summer!? That's some cheap labor!

Show me the fruit

You could make your own collars with hanger wire

@Tertill_Corp

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, the main thing is that they come in contact with Tertill along the gray sidewall so Tertill can easily detect them with its onboard sensor and turn away.

healthy soil needs to be covered!

one Mexican replaces a dozen Tertills

The amount of salty salty comments from people that like this robot and can't stand to hear a single criticism in this comment section is ridiculous and hilarious.

If it doesn't till the soil and pull em by the roots it ain't worth squat!

I’ll wait for a much more advanced model, a lot better and hopefully cheaper.

This looks like a novelty for the uneducated inexperienced person who wants to try out farming as a hobby and doesn’t know any better. Video didn’t even show it cutting weeds, and if it only cuts the weeds, it’s still allowing them to regrow thus taking away more nutrients and water from the plants you wanted grow.

sup

I bet this'll be real good in a few years.

The fact it just cuts the weeds doesn't give me much confidence

@lindaystueta5357

4 жыл бұрын

Tertill was actually tested by the Cornell School of Ag last summer in an A/B plot. Their research showed it is effective as hand weeding. This is because the wheels scrub the top layer of soil killing the preemergent weeds even before they have a chance to sprout. Weeds that do sprout eventually shrivel up and die after a series of cuts. Tertill is able to do it this way even though a human cannot because it is in the garden weeding over an hour a day, every day. It is this consistency that makes it so effective.

@sheep.herder

4 жыл бұрын

@@lindaystueta5357 brilliant 👏 so many think of weeding as *tall upto your knees weeds* when in fact disturbing germination is by far the most efficient and logical if you wait for the weeds to grow you've already lost thanks for sharing

Needs some big googly eyes

欲しいです！

Why do I hear this guy call it "Turd-o"?

I hear they are pretty much useless as they don't have enough power to work for more than 10 minutes or so.

Nature is king not these robots

Or just mulch haha

Hum not practical to me

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Yeah... I wish my garden had weeds that were under 1 inch. My prediction... This product will be a failure.

@androidheadlines

4 жыл бұрын

The idea is to put it in your garden when you plant things, which likely means you've removed anything that shouldn't be there.

@Izaya_Orihara

4 жыл бұрын

this product already made it off kickstarter and its been on the market for like 3 years already

@JakobBjerrePetersen

4 жыл бұрын

It'll obvious get rid of the weeds before they'll ever get too large for it to chop. You have to do dinner initial work to get it to a state where it'll mostly take over.

Can you imagine forget about it in the garden and it cuts your whole yard down to dirt lol

Ok boomer and u say we're lazy I'm jk btw

woopie...I seen a robot do absolutely nothing...pretty sure this was just an ad for a junk product. Thunbs down

Lol

it was nice reading from the bible! thanks

paid ad. GTFO bro

@Tertill_Corp

4 жыл бұрын

We did not pay Andriod Headlines anything to do the review. We are very grateful that they took it upon themselves to review the product. These results are consistent with the Cornell School of Agriculture results and we did not pay them either :) Our team spent four years working and developing Tertill. It was very difficult to get a solution that could work and we are excited when folks are willing to give it a fair test.

oh, thats kinda neat i suppose, how much is it? ~350$ Nevermind, I think I'll pass.

That is one of the dumbest fawking things I've ever seen!! Holy fawk!

So stupid. Didn't know weeding was so difficult

Bit lazy

I think you don’t have a garden

BS😎

Looks like overpriced toy.

@lindaystueta5357

4 жыл бұрын

We are working hard to create a way for people to garden without using herbicides, leveraging top researchers. We have researchers at three universities who see Tertill as a new modality of weed control. The first two, Cornell School of Agriculture and the University of Maine have already reported on Tertill's effectiveness.

Load of crap and you can tell just by looking at it.

@Tertill_Corp

4 жыл бұрын

A team of dedicated engineers spent four years developing Tertill to make it possible for more people to maintain a home garden. This and many other independent reviews say it makes a big difference. I don't think your "looking at it" compares.

What a crock of crap!

I've seen it all now, what a pile of junk!. Regards.

you literally dont show it cutting down weeds ! there are like no weeds in your garden ! you must not be normal and let your weeds grow to amazon size like the rest of the world ! lol hahaha