Smart Seed Dense Shade Grass Mix Bag 7 lb

Had a chronic problem area along the side of the house where it NEVER gets sunlight due to the shade from the building and some large trees. I had tried various other seeds and planting solutions. This is the one that finally came through! High quality seeds that germinated fully and provided a lush lawn. They take a while to grow.. not for the impatient among us. Plus make sure you use some peat moss to cover the seeds initially so they stay moist and don't get eaten by the birds.. But after a couple weeks the sprouts came up and within another week or two the lawn looked great and it's been over three months now and looks wonderful. We even had a large family party a couple of weeks ago and the lawn stood up to lot of foot traffic. Very happy with this seed and will use it again!

I would give zero stars, followed the instructions for planting that was listed on the bag and went above and beyond, watered for several days, it's been 14 days now and not one single seed has germinated of approximately 2k square feet I can't find even one blade of new grass I did contact the manufacturer through the Amazon return section, the company has returned the contact Email with a reference number, they want a whole list of information before they'll do a refund, I mean several Questions that require a return answer, one is a picture of the barcode on the bag ( will that got trashed the day I planted the seeds ) , I emailed them back and asked if they also wanted my first born child and my right nut,,, ridiculous, I told them to just keep the $30 and to keep their worthless products, too much of a hassle. Just go to tractor supply and get your seeds, but don't buy Pennington brands Update 03/24/2025 I suppose I'm gonna have to eat crow, I give it 5 stars,21 days later after planting and it appears that all of the seeds have germinated and looking very good. Have a good day

I have a heavily shaded back yard and I have been having trouble getting grass to grow. I scraped across the ground with a garden rake and then sowed the seeds with a small spreader and then soaked them in according to instructions. I planted them in late June in Texas. The seed popped up in less than a week. I watered lightly each morning and evening and then after it was established, about 3 weeks, I switched to watering once a week in the evening. It is doing fabulous. I only seeded a small area of my backyard which is about 25' x 25' and coverage was thin to me, so I added 2 more bags and it still does not cover to my satisfaction, but it looks so much better than before I seeded it.

Backyard barely gets any direct sunlight. Lots of new growth. Make sure to water.

These seeds are for up North, USA. They came up ok in April, nice and fluffy, and then all died in July 105 F.

Works great in Florida especially when seeded under Farm Plastics erosion control blanket which keeps the iguanas from eating new shoots.

I wanted to try seeding my grass before this winter. I seeded the grass after tilling the soiling. I did not amend the soil with any nutrients. The previous grass slowly faded away from old age and lack of sun. We have a lot of shade coverage. I did add 4 bags of topper prep soil before spreading the seed. I would estimate we had about 450 ft to seed. First seeding, I used the entire 7 lb bag even though it said it could cover up to1750 sqft. I thought more is better. After about 10 days I was super happy to see sprouts of grass but could see where there was pour coverage. About a week later I purchased a second bag of 7 pounds of seed and seeded with an additional entire bag. So far, I see beautiful results. Going to baby the grass through the winer, keep my big dogs off of it and hope for great spring results. I absolutely recommend!!

Good: Coated seeds help with fertilizer and water retention. Bad: Grew poorly, if at all, under my maple trees. Bottom line: To be fair, *nothing* I have tried grows well under those trees. I'll try again in the spring. Not sure whether I'll use Pennington next time though. Three stars, mostly because it *did* grow in a couple other problem spots.