Pennington Bermudagrass Grass Seed 15 lb

Bermuda grass is either the bane of one's existence (northerners), or it's the answer to prayers for something green. For the south Texan, it's the latter. You probably don't need my story, but you'll get it anyway. I'm a confessed grass addict. I had the fancy turf, (Tiff Bermuda grass), and it was the envy of my culdesac. Then I moved into the boonies-- former farmland, clay soil, and water restrictions. I wanted grass--nay--needed it. So I bought Blackjack bermuda to replicate something of a fancy turf-- it just didn't pan out. As a backup, I bought Pennington's Bermuda. The first time I bought it, it grew very slowly, but it still grew. Bermuda takes about 3 weeks to germinate, so my seed must have been an average batch--OR SO I THOUGHT. Come to find out, I just didn't have the right conditions. Here's what you need. 1. Get a soil test and find out what nutrients are missing from your soil. pH is also important. 2. You need loose soil. Cover up that seed with loose dirt, or press it down into the dirt with a roller. Peat moss may work. Long story short, you need seed to soil contact. 3. You need a starter fertilizer with the Bermuda seed. 4. Plant at the right time. If it's too hot outside, the seed won't grow too well. I grew my first batch in October, and it was still scorching here in Texas. 5. You need consistency in watering. If you water it well, it will grow. You will need to do this for 3 weeks. Bermuda is a slow grower initially. Believe it or not, you'll still see sprouting seed 5 weeks later. When I bought Pennington for a second time, it grew like wild fire. Planting right in early spring and the weather was simply perfect. I'm about to buy my 3rd seed batch for my final planting project. 20000 sq feet

The seeds would not germinate even though I babied them and spent quite a bit of time effort and money on cleaning, raking ,top soil, and of course a lot of expensive water. I reseed my lawn every year and that never happened to me before but I've used Scott brand before. I called Pennington customer service and the lady was all about apologies and the usual sorry for the inconvenience and she refunded me half the price I paid for the bag because I didn't keep the empty bag! This was quite disappointing. I am a 100% convinced that I was sold a bag of expired dead seeds. Beware Gardners, Pennington does not guarantee their product.

Wish I’d taken a “before” photo. When we moved here in December, this was all mud and weeds. Still some weeds but now we have a lot of grass! For perspective, I put the seed down about four weeks ago. I was not very diligent about watering. Maybe once a day. I did however break up the ground with one of those garden weasels. That was the hardest part but we have horrible south Texas clay soil so it was necessary. I didn’t break the soil in the front yard and grass hasn’t done well there. I bought two more bags to finish off this back yard. I could get it a bit cheaper elsewhere though so I’m not going to promote the Amazon price.

the spiky rake thing that rolls to loosen the soil first, apply the seeds, cover them with topsoil and spread fertilizer if you wish. That was what worked best for me atleast, I have weeds and applied roundup carefully above them (the weeds) and left it to dry, the seeds don’t seem affected or the sprouts (they’re less than 1cm short though). The growth has been slow but I haven’t been watering it every day. It has been able to grow around the seeds that I tried removing so it means they’ll grow around them working to stop the regrowth of weeds as easily.Its greenness is very bright during the early stages, the functions I ask of it are a cooler lawn at summer that is resilient that doesn’t have to be reseeded every year. The shipping was trash and it took almost a month to get here so fair is fair

Good results, got most out of it

I only get about 50% sprouting with this product. I rake the ground, spread with a hand shaker and covered with soil. Spotty growth.

This product did a lot better than the Scott seeds that I purchased, they were up in less than 3 weeks. GREAT PRODUCT

Is this fake grass seed or what? Looking at similar experiences, it looks like this stuff simply won't grow. I have been a fan of Pennington in the past, but this stuff just doesn't work at all, not a single blade of grass from the entire bag!