Jonathan Green (10980) Black Beauty Heavy Traffic Grass Seed - Cool Season Lawn Seed (25 lb)

This grass is amazing! First we bought a really expensive bag with coated big blue seeds from HomeDepot - it grew but the bag was around $50 and covered no more than 10 square feet. In addition, the HD modified grass seeds came to be light yellowish green grass, which looks like it's dying, so I am not a big fan. I am happy though that I found the Jonathan Green natural grass! It is dark green and super soft, yet very sturdy! I have become an expert at growing it by now!The first time was unsuccessful. I roughed up the dirt and put the seeds on top, almost all died and left me heart broken! The second attempt I mixed the dirt with the seeds and packed it in holes where I wanted it to grow. And Oh boy, did it grow! But it was too dense.So, my third attempt - I cleaned up two large areas - about 20 square feet each. Removed about about 2" of the top soil and everything that was growing (with a small hoe). Roughed up the dirt and cleaned up roots as best as I could, then put back some soil to fill the hole a little bit. Next, I sprinkled a little bit of the Jonathan Green Heavy Traffic Seeds and the JG Full Sun Seeds in the respective areas. I did not put much seeds, they were not on top of each other and one could see a lot of dirt around them. Then, covered the seeds with organic garden soil that I had bought at Costco. Just a light cover - almost like sprinkle the dirt but I made sure it covered the seeds to keep them moist. I watered daily and started to see seedlings in a week!!! Within 3 weeks my new baby grass had it's first haircut and did not get damaged from lawn mower going over it.My last method is my favorite! Covers a huge amount of area while being conservative with the seeds. The bag is still half full. These seeds are a great value! The key is to keep them moist while they are germinating and maturing. There is one more thing these seeds might do for you - make you proud of your amazing lawn that did not take any poisons to kill anyone!!! Just natural naturally grown beautiful grass!I wish these grass seeds come up higher in the Amazon search. I really had to dig to find it...

Very pleased with this seed. Used it to fill in multiple very large dirt patches in our yard from heavy traffic of our three big dogs. Excellent germination rate and our mud patches are now lush carpets of grass.

The area I planted this seed looks great this year, we will see how it last. I'm satisfied at the present, seems like it came up quickly.

I’m not a professional grass grower. I literally something I could throw on the ground and not touch. We live in Southern GA and my husband put this down in our back yard in November. He spread it all over the top of the yard, no watering, no tilling, no hay. We have VERY sandy soil as you can see in the photos. We’ve had on and off warm, rainy and frosting conditions over the last several weeks. We also have 2 dogs that run around the yard and play fetch multiple times a day as well as kids playing in the yard, (hence, why we have no grass.)This seed did fairly well. It’s a 5 for no maintenance. It did root and grow. Now, it grew in patchy, and some of the seeds didn’t grow at all. In fact, they’re still on top of the soil. It did grow in decent patches, though, and the grass blades are decently thick and very green. As you can see it’s even coming up through the leaves that we have not bothered to take at all. The layer of leaves helps keeps the dust from the sand down when the dogs play. Anyway, my yard maintenance notwithstanding, I will definitely buy a few more bags of this as we roll into spring and put it down. For someone who has a very little desire to take care of a yard, in about 3-6 weeks I’ve grown grass. I don’t care if my husband put it down, I watched it happen so I grew it. Don’t judge me. And don’t freak out if it starts to grow and dies, we had some early sprinters that didn’t make it, probably because of the high traffic.

I’ve done landscaping for 20 years and the conditions that this grass was planted under were perfect. Consistently watered, warm sunny days, and good soil. After 14 days, there is not one single blade of new grass. I’m am very disappointed and will be pursuing a refund. I wish I could give zero stars or a negative rating. This bunk product should be removed

This grass is absolutely gorgeous. I needed something for my back yard that was good with high traffic and sun. Bought my house 2 years ago and the previous owner had dogs that tore up the yard. I feel it should be noted that the label on the back of the bag says to keep the seeds away from live stock. I have chickens in my back yard. So I was unable to use it where I wanted it. I have dandelions in my front yard and read to over seed with other grass I wanted. I did this and I do NOT regret this choice! I’m actually on here to buy another back to convert my grass everywhere on my property! I feel the cost is well worth it! Just review my pictures and it should answer all your questions. It did take a bit to grow, however, I did not take care of it as directed. So this is the work of my limited care. I also spread it with my hands and not a seeder to get the FULL look so it’s easier and works perfect. It out did my expectations!!!

I love Jonathan Green products but this heavy traffic seed is the best ever. It stands up well to my German Shepherd running through it.

This grass seed has been a disappointment from a company I usually have good luck with. I did get some germination but far too little for the amount of seed I used.