Jonathan Green 10610 Dense Shade Grass Seed Mixture, 25-Poun

I have an area that is very “park like”. Very deep shade. I spread this with a broadcasting sprayer on loose dirt, no cover. Came back in about 9 days and was happy to see a LOT of green coming up!

This is excellent grass seed. In the past, whenever I bought a $30–40 bag, it seemed like only a small portion was actual seed and the rest was filler—fertilizer, weed control, or other additives. This product is 100% grass seed, which made it feel like a much better value and exactly what I was looking for. As the photos show, the hardest part was the prep work. I weeded the entire backyard and turned over the soil by hand, which took about 12 hours. But that effort paid off. Three weeks later, I’ve got solid coverage. After seeding, I bought a sprinkler and watered for about 20 minutes each morning and evening. The results so far have been excellent. I probably overseeded a little—I used the 15,000 sq. ft. bag on an 800 sq. ft. area—but it definitely contributed to the results.

Good product

Have a 75'x75' area I cleared in a wooded section of my back lot to put up a ham radio antenna (yea, I'm a geek...deal with it 😎). Promised my wife I wouldn't take down any more trees than absolutely necessary, which left the clearing heavily shaded with barely any dappled light filtering in a couple of hours a day. Expected to just let the wild ground cover take over, but since the soil was nicely prepped and graded after the antenna work was done, figured I'd give this deep shade seed a shot. Pictures are from September 30th, 2024, 10 days after seeding. WOW! Germination at a very acceptable rate given the cool temps we've had and of course the lack of sun back there. Watered per directions, and I've had to leaf blow every couple of days to keep it from being smothered. Will update this review next spring when I see how it winters over but at this point I'm very pleased.

This worked very well for me, with daily watering it germinated in about 2 weeks in a heavily shaded back lawn when it was an average of 85f outside and not much rain with straw covering (I'm East Coast). I was having issues finding the exact seed mixture of this so here is a photo from the back of the bag with their percentages. For me I wanted to know how much fine fescue was in this mix which I think is listed as Carson Chewings Fescue (I'm not a landscape expert).