Scott's Turf Builder Bermudagrass Grass Seed

Florida, USAFlorida, USA: Grass seed purchasing is controversial, and many people have problems. This grass seed is properly marketed and works. I will present the facts and back it up with proof for those in question for success.

Facts:
Dropped seed Sunday, September 24, 2023, 5 pm
Grass was visible 2 days later
90 degrees high temperature
80 degrees low temperature
Humidity was 90% each day
Photograph is 5 days after September 24, on September 29
Second photograph is 5 weeks after seeding, Saturday, October 28, 2023

How, using common sense skills:
1. Corona Cultivator to break up soil and make fluffy
2. Dropped slow release fertilizer (20-6-9)
3. Dropped grass seed at double rate since grass germinates at 85% per manufacturer label
4. Watered using gentle shower 🚿 nozzle to settle grass seed naturally to make soil contact, 5 minutes slow and gentle
5. Dropped peat moss at thin layer (1/2" depth)
6. Watered using gentle shower 🚿 nozzle to settle, 5 minutes gentle and slow
7. Hand compact tool to firm ground and make soil contact, light pressure to level, tool did the work.

Next watering cycle was in morning 9...

United States on Sep 30, 2023

Simonb: I have two types of Buermuda grass in my lawn. I had a three bald spots in my yard. I planted one type of Bermuda seeds in on bald spot and the Scotss Bermudagrass in the other two areas. The other grass seeds grew within a two week period. The Scotts Bermudagrass has not grown after six weeks. All three bald spots were treated the same. I do not recommend the Scotts Bermudagrass.

United States on May 22, 2023

Gardener: Absolutely disappointing. No results at all. The sprouts came out after a week or so, with regular watering and soil preparation and maintenance, and then just stop developing. Waisted money and most importantly, time.

Singapore on May 31, 2021

Stephen Sanders: I bought a house in mid central Texas that has the heavy clay soil that turns to brick and cracks in the sun. It's like glue when wet. My yard gets about a full day of sun, usually over 100 degrees. I had patches all over. Looked like a earthquake happened. Pure neglect. So I aerated the yard, watered often, layed down humid acid, fertilized, and eventually put down this grass seed with a 1/2 inch of coir on top. The whole process was about 2 months of work. I'm lazy ish. The seed sprouted immediately. Within 2 days thanks to the whole process giving it the perfect environment. I no longer have patches. I even got the seed to grow under a tree that hasn't been able to support grass in years. My new neighbors have visited to compliment the yard. Many of them. The seed germinates and grows well. I definitely recommend it. You have to prep your soil first. Nothing grows in dry dead soil. Seedlings take more watering to allow root development. You can't put a baby in the sun all day, ya know? Human error is why people fail with this. Take the steps and THEN put this seed down. You'll be rewarded.

United States on Apr 28, 2021

Bryan: I'm giving this grass another try next summer. One thing I have done in my life is I have grown a lot of grass. I'm talking about the stuff you walk on. One thing I had never tried before last summer is growing grass on a plot of desert land that had probably never grown anything before. Where I used to live, if clear all of the vegetation off of a piece of land, grass will grow back. I never thought it would be hard to grow the stuff.

On my first try, I put down a thin layer of good garden soil. Then I threw down the grass and some fertilizer. After about two weeks, I had maybe two small patches. I started to read up on what went wrong, and then I tried again.

The second time, I thatched my yard pretty thoroughly. I pulled about an inch of dead waste material which was mostly from a 20 year old oleander I had removed. That was probably the most critical step. Then I put down a much thicker layer of garden soil (a little more than the inch that I took off). I followed that up with the grass seed, and then I threw a very thin layer of paver sand on top of that for a dressing. The results were much better, but by the end of the summer...

United States on Feb 24, 2017