Jonathan Green (10620) Black Beauty Dense Shade Grass Seed - Cool Season Lawn Seed (7 lb)

Le gazon a bien poussé mais les endroits très à l'ombre c'était plus difficile.

So far no grass but maybe too cold? Will try again in the spring

MAGICAL! About 1.5 yrs ago, we had our backyard professionally graded and sod installed. Despite babying it after install, it died in 5 months. The installer said it had to be the dense shade because the sod was high quality and rated for our territory. He felt bad and recommended the Black Beaury. I didn’t have high hopes. If Sid wouldn’t work back there, what would? In less than ten days, our raw soil has green grass shoots. It’s a dense shade miracle. This seed has some fairy dust in it, for sure. I’ll update this post in spring with an update on how well it returns after winter season shift and dormancy. Until then, I’m pleasantly surprised! Prep Notes: I aerated with manual tool, lightly raked bare soil, laid seed with spreader, used small amount of hay to cover seed from birds, then over seeded a week later. I only watered each zone for 5 minutes at a time in the AM for first 10 days. I don’t let the seed get soaked. Then, I moved the sprinkler to next zone. Pretty easy stuff! See before (bare soil) and after photos.

Very good and fast acting. I would recommend.

This grass is the real deal! I have 100% shade in my front lawn and planted the Black Beauty this spring. I watered for 10 days and have only watered a couple times this summer. I’m not a yard person so paying attention to it and being meticulous is not my thing. I’m shocked that it stayed alive over the summer but it did. Some clover popped up in it but that’s because I didn’t water enough to make it do what it’s supposed to do. If your yard consists of hard clay I don’t believe you can do any better than this. If you do a better job than me at watering, your yard will fill out even more than mine did! Picture is April 3 Video is July 9th. Amazing!