ScottsTurf Builder Grass Seed Bermudagrass with Fertilizer and Soil Improver, Drought-Tolerant, 8 lbs.

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.

Works great. Planted in 90 degree weather and no issues. I think the key was having an automatic sprinkler that went off every hour for 2 minutes. It kept the ground moist, but no standing water.Had bought this same product a few years ago and had no success. But, I was new to caring for grass and didn't realize how much water is needed.I suspect the majority of negative reviews comes from lack of watering.It says it will cover 8,000 sqft and I suspect that is accurate. I overseeded as I'm new to growing seed and had low confidence, but it looks like a waste now. Grass is coming in really thick. Which seems like overkill for Bermuda as it seems to spread easily on it's own.Not as important as watering, but I suspect another issue is people aren't tilling the ground enough. I don't know this for sure, but suspect the small plants would have trouble with roots if the ground is tight. I tilled it with a pick axe (ton of work) and then raked it smooth. After the ground was lose and smoothed out, then put the seed down and very gently took a leaf rack (yard broom) to help nudge the seed into a slight bit of soil. Only hard part was tilling the earth. A tiller is a really good idea for this if you don't need the exercise.

I’ve tried this product twice. Btw, Scott’s said they would issue me a refund when the first bad didn’t work and I never got it. So I don’t think their guarantee holds up.But, to get this to work, you NEED to first lay down some top soil. The directions make it seem like it’s optional, but really the seeds have like a 1% chance of making it without that layer of soil vs above 80% with that layer of soil. I went to my local depot and picked up a bag of lawn starter top soil. Then you really need to pay attention to the weather, don’t have the temps drop below 60F and don’t let it exceed 95F really. And water it 3 times a day. During the first 2 weeks. After that, twice a day. I had the seed growing and then the 100F temps hit for a month here and the grass started to either die. But it will work if you apply in the Spring. Early spring is still too cold for us in the mornings.

We bought 4 bags of grass seed for our home in North Florida, two bags of this Scotts seed for the front yard, and two more expensive bags of Centipede grass from a smaller company for the back yard.We installed the seed correctly, raking the leaves and then mixing the seed with sand and some quality bagged topsoil we bought at Home Depot, then distributing it by hand to the affected areas. We bought a hose timer and watered both areas religiously.The centipede grass we bought is doing fantastic. It sprouted on day 7 and is going strong. I can provide the link to this product as we got 100% sprouting of that seed.By contrast, the Scotts seed, in spite of what it says on the bag, after 3 weeks of watering, has not sprouted. It is a 100% utter failure. A complete waste of money.I did not keep the bags, as I expected the Scotts seed to NOT be a problem, as I have used it before.I am posting here now, for buyers to BEWARE of this product. If you do buy it, KEEP THE BAGS and the lot number.Either Scotts is selling DEFECTIVE SEED, or this seller is selling EXPIRED SCOTTS seed.I am not out $50+dollars, plus the time to research Scotts seed, plus the topsoil we bought, plus the time to go to Home Depot to get it, plus the time to mix it, distribute the seed, then carefully MOTHER the watering so it would sprout, plus all the water and effort to water it 2-3 times per day WITH ZERO GRASS SPROUTING NOW.So, I am talking about dozens of hours of time for my wife and I.#NEVERBUYSCOTTSAGAIN

After trying a variety of other seeding solutions from Scott’s and competing brands, I can happily say that this one works. Fully satisfied. The seed isn’t cheap, but given that everything else I tried was a failure and complete waste of money, I’d say that this was money well spent. Just ordered a second bag because the first yielded such strong results in reviving my back yard, which had become a mud pit prior to finding Scott’s 3-in-1. Strong recommend.