Canada Green 500g Grass Seed - Fast-Growing, Hard-Wearing Lawn Seed - Ideal for Shady Areas, Patch Repair, Reseeding & New Lawns

I cannot understand why some people complain about this seed.A few says it takes longer to germinate than stated but it doesn't take even 2 weeks as stated on packet.I sowed my seed last Wednesday (August 13th) and I watered it first thing in the morning and last thing at night.After 6 days it was already growing nice and evenly. So what are some of you doing wrong????Prepare your ground, make sure it is free of weeds and big stones and rocks (do not worry about the small stones as you can tread these down after you have sowed) if not treat the weeds with a good weed killer first.You can use "ROUNDUP" and don't complain about that too as that also works.The beauty of "ROUNDUP" is that it will render it useless as soon as it touches the soil so you can sow the seeds after you have sprayed the weeds.Preparation and care is all you need to grow a successful lawn. This is not top golf course grass for the putting greens but it is hard wearing and really looks good. I am amazed after only 5/6 days this is looking green already.All you need to do it as I stated "rake it over and sow the seed. rake it over again and water it.Water it 2 or 3 times a day and keep it moist but not saturated as you will drown the poor little seeds.After 2 weeks you will see it is looking really nice but keep watering till it is well established.Wait for it to reach about 3 inches height and then cut it down to about 1 inch but don't have your mower setting on the lowest or you might just pull all the new grass up especially if you have a blunt cutting blade.After the first cut you can walk all over it to trample down any small little stones that you have left and these will bed into the soil and the grass will grow around them and also it will help the drainage.My ground was virgin ground (had concrete slabs for many many years) and I just dug it raked it and sowed the seeds and raked it again.Maybe some people have problems because they did not prepare it properly or it needed fertilising before sowing.This packet says it would cover 23.5 (23½) square meters, I paced out my bit of ground before I ordered and I wanted enough to cover a 5 X 5 meter square. Yes 5 X 5 = 25 so I used only one packet and it it covered all of the area.Well worth buying and don't listen to what others say that it takes longer to germinate than stated.It all depends on what time of the year you sow and the type of soil you sow it on.Mid August I sowed mine and took 5/6 days to germinate.This is a fantastic product for the price and I am ordering more for a few patches I need to do. I will always buy this seed now from Amazon and I can safely say "bye bye" to wilkos and the rest of the more expensive retailers and "buy buy" because it is brilliant.

Seeing a lot of 1 stars on here and I don't know why? I live in the U.K and the weather is very unpredictable as everyone knows. We moved in a new home and I wanted to start fresh every where. So once tackled inside I then moved to outside. I ripped up all off the old lawn from the back, leveled and raked it. I then bought 1 bag of this seed as wanted something to grow fast so the kids can get out playing. We was promised a week of showers so I decided then was the best time and scattered the bag all over the garden.. raked gently into the soil. Hosed the soil so it was moist and due to promised weather thought nature would do the rest. Then to no surprise weather changed that week to 24 degree heat , constant sun all week. Kept the soil moist as best I could but due to long work hours in the week, I was fighting a losing battle and it was dried out completely by the time I got back to it. I thought I lost the battle but didn't give up. 14 days today and the grass has started to sprout everywhere perfectly. Little here and a little there but it coming. Even with the weather now changing from freezing to hot and to very wet. It is still surviving and growing. I have taken pictures and will soon keep you up to date with it. I would of gave it 5 , but i have had to write this earlier then wanted to due to all the negative reviews I have seen and wanted to put it straight... its cheap and working. I hope it continues and I'll be back to show you the end result.

Ordered 4 bags of this seed directly from Amazon to over seed my parents garden, which had turned into a weed patch with an infestation of wild garlic bulbs everywhere! Everything arrived via Prime next day as usual, the packaging is very strong plastic, so no risk of it splitting.I decided to turn over the entire lawn with a fork instead of over seeding. I leveled it out with the rake and compacted it with my heels. Next I added some top soil and leveled that out with the rake, compacted it with my heels then spread the seed by hand and raked it in gently. Lastly gave it a good soaking with the hose on a fine spray and left it for the night.My parents have been watering it everyday now for the past two weeks, morning, afternoon (If it's a hot day), and night. Within two days we could already see several small pea like green spots in the soil. Less than 7 days after the seed was sewn we had grass shoots coming up all over, and then everyday after that since it's been growing and growing.Two weeks on, we almost have a full lawn of thick green luscious grass, with a few bare areas that have small shoots coming up. A couple of areas are being affected by ants nests, but the grass is even pushing through those!I've added some pictures to show the progress, but my parents and myself are chuffed to bits with the progress and results so far! I would definately recommend it.-=Update (Almost 12 months on)=-After a cold winter, the majority of the new lawn survived. There was a little bit of dead grass, and I'll admit we didn't fertilise it at all.Mid-March I mowed the lawn on the lowest setting the lawnmower would go. Next I irrigated the lawn with a pair of those spikey shoes, walking all over it in both directions, this made dethatching the lawn with a lawn rake much easier. In small sections I went in one direction and then went perpendicular to the first direction, going over the lawn with the mower afterward to pick up anything I'd missed with my hands (The lawn did look quite patchy after this). I then measured out and spread by hand some Scotts Lawn Builder Lawn Food to fertilise the lawn, then overseeded the entire lawn with 2 more bags of this lawn seed by hand.To finish it all off, I seived some top soil and horticultural sand together (Both from Homebase) using a 1/4" riddle from Screwfix, 1 bag of top soil to 1/4 bag of sand, dividing the garden into 4 sections. I used the back of a flat headed rake to spread and level, then walked all over the lawn to compact it, lastly using the teeth of the rake to very lightly go over the surface, then watered. This helped fill in any dips in the lawn and levelled it off, whilst the sand helps with the drainage as we have very clayey soil.Watered daily, same schedule as before dependent on weather, and the finished product is a beautiful full green lawn! Pictures added to prove it.If I were to do anything differently, I'd probably invest in a proper seed spreader as I've noticed spreading by hand can be a bit inconsistent in growth.

Have used this product before with absolutely excellent results- however this second bag although used on different lawn using exactly same method did absolutely nothing- never germinated at all just sat there dead - very disappointing