We have looked at the best way to plant grass seed and how to know if you have high quality grass seed. Equally as important is knowing how to pick the right type of grass seed you need to plant for the conditions of your lawn; i.e., shady, sunny or wet and the particular area of the country.
Pennington Smart Seed grass seed is available in several varieties. Let’s look at the different grass seeds and the conditions that will produce that lush lawn you are wanting.
Pennington’s Seed Planting Zones
This produces one of the highest quality, most desirable looking lawns. It is an aggressive, self-spreading grass which reproduces by seed and spreads by underground stolons. It is naturally more disease and insect resistant than other grass varieties. It contains both Pennington’s exclusive MYCO Advantage & Penkote technology. This is a terrific variety but let’s see if it is suited for your zone and lawn environment.
The planting zones are all of 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 and upper parts of 5 and 8. Look at the map above to determine if your home falls in any of those zones. Now it also requires full sun to partial shade (at least 6-8 hours of daily sun). It has excellent traffic tolerance so if you have children, for instance, and the first 2 requirements are met, this is the grass seed for your lawn.
The recommended planting time for this grass is Early Spring or Early Fall. For new lawns you will need 3 pounds per 1,000 square feet and for over-seeding you will need 1 1/2 pounds per 1,000 square feet. This is a fine textured, dark green grass that has a good drought tolerance and very good disease resistance. This knowledge will help you pick the right type of grass seed.
This is the first of 8 varieties that are excellent choices for the gorgeous and easy to care for lawn you have been desiring. If you live in one of the planting zones for Kentucky Bluegrass, and have the 6-8 hours of light required, don’t delay in getting this type of grass seed. Your neighbors will wonder how you had the time to grow such an outstanding lawn and you will know it was because you knew how to pick the right grass seed.
The next grass seed to find out if it is the right one for you will be Tall Fescue Grass Seed.
Glenn Schweitzer says
I live on Long Island, NY. Recently (about 10 days ago), my landscaper completely renovated my backyard. It was a mess of weeds and crabgrass with a rusted above ground pool (plain ugly!!). We took down the pool (Thank god as it was more work than its use warranted!!) and he tilled and regraded the entire back yard applying about 2 inches of top soil and seeded it with Tall Fescue (based on his advice) using a some kind of machine that both aerated and seeded simultaneously. They also rolled over the seed with what looked like a hand held steam roller. Now my yard in as flat as Yankee Stadium !!. As of today 10/19/10, we are just starting to see seedlings emerging from the ground in sporadic areas. I’ve been doing my best to properly irrigate the area.
based my location and the obvious change in the weather will the seed have time to grow ?? or, was the application done too late??
Rebecca Wilcox says
Hello, Glenn.
The Tall Fescue grass seed (which means it stands up straight and not tall) is zoned for your area to be planted in early fall. Germination is anywhere from 7-21 days. I believe the timing was just right and this will grow all winter for you. I don’t know the brand of seed they used, but this should work out all right.
Rebecca
michael Burke says
I live on the south shore of Long Island. Back in early April of 2013 I had a few dead spots in my lawn so I bought the Scotts EZ Seed with mulch and fertilizer all in one. I raked out all the old dead grass and roughed up the now bare area. I put down some top soil and put down the Scotts EZ seed. It took awhile about 14 -20 days but I finally got some grass to come in. For a short time it looked like the rest of my lawn, but now it looks more like crabgrass and is beginning to creep through my lawn. I found that it was very easy to pull up and in a few places I’m back to the same bare spots I started out with. I watered twice a day. Once in the morning 7:30 20 minutes per zone. And once in the afternoon 4:00 pm again 20 minutes per zone. I’ve read about Kentucky Blue Grass and it sounds like it would work better for me. But did I do anything wrong with the Scotts EZ Seed ?
Kate Hansen says
I loved how you said that it is self-spreading. My parents want to add grass to their landscape. I’ll pass this information along to them so that they can look into getting Kentucky bluegrass.