I've used Scott's Max Green on many an occasion. Overall, I would say it is decent, somewhat better than average, but still decent. $40 is way to much for a the 12,000 sqft bag like you'd get at HD. My best alternative to this product is Milorganite. You should be able to get this organic product from HD for $8. It covers 2,500 sqft/bag. The reason I like it better than Scott's product is because it actually puts food into the ground; whereas Scott's depletes the soil. My take on it. I've used Scotts Max Green, Scott's southern lawn food, Weed & Feed for Bermuda lawns, Milorgranite, Vigoro lawn food, and twin peaks 13-13-13.

3yr white $8000 courtyard driveway,walks ,patio . Just resealed $450 in May.Wisconsin Heat really took it out of the grass. finally got rain and some grass was cooming back and it could really use help Tues Rain, Wed applied /max and swept....( needed to sweep off every little granuel..just 1 would leave a bad stain especially with just a little water over spray Thursday today watered 7am.... Stains all over. Just sick totally unexpected Scotts user I decided to do the max green instead of the regular.. Big mistake Do not use near concrete at least 10 ft. or just use the std stuff...wife called Scotts..because I was MAD. Used "Super Iron Out"1 cup/gall of warm water... 3 hrs later most coming off..

I've never used Scott's Green Max product before, but wanted to try it even though I had read all the mixed reviews. I live about an hour north of Houston, TX. My yard is approximately 2.5 acres of sodded St. Augustine grass and it is completely irrigated. When it's green, it looks awesome. Due to virtually no rainfall in my area in the month of June 2013, my grass started losing it's deep green color. I decided to use the Green Max product the last weekend in June to get back the green. While it did work in some areas, it didn't work in other areas. In some areas, it even burnt my grass; which I've had to spot water the heck out of it to get it to come back. The other issue is the concrete staining. I was extremely careful to try not to get the fertilizer on my drive way and sidewalk as I had read all the bad reviews about the staining. Like always, I blew everything off after I was done with the yard and even swept along the edges of the grass like the instructions say to do. It didn't matter. The pieces are so small that you can't possibly get them all. The other problem was that I accidentally ran over some of the pieces when they were on the driveway with my spreader thus crushing the pieces into a fine dust on the driveway and sidewalk. Once these crushed pieces got wet, it left long brown stains on my driveway which now look terrible. There's no doubt that this product will green your lawn under PERFECT circumstances: flat yard, even spreading, perfect watering conditions, etc. But in the real world, this product's positives don't out weigh the negatives…in my opinion anyways. I'm going to stay with Scott's, but will go back to the standard TurfBuilder product. The Green Max product is just too "iffy" for me.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This product works quickly and efficiently. I am on the 3rd season of my new centipede sod. It's been an extremely harsh window but spring seems to be just around the corner. My grass was brown almost everywhere. I laid the fertilizer down pretty heavy and within 3 days I saw noticeable improvement. After 2 weeks it's almost all completely dark green! My neighbors are asking which lawn service company I am using. I have been watering it every day and that makes it work even better. One word of caution though is to make sure you blow off your concrete driveway as it will stain.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Hi garden grower's, I have moved into a apt. and there are patches of grass gone, there are a lot of pine trees growing there, I love that they are always green, even in winter, but as you well know, the grass doesn't grow under and around them, starting to put the seed in front of my place, I have used this product before and I am sure it will work its magic again!!!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I'm so pleased with Scotts lawn food because it truned my brown looking grass into a gorgeous green color. The directions are very easy to follow and it didnt take long to apply. I'd say it took several days before it started to become green.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The Green Max Lawn Food is great. My lawn was starting to turn brown and wasn't looking great. I applied the Green Max Lawn Food and watered, I noticed a difference in just a day or two and my lawn was looking like early spring a few days after that. Great product!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Scott's Green Max is just what my yard needed. My yard is full of lush green grass now. I had some dead grass that needed a little help. Scott's green grass made my yard full of healthy grass. No more yucky brown grass.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] After having one of the worst winters in history, after just one application of Green Max, our St.Augustine grass is awake and growing like it's summer time. We normally use Bonus S but this may become our go to year around.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This product was great! We used it once and it made such a huge difference this was wonderful Would definitely recommend to other people wanting to help their lawn look beautiful. Super easy and user friendly