For 30 years I have had trouble keeping grass growing in our front yard. I've tried multiple grass seeds over the years just to be let down. After a lot of "review" reading and research on grass seeds for the North East in zone 6B and 7A I choose Pennington's Sun and Shade. Different sections of our lawn are in and out of the sun all day long. Pennington's Sun and Shade is a blend of Tall Fescue, Perennial Ryegrass, Kentucky Bluegrass and Fine Fescue. Pictures 1 through 6 were taken on the same day, the Friday of Labor Day weekend 2024. Pictures 1 & 2 is what the lawn looked like after removing all the dead grass and before I started prepping. I started removing the dead grass in early August after every mowing. In total I probably raked out three wheelbarrow loads of dead grass over the course of August. Pictures 3 & 4 is a fresh rake of the yard to loosen up the dirt. I got lucky as there was a light rain early that morning so the soil was soft. Pictures 5 & 6 is how it looked after everything was completed. These are the steps I took. 1. Removed all dead grass and debris before hand. 2. Raked and loosened up the dirt. 3. Threw down fresh top soil on top of the loosened dirt. 4. Thew down starter fertilizer by hand. 5. Thew down grass seed. Seed is a blue/green so it's easy to see where you are placing it and how much. 6. Thew down peat moss over the whole yard. 7. Used the sprinkler system to wet everything down. 8. Set the sprinklers to come on for 10 minutes every morning at 5am and every night at 6pm. I saw seedlings within 5 days. Pictures 7 & 8 were taken yesterday afternoon 18 days after seeding. I ran out of seeds and thew down some Scotts EZ Seed in the back corner and it did not come up as nice or as full as the Pennington's. So far I'm very happy with the process. I'm praying that this grass will make strong roots and last through next summer. Only time will tell.

It's very unfortunate to see so many negative comments regarding this grass seed, we specialize in agronomics and soil biology and have been using this particular product for years with 100% success, you have to know what you're doing to plant a lawn and have no weeds

I'm in Queens NYC. We have killer unfiltered sun nowadays that scorches everything or downpours that turn your lawn into a virtual rice paddy plus I'm 500 feet from 8 lanes of constant traffic and in the flight path of 2 airports - pollution galore! Tried Scotts - it fried my lawn and left big bleached holes. Tried a couple so called organic brands, got weeds or nothing. Pennington grew EVERY TIME. BUT...you MUST cover the seed with a little topsoil particularly in bad patches. You must reapply at least twice in the spring. These seeds are great but they need a little protection. So either cover with soil or a lawn blanket stapled to the ground, water regularly and WAIT. It takes about 3-4 weeks to get baby grass and another 4 weeks or so to get to a regular height. The result is GORGEOUS. Patience and some TLC pays off! Thanks Pennington!

Seems to have a good blend of grass seed that look great once you get them growing. I'm a renter in a 2 family home and to keep rent down I took on all the care and maintenance around the property. I think working outside on the lawn is fun and I want it to look the best it can, for as little money as possible. The lawn was previously not well cared for, basically just mowed once in awhile. I decided to top dress and overseed the lawn, so thats what I did. My lawn is pretty small, with the front, side and back equaling around 1,000sf. I have no idea what kind of grass it is originally except some of it looks like maybe Kentucky 31 or some type of forage fescue which I dont like. I tried to dig out alot of it but still some remains. I raked out all the dead brown grass and thatch and filled in low spots and topdressed with peat moss, just a thin layer. I spread this sun and shade seed all around with just a hand held broadcaster which worked well in my situation. I had some issues with flocks of little birds feasting in the yard, so those areas I spread more seed then a little more peatmoss over the seed, just to hide the seed but to have the seed almost showing. I made sure to water the lawn at least in the morning, then in the afternoon if it needed it. I got lucky and had rain a few days in a row, then a day or two after the weather got better I noticed new grass growing everywhere. From then it got thicker every day until most areas filled in. I used a soil test kit from the hardware store to see where the PH and NPK levels were at in the soil and it showed it was very low in nitrogen and phosphorus while potassium was ok, also the PH was around 5.5. I put down some fast acting lime along with some fertilizer I had mixed together to give the lawn the right amounts of what it hopefully needed, basically mixed regular lawn fertilizer with some starter fertilizer at a specific ratio I came up with. The lawn is looking better and better daily now.

Last year maybe 25% grew. This year removed dirt replace with new top soil planted seed. Watered , and maybe 30% has grown

Bought this 20 lb bag of seed and followed the instructions on putting it on my lawn. But after about 14 days I noticed more clover growing than grass. With the rain we have had in the past few days, the clover is out pacing the grass. Now I have a yard with half clover and half grass. I doubt if I'll buy this brand again

I must say, I had an incredibly disappointing experience with the Pennington Tall Fescue Grass Seed. It was, without a doubt, the worst grass seed I have ever used. I followed all the instructions diligently, planting it in late spring when the weather wasn't scorching hot and watering it twice a day as recommended. However, it took over a month for any signs of germination to appear, which was already frustrating. To my dismay, the results were far from what I had hoped for. Instead of a lush, green lawn, I now have half of my yard filled with stubborn weeds and the other half just barren dirt patches. It's incredibly disheartening to put in so much effort and money, only to end up with such a dismal outcome. Overall, I am extremely dissatisfied with the Pennington Tall Fescue Grass Seed. It failed to deliver on its promises, and I am left with a patchy mess instead of the beautiful lawn I envisioned. I will definitely be looking for a different grass seed brand in the future. Not happy at all with this purchase.

I purchased this to patch a small area of my front yard. I first filled the area with a quality topsoil, spread the seed (I also used a rapid seed since i was planting on a slope) and covered the area with about a quarter inch of starter soil. I have more weeds coming up then grass with this seed ( i did not have 1 weed with the rapid seed). I have a second area that I am doing and threw this seed away and purchased a different seed with how disappointed I am with this seed.

I had a few bare spots in my front lawn that needed to be fixed. I followed the directions precisely. I used this product on one of the bare spots and another brands product on the other bare spots to compare the 2 products. The spots where the Pennington Sun & Shade seed was planted, is nothing but weeds! Not even a little grass has grown!! I tried reaching out to the company to get a refund because their bag states they guarantee their products work or your money back, but this still isn't resolved! I did a ton of research before picking a brand to go with because I cannot afford to waste any money. But that's what I ultimately did with this purchase was just threw my money away! So if someone from the company could direct me on how to make a claim against the products guarantee, I'd greatly appreciate it!

We had many large bare spots in our lawn. We bought a rear tine rototiller. It went deep to til the soil. We then added top soil and incorporated it in. Planted the seed in early April, in western NC, 3 20 lb bags.Totally about $200.00. Took a while to sprout, watered as directed. Looked good for a couple of weeks after it sprouted. We did have a dry spell, but seed says drought resistant? We kept watering. I don't know if it went dormant, but we have had a lot of rain the past 2 weeks. It was a lot of work and a lot of money and it looks like it did before we planted and followed all directions.