Jonathan Green (10768) Black Beauty Fall Magic Grass Seed - Cool Season Lawn Seed (7 lb)

This was my first experience with Jonathan Green grass seed. The results were outstanding. The grass came in lush green and really dense. The seed started to germinate after about 7 days. I think I found my new "go to" seed. This seed isn't overly expensive and didn't contain coating which usually accounts for 1/2 of the weight. Make sure to use some straw or cover the seed with a THIN layer of soil to prevent feeding the birds.

Hands down the best seed I’ve ever used!! I finally found a seed that actually works! Had to put a net on my grass because wild rabbits and birds were digging up my grass, but once I figured it out the grass grew fantastic!

This is the best grass sed I have ever bought, I seeded it a week ago and it is already coming up thanks to a little co-operation from mother nature for providing a lot of sunshine!!! I highly recommend this seed because I live in upstate NY.

Grew quickly, healthy appearance

This is the first time I used a Jonathan Green product. I was not disappointed. Due to lack of rain, my tall fescue lawn was starting to get brown patches all over. At first I used a fungicide. Waited a few weeks to see if it would clear up--not completely. Then I rented a de-thatching machine. (This is a very important step.) Cleaned all the thatch up and using a seed spreader put down JG Black Beauty Fall Magic Grass Seed. Thick, dark green grass started to come up within a week. I waited about 5 weeks before I mowed the lawn. Very satisfied with outcome.

This grass seed is great, it germinates fast and it managed to sprout even though I have about 1.5 inches of mulch on top of the grass. I am using this grass seed for a really obscure purpose, for inter-cropping blueberries. The grass' roots provide iron to the blueberry plants, this is helpful for plant health because blueberries do not produce iron chelators on their own. It is quite impressive how quickly the grass sprouted, if I were to guess I would say it took about a week for germination. I will have to get some more of this product for my lawn this fall for over-seeding. I perused the reviews and noticed some folks looking for the breakdown of the seed in this mix. Check out the photo attached to this review, you can see clearly the seed mix breakdown. Thanks for a quality product, I will be back this fall for some more.

I used this seed to over-seed my lawn. I prepped the lawn well. Seeded, peat moss, and rolled in the seed .. and hand watered twice a day. The weather was pretty good, 60-75 degrees each day. Used liquid starter fertilizer on days 7/14/21. About 10% of the seed germinated on day 6, and perhaps 10% more on day 7. Days 8 and 9 it was up to 60% in most spots. My front lawn receives morning sun and did the best. Coverage was 90% .. but had a handful of spots that just didn't grow. The back yard was a different story .. it gets less sun -- but still plenty -- and did very poorly, with perhaps 20% germinating after 2-3 weeks. Very disappointing after putting in so much work. So .. I'd give Fall Magic an A- in mostly sunny conditions. D+ for partial shade.

Have always had great grass however this past year, due to a new female German shepherd, my grass has taken a beating from her urine. In addition to that, I think I was just so pissed off that I didn't water or tend to the grass as normal. This October I said enough is enough and I raked up all the dead grass from the urine spots, had the dog trained within 2 days to go elsewhere, and began reading reviews for grass seed. Ordered this and felt fairly confident in the produc. True enough..2 bags of this, VERY minimal soil prep (only rolling a manual tiller around in a pretty haphazard way) and my grass is looking great! As others have commented, within a week and a half I had sprouts about 1-2". The grass is wispy, but beautiful. I just came on to order 2 more bags in addition to the 45 lb bag Winter Survival by Jonathan Green. This time, since I know for certain it works, I will use a spreader and just overseed my entire yard for a more lush and dense grass. I have used a few different brands previously...but this is truly the best that I have ever found. The absolute most important thing is to WATER your lawn every day while this takes root.