Once established, our purebred, drought-tolerant Smart Seed grass requires up to 30% less water than ordinary grass seed. That's year after year, for the life of your lawn. Plus, our advanced, Fertilizer-Enhanced Seed Coat technology speeds establishment and promotes greener grass.

I have tried a few different brands of seeds, but the Pennington Sun & Shade north grass seed is the only one that has worked! I will definitely be buying it again! My front lawn has been completely revived in 3 weeks!!

Central Garden & Pet CompanyPennington Seed, Inc. / Parent organization Pennington Seed is owned by the Walnut Creek, Calif. -based Central Garden & Pet Company (Nasdaq: CENT, CENTA), a leading innovator, marketer and producer of quality branded products for the lawn & garden and pet supply markets.

5 star. Really struggled to get grass seed to grow this summer in one patch. This finally got it to grow back and looks healthy and lovely. Worth paying more for this with the added nutrients.

Start by mowing existing grass as short as possible followed by removing debris. Then rake the soil to loosen and smooth the top layer. Spread the seed evenly using a drop, rotary or hand-held spreader according to the recommended spreader settings.

The seed is the embryonic stage of the plant life cycle. Most seeds consist of three parts: embryo, endosperm, and seed coat. The embryo is a tiny plant that has a root, a stem, and one or more leaves. The endosperm is the nutritive tissue of the seed, often a combination of starch, oil, and protein.

• Best Overall. Scotts Turf Builder Grass Seed Sun & Shade Mix.
• Best Budget. Pennington The Rebels Tall Fescue Grass Seed Mix.
• Best Splurge. Hancock Seed Company Common Bermuda Spring & Summer Grass Seed Mix.
• Best Bermuda. Sunday Bermuda Time Grass Seed.
• Best for Shade.
• Best for Full Sun.
• Best for New Lawn.
• Best for Sandy Soil.

Madison, Georgia From our humble beginnings in Madison, Georgia, to our state-of-the-art NexGen facilities in Oregon, Pennington has bred the finest grass seed in the industry since 1945.

Monsanto Monsanto, the world's largest seed company, is attempting to buy up the chemical operations of Syngenta, the world's largest producer of pesticides and other farm inputs.

Seed treatments significantly reduce the impact of diseases and pests on the seed and plant to help it maximize its yield potential.

Quality seed is defined as varietally pure with a high germination percentage, free from disease and disease organisms, and with a proper moisture content and weight. Quality seed insures good germination, rapid emergence, and vigorous growth.

Check seed package for planting depth.

1. Make shallow indentations in the media and sow the seed evenly.
2. Lightly water the surface, and place the container in a warm area (not in direct sunlight).
3. As seeds germinate, move seedlings to a well-lit area, such as under fluorescent lights.

The turf-type fescue family is the best grass seed for variation. Members include fine fescue, creeping fescue, hard fescue and tall fescue grasses (such as Kentucky 31 tall fescue). Due to the variety, tolerance of certain conditions varies.

Seed technology is the science dealing with the methods of improving physical and genetical characteristics of seed. It involves such activities as variety development, evolution and release of varieties, seed production, seed processing, seed certification and storage.

Seeds are used to propagate many crops such as cereals, legumes, forest trees, turfgrasses, and pasture grasses. Particularly in developing countries, a major constraint faced is the inadequacy of the marketing channels to get the seed to poor farmers. Thus the use of farmer-retained seed remains quite common.

Pennington claims that not all patch products are created equal. They say they use more seed than Scott's and a better mulch. Pennington claims they use two times the seed that Scotts uses. Examining the samples side by side it is evident that Pennington One Step Complete uses far more seed than Scotts EZ seed.