GBW Grass Seed - Quality Lawn Seed 1kg - Covers up to 60 m2 (645 ft2) New Lawns - Fast Growing & Rapid Germination - Hard Wearing Against Pet Urine - Tailored to UK Climate - 100% Refund (1.0kg)

Update 22/08/26 Either Rainwater is the magic ingredient or someone at the grass factory saw my previous review, realised there had been a technical error and switch on my grass seed! I posted my original response 2 or 3 days ago, since then we have had the first significant drop of rain since Christmas and my grass is busting out all over. So I thought, "Do the right thing" and would be buyers that this wonderful grass seed DOES grow! Just make sure that you also order some local rain when you buy yours and hope that the manufacturers have set every see to the on position! Slightly Older review This is the best bird seed I ever bought. The local pigeons were all looking a little under nourished before I decided to do some long overdue repairs to my lawn. Bought a bag of this stuff, sewed it, lightly covered it with top soil, watered it, Temperature has been just right for growing grass these past 3 weeks, lord knows I seem to be out with the lawn mower cutting the existing grass every few days. And the final result is, 3 or 4 very fat wood pigeons and some random spots of freshly laid top soil. So if your looking for Birdseed that will not go to waste, this is the stuff to buy. If however you are looking for something to repair your patchy lawn, Your local garden centre will, i'm sure have just the thing. Does this company sell fish, I only ask because we have a very hungry heron living local and it seems unfair to feed the pigeons without giving the old heron the odd meal.

I ordered this hard wearing grass seed for a small patch I wanted to cover with lawn and to overseed the rest of the grass in my garden. I sowed it around early May, and to keep the birds and dog off, I covered it with fleece for a week until it had germinated. I'm pleased with the result. I've been able to mow it twice already by the end of June and edge it. Still trying to keep off the grass for now though. The results from overseeding weren't as good. I have a long grass pathway which is trampled on many times daily. I covered half the length with seed and put fleece over, and made everyone walk on one side, intending to switch sides when the new grass had grown sufficiently. It's come up, but the patches still look bare with only one or two new blades. I did prepare the new area until it was a fine tilth. The existing lawn was scarified, aerated, cut and the new seeds covered with a fine layer of top soil, so I don't know where I went wrong, though I suspect, the soil wasn't prepared, lots of stones and chafers under there, and the seed the previous owner used wasn't good quality. One thing, it comes in a bag which opens along the 'long side', the wrong edge in my opinion, so once you've opened the bag, it's not easy to store it. I had to tip the seed I was keeping aside into a tin, and cut the instructions from the plastic wrapper and put them in. For starting a new lawn from scratch, this is excellent seed, as long as you prepare the ground well first.

slow germination.

I mixed the seed with some all purpose compost and sowed it with a light layer of earth over it as well: I've found that this not only speeds germination, but far more of the seeds germinate than when it is just sprinkled on the ground as the supplier suggests. With a light covering of earth I get a really good thick layer of new grass. The first box I bought was sowed in the spring when it was cold, and took a good 3-4 weeks to show. That grass is now thick and healthy and indistinguishable from the rest of the lawn. However the latest batch (which came in an unmarked woven plastic bag) was up and very visible within a week of sowing thanks to warmth and lots of rain. I'm very happy with this seed as it seems to be reliable and germination under ideal temp/moisture conditions is very fast. The grass is good quality, with no sign of leggy rye-grass, and uniform in colour and texture. Wish I had the energy to do my whole lawn with this, not just the places left messy by laying new paths. Oh, and last year I bought turf for some larger areas, which looked fantastic all summer, but died completely over the winter. I've reseeded with this seed over the top, and it's looking good.

The grass that sprouts from this seed is really good quality once it gets going and I have not experienced issues with weeds like some of the other reviews suggest. However, I have found in both of the 2 years I have been using this particular seed that it takes 3 weeks+ to start germinating - covered with a layer of top dressing and regular watering. I have also noticed that the success rate is quite low. For that reason I give it 3 stars as it’s a good quality finish but too much faff to get what you want from it.

I've never seeded a lawn before, so I watched loads of YouTube videos and got the prep right. I'd had the seeds sitting in the bag in front of a window since September, so was a little paranoid that they'd be no good in April. The bad reviews on here had me convinced they'd be dead, especially as grass seeds feel pretty dead and weightless anyway. I sowed a few on a wet paper towel in a plastic container to check they were viable, and pretty much all of them sprouted :D I think the company could improve the user experience by recommending a specific fertiliser. As a newbie, this was a bit of a mindfield, and I was worried that my standard tub of Growmore wouldn't cut the mustard, as it isn't a lawn Starter Fertiliser per se. It seems to have done the job though. After about 3 weeks, I had grass. In 6 weeks, I could definitely call it a lawn. It's been my most rewarding lockdown project so far. There are still a few bare spots, but that's down to excessively shady areas and probably a variation in the subsoil water retention. It's easy enough to scratch the ground up a bit and reseed those sections. So in short, buy these seeds. They'll give you a lush, soft, bright green lawn that makes you want to roll around on it, and they're dirt cheap. Seeding will give you immense satisfaction rather than cheating using turf. You'll also reduce your carbon footprint this way. The negative rules may have been due to old stock, but I doubt it, as grass seeds apparently remain viable for a few years. They're probably down to bad prep or under/overwatering. Use netting to keep the birds off too. And don't make the mistake I made - leaving the bird feeder hanging on the tree over bare tilled soil. The stray seeds will germinate and you'll end up with a wheat crop that you have to remove from the lawn by hand. Good luck!

I have been a gardener for more than 60yrs. I bought this and sowed it after preparing the area. 2 wks later not one seed has germinated. I have watered it each evening and yet nothing has happened. I suggest people do not buy this product as there seems to be a major fault with the seed germinating.

I initially bought this grass seed in June of 2018 with the intention of reseeding my lawn and filling in the gaps later in the year. Well, I totally forgot about it because the weather wasn't particularly great and suddenly it is April of 2019, the weather is nice and I'm back out in my garden and I apparently just left this bag of grass seed on my garden bench... I figured I would still try and salvage some of the seeds despite what was happening in the bag (some of the seeds had started germinating because I left the bag outside) and let me tell you, with that little burst of summer weather we just had I have now filled in one of the huge gaps I had where I had managed to kill a large section of my lawn by leaving a garden table outside since the previous year... My garden is a struggle. 10 years ago when I first moved in it was a waist high mess of nettles and brambles and my neighbours trees kill a third of the lawn I now have every year when their leaves drop. I have spent a lot of time and money trying to make do with what I have and I wish had found these grass seeds years ago. I went with a few bags of of Homebase's grass seed initially which is more suitable for a meadow somewhere in the countryside than a small garden in the middle of the city. As you can probably tell, I do I not have the greenest of thumbs but I raked back all the moss, dug up some weeds, removed the stones and went to town on the section of lawn killed by the table by using a small fork initially to loosen up the soil then I worked my large garden fork over the area. I then seeded the area, spread a thin layer of compost over it and lacking a roller I just used my feet over the area. Cut to a few weeks later I now have some beautiful dark green and what seems to be hard wearing grass in one section of my garden. I've now purchased a second bag that I am going to use for the rest of the bald/moss patches with the intention of slowly replacing the Homebase grass in time. I'll remember to add take some before and after photos this time. I wasn't expecting any results given my treatment of the first bag I purchased so I didn't think to take any photos.

Già dopo 1 settimana i primi fili sono spuntati. Peccato perchè le formiche hanno fatto strage di semi...per quest'inverno sono a posto! Invece io ho dovuto ripiantare nelle zone in cui avevano fatto man bassa.

Buen producto, comprare mas sin pensarlo, buena calidad, cesped muy bueno y crece con eficacia*****

Excellent . J’ai humidifié la terre et juste jeté des poignés d’herbe sur le terrain je précise qu’il yavait que de la terre même pas d’herbe Je suis ravie du résultat au bout de deux semaines darraosage le résultat est top. J’ai arrosé tout les soirs !!!!!

Die Samen haben etwas länger gebraucht um auszutreiben was vermutlich aber daran gelegen hat das es etwas zu trocken war. Des weiteren sind geschätzt nur 50% gekeimt. Jetzt sind alle Flächen wieder mit Gras bewachsen. Im kommenden Jahr wird der Rasen komplett neu angelegt und ggf auf dieses Produkt zurückgegriffen.

Sembradas a primeros de septiembre y muy bien, sí que necesitan un gran aporte de agua, por lo demás a ver cómo se comportan cuando llegue el calor del próximo verano