GardenersDream 5KG Premium Hard Wearing Grass Seed - Fast Growing Grass Seeds for New Lawns & Patch Repair - Covers up to 300M2 for Overseeding

I put the seed down last October to fill in a flower bed , it has taken amazingly.

I was happy with my last pack of this lawn seed so I ordered a second pack for another project. The germination was excellent and has grown thickly over autumn/winter.

I bought this to over seed my lawn as it had some bald patches after a wet winter. I decided to get a much bigger bag than I needed so I can go a little heavy on the seed. The first mistake I made was to just throw the seed down and hope that it grew. However I hadn't taken into consideration the fact that birds just ate most of the seed and my cats are useless at chasing them away. After a lot of reading I ended up getting a whole load of topsoil to then do it properly by laying down seeds then topsoil and some more seed. I have kept it moist and followed all the great advice I read up on and it is just starting to show the fruits of my labour. If you are using top soil try to apply a fair amount across the garden rather than just the patches as otherwise you could end up with really rich green grass in the areas you have treated and a lesser appealing area where you haven't top dressed it. There are plenty of videos showing you how to do this with equipment that you are likely to have in your shed There are a few things to consider with any grass seed. Grass needs temperatures of about 10 degrees plus to germinate so the cold spell we have had up until this week has meant that my grass has taken nearly 4 weeks to show. Normally grass should only taken a week or two to start showing. My only gripe which isn't a big deal but on a 5kg bag I weighed it in at 4.7kg which is why I have deducted a star. At first I wouldn't have dreamed to recommend this but actually doing it properly and the temperatures rising I am really pleased and so would recommend this happily

I did patch repairs on about 30 sections of my lawn this May and a fairly big area in the picture which was bare due to the trampoline. For over 10 years, I have been doing regular reseeding and used more than half a dozen different varieties. This is by far the best and easiest to put down. I simply removed about an inch of compacted top soil, mixed the grass seed with Westlands Gro-Sure Lawn seeding soil and pushed it in; watered it most days, and the new grass has come up in about 7-10 days. I have probably put too much seed in tbh as it's v thick in places but I have been scarred by years of so-called high quality grass seed not working. What's impressed me the most, is it's taken in parts of the garden alongside tree roots and semi shaded area that I had given up on. It's a lovely rich, dark green colour which will fade gradually and blend in. Caveat: 1. The only final test is to use it in Autumn and see if survives a wet, cold winter when a lot of grass seed takes and I find gets kind of washed away. 2. I have not tested it in complete shaded areas underneath the trees which I plan to do (but I am not sure it's designed for that)

Not very effective with patchy growth. Many bare patches even after 6 weeks. Disappointing.

Good quality. Put out march n started growing. Thanks

I had good results last year, because of the wet weather causing a lot of moss I will use Gardeners Dream to repair areas where moss damage has resulted in bare patches.

Looks good and healthy. Only sown this week and see how it goes. Only left 4 stars as I don't know the quality till it gr9ws