The Dirty Gardener Zenith Zoysia Grass Seed - 1 Pound

The grass seed arrived on time and was very clean, pure Zoysia. We prepared a 1,000 SF seed bed, buried a Railbird popup sprinkler system around the perimeter, broadcast a good fertilizer, broadcast the seed and then raked it in about an inch deep. One week later we have a good stand of one inch tall new Zoysia grass. We have the sprinkler system watering every six hours and that seems to work since we're also in a rainy period on the Big Island - Kona side, where we live. It is a small lawn in front of our bamboo home next to a koi pond and small Japanese garden. It should look great when it grows and thickens and will provide a green carpet of short grass for eating outside with a view of Kealakekua Bay and South Point. I will mow with a reel-type mower to keep the grass short. It seems to be the right solution in our situation for a small grass lawn.

Very disappointing very little germination

When it arrived the bag the seeds were in was split. When I opened the mailing bag the inside bag contains the seeds was split so some of the seeds spilled unto the floor.

I am very pleased with the Zenith zoysia grass seed I received. I've had exceptional success with the germination of this seed. I was very surprised well beyond my expectations. Before planting I removed the existing sod and worked and leveled the top 4 inches of soil and added starter fertilizer. I planted the seed by hand on May 17th on a small, narrow section of my lawn (around 225 square feet). I covered the seed with a thin layer of peat moss to protect against birds and erosion. I watered the peat moss thoroughly in order to wet through to the seed (very important), and kept the area watered well. Seeds started to germinate at 7 days. I removed weeds by hand. This was somewhat tedious but the weeds were easy to remove and, since the plot was only about 6 foot wide, I was able to do this without stepping on the sprouting seed. Foot long tweezers were a great help here. I added another light application of granular fertilizer at 3 weeks. It is now June 14th (week 4) and the area is almost completely covered with 1 inch tall zoysia with very little weeds to boot. I am a very happy camper to say the least and plan on doing this again next spring.

The seeds that I put in clear plastic containers and generously watered them. I now have several feet of Zoysia sod (thinner that what I've received in the past from a Zoyia plug company) that I can transplant where I see fit. The sod I have grown is with a fraction of the seeds that came in the bag, and there were no weed seeds in what I grew. It is much cheaper to do this way, but there is some work involved with it.

Really great seeds with almost no filler. What a pleasant surprise after buying from the well advertised brands.

Tried to start seed in September 2017 in trays to be used as plugs. Only a 2% germination rate and followed instructions to the letter. UPDATE: July 2018. Tried growing these seeds in a raised bed outdoors, followed the instructions completely and ZERO sprouts after 10 days. DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT!!! The reason for rating this product with a "1" is there is no ZERO!!!

I planted in Sept..it did start sprouting but got to cold and stopped. I think will be great when I plant in the spring/summer