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Step 4: Choose the right grass seed

Step 4Step 4: Choose the right grass seed Grow Like a Pro

Because every lawn is different, you’ll find many different grass seed varieties to choose from. When selecting a grass seed, look for specific variety uses and characteristics listed on the bag. Select the type that best suits your yard's sun exposure, moisture availability and traffic pattern.

Grass Seed Blends and Mixtures: Turfgrasses play an important role in many aspects of our daily lives. Turfgrasses are used for home lawns, roadsides, public recreation areas, playing surfaces for athletic fields, golf courses and in many other applications. Over the last 20 years, great strides have been made in the improvement of traditional turfgrasses by increasing disease resistance, drought tolerance, cold tolerance and overall persistence.

Each turfgrass variety and species has its own unique growth, quality and adaptation characteristics. A turfgrass blend or mixture is the best choice for most lawns because it will thrive within a broader range of growing conditions and provides the added benefit of greater disease resistance.

Every variety and species used in Southern States blends and mixtures has been chosen for its ability to enhance overall performance. Southern States turfgrasses encompass the full range of turf species and have been specifically adapted for quality, durability and adaptation to growing conditions in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast.

At Southern States, we strive to supply you with the best turf seed product on the market. We go above and beyond industry standards of testing to supply you with some of the cleanest products available. Compare our seed labels to comparable brands and you will see the difference for yourself.

Helpful Tip: Beware of "low-cost" seed mixes because they often contain common, unadapted, low-quality grass seed. Southern States specializes in top quality grass seed that has been developed and tested for it's superior growth results and disease resistance.

*How to read a seed tag

Grass Seed Blends and Mixtures

  Ingredients Sun Exposure Leaf Texture High Traffic Area Use
Southern States Premium Blends
Southern States Premium Turf-Type FescueSouthern States Premium Turf-Type Tall Fescue Premium Blend of 3 Different Turf-type Tall Fescues Full Sun, Partial Shade
Fine To Medium
Very Good
Southern States Premium LandscapeSouthern States Premium Shadescape Chewing Fescue, Hard Fescue and Perennial Ryegrass Shade Fine to Very Fine Fair
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Turf Science Genetics Blends
Statesman BlendStatesman Blend 3-Way Tall Fescue Blend Full Sun Fine To Medium
Good
Sunny MixtureSunny Mixture 3-Way Tall Fescue Blend Full Sun Fine To Medium
Good
Sunny & Shady MixtureSunny & Shady Mixture Tall Fescue, Perennial Ryegrass, Kentucky Bluegrass, Chewing Fescue and Red Fescue Full Sun, Partial Shade Fine Good
Shady MixtureShady Mixture Tall Fescue, Perennial Ryegrass, Creeping Red Fescue and Hard Fescue
Full Shade
Fine To Very Fine Fair
Sundance Brand Heat Tolerant MixtureSundance Brand Heat Tolerant Mixture 90% Tall Fescue, 10% Heat Tolerant Kentucky Bluegrass Full Sun, Partial Shade Fine To Medium Very Good
Chipmate Brand Perennial Ryegrass BlendChipmate Brand Perennial Ryegrass Blend 3-Way Perennial Ryegrass Blend Full Sun, Partial Shade Fine Good
Sunspot Brand BermudaSunspot Brand Bermuda
Bermudagrass
Full Sun Medium Excellent
  Planting Date
Seeding Rate Per 1,000 Sq. Ft**
Days To Germinate
Sizes Available
Southern States Premium Blends
Southern States Premium Turf-Type Tall FescueSouthern States Premium Turf-Type Tall Fescue
Spring: Mar-May
Fall: Sept-Oct
New Lawns: 6-8 lb.
Existing Lawns: 3-4 lb.
7 to 21
20 lb. (021-42803)
Southern States Premium ShadescapeSouthern States Premium Shadescape
Spring: Mar-May
Fall: Sept-Oct
New Lawns: 5-6 lb.
Existing Lawns: 2-3 lb.
7 to 21
20 lb. (021-42483)
Turf Science Genetics Blends
Statesman BlendStatesman Blend
Spring: Mar-May Fall: Sept-Oct
New Lawns: 6-8 lb.
Existing Lawns: 3-4 lb.
7 to 21
20 lb. (021-42783)
Sunny MixtureSunny Mixture
Spring: Mar-May Fall: Sept-Oct
New Lawns: 6-8 lb.
Existing Lawns: 3-4 lb.
7 to 21
3 lb. (021-45200)
10 lb. (021-45201)
Sunny & Shady MixtureSunny & Shady Mixture
Spring: Mar-May Fall: Sept-Oct
New Lawns: 5-7 lb.
Existing Lawns: 2.5-3.5 lb.
7 to 21
3 lb. (021-45220)
10 lb. (021-45221)
Shady MixtureShady Mixture
Spring: Mar-May Fall: Sept-Oct
New Lawns: 6-8 lb.
Existing Lawns: 2-3 lb.
7 to 21
3 lb. (021-45210)
10 lb. (021-45211)
Sundance Brand Heat Tolerant MixtureSundance Brand Heat Tolerant Mixture Spring: Mar-May New Lawns: 5-7 lb.
Existing Lawns: 3-4 lb.
7 to 21 3 lb. (021-41002)
10 lb. (021-41003)
25 lb. (021-41004)
Chipmate Brand Perennial Ryegrass BlendChipmate Brand Perennial Ryegrass Blend
Spring: Mar-May Fall: Sept-Oct
New Lawns: 3-5 lb.
Existing Lawns: 1.5-2.5 lb. Overseeding Warm Season Grasses: 6-20 lb.
7 to 14 3 lb. (021-41101)
10 lb. (021-41102)
25 lb. (021-41103)
50 lb. (021-41104)
Sunspot Brand BermudaSunspot Brand Bermuda
Spring/Summer: May-July
New Lawns: 1-3 lb.
Existing Lawns: .5-1.5 lb.
10 to 21
3 lb. (021-45230)
10 lb. (021-45231)
25 lb. (021-45234)
(**) Rates may vary due to local conditions. Lower rates apply to overseeding recommendations.
 

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