Outsidepride Perennial Buffalo Grass Seed - 2 lbs Heat & Drought Tolerant, Low Maintenance, Warm Season Dense Turf Grass Seed for Lawn, Xeriscape Landscaping, & Roadside Planting

This arrived quickly, was clean( those of you who have bought seed know why I say this), well packaged and exactly as described. Some descriptions of buffalo grass mention how tiny the seeds are and how difficult this makes sowing them if they are hulled. These have some hull still attached, so you can use a caster if you like, HOWEVER, I did two types of sowing, and simply casting was not effective for me.As I am trying to work out how to do a much larger area, I first tested on two small plots (20'x20'). One was to use a caster over an area, and the second was to rake the soil to crumbles, cast the seed, then rake it into the soil. I watered both areas every day for the 10 days, and then reduced watering to every other day and by 14 days I had a green fuzz over the raked area, but no perceptible green on the cast alone area. I plan to wean the grass once established and see how it does with twice a month and then no watering as part of my testing. Note, with the hull the seed floats so some of my raked in seeds floated to the top. Also note, these have a green "something" on the hulls. When they were first cast, the quail ignored them, but after several days of watering they looked less green and the quail were more interested. I did not do germination tests (maybe later) but I am guessing that the cast alone mainly wound up as quail banquet. The fact that I have considerable germination in the raked over areas makes me believe the seed are fine and my lack of germination in the cast only area is due to the large number of birds that suddenly found my yard interesting - quail, doves, multitude of thrushes and others. I was very happy with the quality of the seeds, but be aware that the hulls have weight, and as such you will get fewer actual seeds per pound and will need to increase the weight of seeds per area accordingly. I believe this is taken into account in the price of these seeds given my comparisons of seed prices.

6 days after planting I saw great germination. Was surprised how fast. I will buy again and repeat the process to convert more of my yard.May 26th - Started with bare ground. Chewed it up with a vertacutter. Hand broadcast the seed. Raked the seed into the soil. Rolled with a soil compactor. And covered with peatmoss. 1st week watered 3x per day for 10 mins each. 2nd week watered 1x per day for 20 min.3rd week plan is to water every other day.for 20 min.Still experimenting but looking good.P.s.- I have had a patch of buffalo grass for 3 yrs and kinda knew what I was getting in to.Update 6/27/24: grass has matured as expected. No stolens yet, but filling in nicely.

Did not grow !!! Bad seeds!

Very disappointed. For some reason germination percentage is 20% or less. Wasted money and water. I still have some seeds left I will try again soon.

After 4 weeks, doesn't appear to have a high germination rate, maybe 10-20% sprouted. Hopefully it's just due to the slightly cooler temperatures we have had in April here in Texas of 50F-85F. From what I understand this blend should be 1-3 weeks germination.Note, my method, scraped off the current sod of weeds and Johnson/Dallas grass with a box blade, using ripper tines to lightly till to a depth of 1 in., broadcast spread the seed and had my kids rake the dirt over the seed as well as walk all over the dirt (i have rich black clay, this grass should thrive in, main reason I'm buying Buffalo) to make sure the seeds get a good chance at contact. broadcast spread 10-5-5 fertilizer and watered daily for 3 weeks.Edit, bumping up to 4 stars, after another several weeks, looks like about a 30-40% germination rate. Hopefully the Buffalo grass will take over the Johnson/Dallas that has already started to invade soon.

The seed didn't germinate well and could have been the combination of the Texas heat, the shade in the yard although it can be used in shade areas according to what I read.

Barely any of the seeds germinated, less than 10%. I purchased enough seed to overseed my lawn area, tilled and watered 2-3x/day. I should have taken a photo of the seed back because my initial reaction when opening it was that they seeds looked dead and not fresh. Looks like I was right.

Planted this with a mix but am able to distinguish some buffalo grass from the others. It requires a lot of attention and water. I pregerminated this with a misting spritzer outside in a cardboard box and paper towel. I have religiously watered this and used a thick layer of quality soil and then covered with a shade cloth. I ordered more to grow in seed cells and transplant to thin spots or other parts of my yard which I hope will be an easier process.