Pennington One Step Complete Shade Patch & Repair Grass Seed Mix, for Partial to Full Shade, 5.5 lb.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Our back yard is largely shaded by large leafy canopies. Much of the yard rarely sees an ounce of sunshine. We've tried grass seed in the past but I chalked up the lack of success to one of two things. It was either too shady or it was user error. It was probably a combination of both. Our experience with this One Step Dense Shade mix was pretty great! We cleaned up the areas that we were targeting by raking up other lawn debris and loosening up the soil. It has been raining and the ground was moist. After spreading out the seed, I followed up with a good saturation. It's hard to mess it up as the mulch in the mix changes color when its watered sufficiently. I had a patch in the sun that needed more consistent watering because it dried more quickly. I fell down on that job and it didn't grow. This just drives home the point that regular watering really is a critical step in the success of this grass growth. The shady areas that I watered twice daily (mostly) did quite well. A few spots were more dense than others. What I know is that I will absolutely use this again in the spring! It's as close to fool-proof as one can get.