20 Best Seed For Hay Field (2023 Updated)

Good stuff. Wild bunnies and birds like to run around and eat and play in it. So happy to find it on Walmart. I use this outside my clover yard and it helps keep everything eating outside the fence.

I bought a bag for my chickens ’cause grass just doesn’t last long and getting a mixed bag of seed to make everyone happy seemed a just and worthy expense. I set up a planter box with hardware wire over the top and with 4 days, greens were already popping up and somehow unaffected by the early spring frost.

Used this seed for years to bring back good greens for my chickens to eat. It sprouts and grows well, and the girls love it!

This fine-fescue blend worked very well for us in a half-shade backyard. If you like fescue, this is definitely IT. We are trying the seed again on a different yard that’s even shadier. A lawn full of fescue may not appeal to everyone, it has its own look; but as long as there’s not too much sun (will burn it out in a year or two), this seed is excellent, in our experience.

I like this seed blend because it grows solid blades; it has a dark, lush color; and, it looks very stately and intentional (not just some wild grass growing where it wanted).

I’m excited for my pasture next year. My sheep will be very happy with their new forage

This variety of ryegrass grew ok and produced fairly good leaves. My horse eats it just fine. However, it does not grow as vigorously as the previous version I normally use (out of stock). I tried this as an alternative since the regular variety I purchase was out of stock.

It did grow and produced OK, but the other version seems to be more hardy. I will switch back and order earlier in the season next time.

I’m just starting to sprout, I can tell up close, little plants coming up all over the place! We need some slightly higher temperatures and a bit more natural rain, and they are going to blast off! I will be mowing my yard in a week or so for sure!.

Great! I got a bag to test a totally bare sand half acre that was destroyed horses. Took only about 3-4 days to start seeing the blades growing. Came in wonderfully thick. Ordering 3 more back for the rest of the pastures.

Also got amazing help from staff online chatting about the products! High key recommend!.

I have been growing grass for my cats for many years. Fresh grass gives them nutrients and helps with digestion. By growing clean grass, they are less tempted to chew on plants outside they shouldn’t be ingesting.

My previous source for cat grass seeds is no longer available. I grew my first batch of this Rose & Branch seed last week and it readily germinated and is growing as fresh green lush grass that my cat likes to browse on everyday.

I will be growing more for my friends’ cats. It is convenient to order it in these larger packets from Chewy.

I really love gardening and why not to try this brand rose and branch seeds of wheat. I’m planning to get soil and put in nice mini cups then adding the seeds then decorate the kitchen inside ,then outdoor my wild cats will love it as a treat.

I’m really excited about it. Also it is a pound of product. You can definitely have several patches or several mini pots of growing seeds. This review was collected as part of a promotion, and the opinions are my own.

compared to another brand I got on Chewy. I planted side by side with another brand and they sprouted almost identically (1 day apart). However, all the cats gravitated towards the other brand. They ate the entire pot of the other brand, and this grass is still standing.

They smell the empty pot from the other, smell this grass, and turn away. Huge disappointment.

I used the Greenview mulch/fertilizer after overseeding in a troublesome spot in my yard. It’s always been a difficult spot to grow grass b/c of the slope and tree debris. After spreading a seed mixture of both Rye and Fescue, I used this fertilizer to cover the seed.

It has the consistency of rabbit or guinea pig food, but is a lil lighter and applies easily. I did two passes over the whole area and put down additional fertilizer by hand in some particularly bare areas.

I watered immediately after planting and then again daily until the first germinating grass popped up. The mulch/fertilizer held together and has decomposed over time (biodegradable!), as the grass has continued to grow.

It’s early but very happy with the results so far! Now, here’s hoping I can keep my new grass alive during the heat of the summer!.

A huge tree was removed from my property last year and there were numerous bare patches of grass that would not grow all the time the tree was in situ. I had previously tried seeding the bare patches, but I was unsuccessful in promoting growth because the birds kept getting the seed.

This product has provided the necessary protection required to allow my grass seed to germinate without being disturbed by the bird population. I like the fact it retains moisture therefore requiring less water, and best of all that it is biodegradable.

Once it is applied, there is nothing else to do except water periodically and watch it grow. Quality product that I am very happy with.

Every spring I take the time to prepare and seed different sections of my lawn that didn’t do well in the New England winter. Every summer I fight birds, squirrels, rain, wind, and hilly areas because it takes several tries to get the glass evenly dispersed without getting eaten or moved.

I bought the biodegradable pellets (you add your own seed) and spread it over my grass seed. The pellets soaked up the water, attracted the grass seeds, and it is staying in place. The biodegradable material doesn’t tempt the animals, and the seed is staying right where I put it.

Great product for problem areas.

I haven’t had access to my car for several months as it’s at a relative’s house for repairs, so I was unable to shop for garden stuff to start a garden this year. However, I did buy this can of garden seeds from Auguson Farms, so I can get an early start next year.

I like that they are non-hybrid, too. I will try to get my father to order a can, too. He has a much larger property, and has a garden every year. This is also a good product to keep on hand in case of some major calamity.

It’s nice to know that I can start a garden and grow some food if some major natural or other type of disaster occurs.

I probably got very lucky when I threw this on bare dirt for my goats. It rained every evening for a week. I feel like it probably covers 1/2 the area it states. I purchased another bag to fill in bare spots.

I highly suggest you watch the weather & sow right before you get a few days of rain.

I bought this on a whim to for my (outdoor) box turtle habitat so that the turtles would have vegetation to munch on. I’m in AZ, and it’s been in the 90’s, so I wasn’t expecting it to look this good! I spread a bag of topsoil over a bare area, raked seeds in and watered every day.

This is 9 days after planting. Coming up well (in full sun) and there’s quite a bit of diversity.

I just would like to make a recommendation. Please list what strains of seed are in the various brands/mixes of seed. I have a variety of animals I need to know the specific strains. Not all grass/legumes are created equal as you well know.

And the endophyte status would be helpful as well. Thank you.

I’ve been putting in food plots for 6 years now and using a variety of products. Started using Whitetail clover about 4 years ago and decided last year to plant nothing but their clover because the deer LOVE it.

They walk past 20 acres of alfalfa to get to the plots. They are always on the clover plots from spring to freeze up. They eat it down to the ground before winter sets in. Then, the amazing thing is that if we get a mid-winter thaw here in Wisconsin, this stuff starts to push sprouts up and they are out there eating any growth/green that they can get at.

Unbelievable! Anyway, the 30 or so years of research that Whitetail Institute has put into the development of their products has proven to me that they are the ones with the knowledge and know-how to do it right.

NO, I don’t work for them or know anyone there, I’m simply a fan of theirs. So, do yourself a favor. Prep your land properly, plant it, mow it when the weeds start taking over, mow it again later in the season to again take the weeds down before they reseed.

Mow it for the same purpose the second season. before the weeds reseed! Walla, you have a 5 or 6 year food plot that will pull deer to your land! I’ve found that the cost of the seed is the cheapest part of the whole process.

if your sweat equity means anything to you. I tried to cheap-out by buying less expensive products from the Co-op or other companies and had bad results so at the end of the season you step back and say da*n, all that work and this is the result? Buy good seed!.

I put the lime down in the fall of the year and in February I threw the clover seed down along with he fertilizer on the rocky hilly ground in the ozark’s without any tilling I let it frost seed in. By May the clover was up about a foot high and the deer and turkey we’re all over it.

I seeded the clover a lot heaver than recommend, 18 lbs to the acre to give it a great start. And every month I would spray plot start on it and mow it.

In the past few years I have tried 22 different clovers and clover blends, each in their own food plot. I spray GLY 4 and kill off everything and a week later I come in and put on some lime and 19-19-19 fertilizer and then broadcast the seed.

A light drag afterwards and call it done. The germination of this stuff is phenomenal and the deer come to this plot before anything else. They absolutely love it. The highly palatable clover leads to much higher consumption rate has lead to a huge difference in antler growth and big improvement in body condition and a lot more fawns hitting the ground this year.

Where as we use to pretty much get 1 fawn from each doe, we are now mostly twins and a few triplets, and a big part of the reason is this clover. The difference in antler growth is astonishing. Don’t waste time or money on anything else.

Hello and Thanks for the seeds. I do not have a green thumb. The ryegrass popped-up everywhere. The Daikon Radish is well scattered. It is possible that the Turnip and Mustard and Radish resemble each other and I cannot tell the difference.

A few peas sprouted. No clover was seen. Is it possible to do an entire yard in clover? Anyhow, Thanks.

Bought this mix along with others, but this mix truly has had great results. It pains me every time to let my hens in the plots I’ve seeded with this forage mix because of how green and beautiful they look with the different variety of plants in them, but my hens LOVE it.

My 1-2 weeks of work is gone in hours. But, it is easy to grow and takes well to cutting.

I ordered and planted this a few years back after I cleared and area of palmettos next to my chicken coop. It grew for about two month prior to letting my chickens out as I had a problem with loose dogs coming during the day and killing them.

After the dogs stopped coming I let my chickens graze on this plot (20X60) area and they craved it. I would open the coop and they would B-line right to it, some even flying toward it. After waiting to till it in early summer, I have noticed the soil in that area is very fertile compared to when the palmettos had grown.

I have been using this grass seed for maybe 8 years. Its excellent for hot dry conditions like we get in Missouri. The roots go deep in the ground so you don’t have to water the grass much. Plus this grass spreads out if you have a place die on your yard.

Not good in the shade. But good in part sun to full sun. Its germinates fast. Easy to grow. Stays greener than other grass seeds all summer.

I seeded about a month ago and it looks great, which has been a bit surprising to me since we experienced an extreme heat wave — at least for Seattle — a week after seeding; quite a few very hot days after seeding, yet it still came up thick (in most areas) and healthy.

I would definitely buy this seed again, assuming it continues to do as well over the years.

Attempting to fill in bare spots and replace weedy spots with grass. I found it hard to get grass to sprout. I believe more tilling will help as this is a clay soil. Once established, it’s great. Requires little watering and is a lush green.

I read so many bad reviews on deer hunting sites about ryegrass. I don’t think the people giving the bad reviews understand the difference between diploid and tetraploid ryegrass. I planted Throw & Gro, which contains tetraploid ryegrass, on May 23rd.

and it is already attracting deer. Never before have I seen deer in my yard in the mid-afternoon during summer. I am now and it’s to eat this product as it grows. There wasn’t much of anything growing in the shade in my backyard to begin with, so all I did was mow what weeds were there as low as I could, roughed the soil up by driving my ATV around on it, spread the seed with a rotary spreader, spread some 13-13-13 the same way, drove around on my riding mower pushing the seed down into the soil surface and then watered it in.

I had noticeable growth within 5 days and deer started coming around after about two weeks. I included three photos. One from planting day and two from a deer I saw out there at 3 PM today. In the first deer photo, it is back in the food plot in-line with the tomato cage by the porch.

The 2nd deer photo is a cropped version of the first. I’d like to note that I live in an area with a lot of farming and there are new crops coming up all around that the deer could eat, but yet I am still getting them to come to my Throw & Gro plot.

My wife let the dog (lab) out at 10 PM the other night and there were three deer eating in the food plot that never left (dog didn’t see them but my wife did with the flood lights on).

You wont find better for a cover crop for garden. The rye at least is crazy solid. It grew dark green till mid Jan to. At that time the tips browned some. That was some of the thickest lush grass i have ever seen and starving out the fall weeds.

BUT for me i used it for green manure in my garden and i added Vetch. Problem was it did not winter kill and it was a hard season in the garden as it kept finding a way to come up despite a good plow and till of the garden in late spring.

My advice is to chemical kill a few days before turning it over. I will never use anything else despite the love hate i had with it over the summer. If your looking for organic matter for your garden this is a no brainer.

This company also has clover to add in there for frost planting so load it up. BEST STUFF EVER. I have a 3500 sq ft garden i did more then half with 1 bag and it was THICK THICK. The othe half i did winter rye (large seed) and it didnt do near as well and nor does it no till well either.

Broadcast this stuff water it hard and i mean hard and in a couple days watch it sprout.

I recently moved to PA from NYC (no exp with wildlife) & loved that deer were roaming around but then saw them munching on things I planted; was advised to toss seeds around tree trunks or in the woods, so I did just past the grass line w/no prepping the dirt (just happened we also had a good rainstorm later on) & within 3 days, deer were eating the tall, bright green stalks that grew.

No water is necessary bc when I tossed more a week later, no rain & didn’t water them & it still grew. So easy & if a city girl can do it with good results, then anyone could & I also know now that I can’t plant flowers/veggies w/o having Fort Knox around it – LOL but what a wonderful trade-off to live my goal-planning, dream life here in PA.

This is the most successful seeding that I’ve ever had. Was excited to see all new growth in my patchy lawn. Looking forward to seeing this grass full strength, lush and beautiful.

beautiful sunflowers, that made this delicious sunflower seeds, that my birds love. Attracts all types of birds. Good for open tray or regular tube feeders as well. A small amount of twigs in this bag but oat of processing.

Buying in bulk is more cost effective. Would buy again. USA Product (I received cashback as part of a cashback campaign).

IšverstiShow in original languageThis is a really good Turf Builder as they say. The bags small but covers so much grounds. I actually had left over which shocked me. It easily went through my spreader and my spreader had no issue dispensing the product so it was Jam free which was nice.

After a little bit I was actually very impressed with the results of the product and have very beautiful grass blades all over my yard. I will definitely be purchasing this several times a year to get this beautiful yard.

Having a green and healthy looking yard is important to me! I take alot of time and effort into my yard looking great. This Turf builder is very easy to use and help tremendously making my grass thicker and beautiful in the sun or shade.

I was seeing results as little as 2 weeks and within a month to a month and half were the best results! With the seasons changing fast I’m already noticing my grass still green and starting to look more fuller each day.

With this bag I was able to stretch it out to cover a full acer with no problem.

IšverstiShow in original languageGoing on 3 years in this house, but can’t seem to keep consistent grass growth in the back. With a lot of trees shading certain parts of the yard completely and other areas getting constant sun, the combination of shade & brutal Texas heat just makes keeping a good looking yard a tall order.

I like to throw seed on it a few times a year and have learned consistency is key. Throwing seed out and hoping it grows quick really only works in ideal conditions. I used this bag of ProMix seed early last week and used my walking seed spreader to distribute.

Made sure to get a fairly even coverage, but definitely focused on the trouble areas. We got some rain last week which was good timing for the seed. I do see new grass growing and the entire back yard looks greener and fuller.

This 5 in 1 formula looks to be working quite well!.

IšverstiShow in original languageJ’ai reçu 2 sac de ces semences que j’ai utilisé pour refaire une bande de gazon autour de ma piscine. Sur 2-3″ de terre a pelouse neuve j’ai semer 2x la quantité requise pour ma surface a couvrir puis j’ai recouvert le tout de 1/4-3/8″ de terre a pelouse PT.

J’ai arroser tous les soirs quand il n’avait pas eu de pluie de jour. Les premieres poussent ont apparu seulement a la journée 16 ou 17. Il a fallu encore un bon 2 semaines avant que ça épaississe assez pour caché le fond et pouvoir tondre une premiere fois.

J’ai du resemer ce weekend pour combler les espaces claisemées. A cette vitesse, ça va prendre tout le reste de la saison avant de pourvoir avoir un gazon uniforme et satisfaisant.