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Customer Reviews for Pennington Smart Seed Bermudagrass 8.75 lb. 5,000 sq. ft. Grass Seed and Lawn Fertilizer (2-Pack)

Internet #322097941

Model #100543735

  • Bermudagrass grass seed mix plus fertilizer for sunny lawns
  • Exceptional heat, drought and traffic tolerance
  • Formulated to help Bermuda lawns start strong and crowd out weeds

Customer Reviews

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  • 25% recommend this product
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Do not buy this product for Home Depot! :(
Home Depot has literally sent out broken bags of this product twice this week. The package I received yesterday had a ripped open bag that was poorly taped and half of the $40 bag was all over the box when opened it. So I spent the next 45 minutes of my time talking with two customer service agents, the first on text who was worthless, and the second with a barely understandable accent to get the return authorization and replacement shipment for today. AND the replacement is ripped open too
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Response from Pennington TeamMar 11, 2024
Hello, we are sorry to hear this is how you received our products. Please reach out to The Home Depot customer service department again so they can assist you further with the issue. Thank you. pennington
    Good and quick germination
    Quick and high percentage germination. Biggest problem is the amount of weeds that come with it. I killed all vegetation and tilled soil 4-6 inches. Seed did germinate quickly and is filling in nicely, but I also have a good crop of a weed I’ve never seen in this section of lawn before.
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      garbage. this is as bad as scotts
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      Response from Pennington TeamAug 17, 2023
      Hello, We are sorry to hear about your experience with this product. Please contact customer service so we can assist you further at 1-800-285-7333. Thank you. pennington
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      Terrible Seed
      This seed is absolutely awful. I had plumbing work done that requires my yard to be excavated. The yard was prepped, tilled, and lawn fertilizer was used. Seed was raked in and watered daily. We’re going on 4 weeks. My yard is full of crabgrass now and it has grown in extremely patchy. Now I have to spend money pulling up the heinous crabgrass that is now in place. Terrible seed. Would not recommend
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      Response from Pennington TeamJul 27, 2023
      We are sorry to hear that you had issues when planting the grass seed. Our seed is rigorously tested for both germination and weed control to ensure that it is only high quality grass seed in our products. Please reach out to discuss your experience with Customer Service at 1-800-285-7333. Thank you. pennington
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        The truth
        I bought this seed to repair a small area in my backyard in June. Very little Bermuda came up but it was mostly crab grass. I called and talked to a customer insult person and was basically called a liar , there was no crab grass in their seed and it was already in my yard. Basically I can’t get a refund unless I get Home Depot to look up my transaction then mail it to them. All this for an 8$ bag of basically weed seed. I declined and said I just won’t be buying anything that has Pennington on the package. The picture I’m attaching is half a bucket of crab grass I’ve pulled in roughly a 5’x5’ foot area. I still have a 10’x5’ area to go that is worse than the area I’ve cleaned up. If there was a zero star to select it would be closer to what I would give in my review.
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        Response from Pennington TeamAug 15, 2022
        We are sorry your recent seeding experience didn't go as planned. While we do understand it can be a frustrating experience seeing weeds grow in seeded areas, we do highly regulate and test our grass seed products for grass seed germination and weed control. Our guarantee on the bag does state that we require the receipt and packaging within 60 days to assist in processing any refunds. pennington
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          Planted the seed over a month, still no grass
          We tilled the front area and raked and planted the Bermudia grass and what was left we done the back area. It's been over a month with watering it and still no grass. What are we to do now, Smart Seed does not work here on the coast of North Carolina where it is hot and dry.
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          Response from Pennington TeamApr 19, 2022
          Hello! Please reach out to Customer Service at 1-800-285-7333 to speak with us so we can get a bit more detail with your issues. Depending on where on the coast you are, it may have been too cool at night for a warm season grass like Bermuda. pennington
            Doesn’t work. Waste of money. Wish had spent on other alternatives
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            It grew pretty quickly initially but is slow growing now. The blades are extremely fine and thin. It burns easily in the hot sun. Not at all what I thought it was going to be like. I went to a lot of time, work and cost for it and soil to plant it. Very disappointed.
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            Response from Pennington TeamMar 28, 2024
            We're sorry to hear that you did not have a good experience with our product. Thanks for letting us know. Hearing about your experience is important to us. We hope you'll consider giving us a call at 1-800-285-7333 so we can learn more. pennington
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            Growth rate and ground coverage by the new growth has not been very impressive so far. I'll give it a little more time to grow and hopefully thicken-up before adding an update. As of now, it looks more like fine widely spaced green hairs than lush green grass.
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            Response from Pennington TeamMar 27, 2024
            Hello, we are sorry to hear that you had issues when planting the grass seed. Our seed is rigorously tested for both germination and weed control to ensure that it is only high quality grass seed in our products. Please reach out to discuss your experience with Customer Service at 1-800-285-7333. Thank you. pennington
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            I spread the seeds at the end of winter, now that it’s spring they’re sprouting up. So far it looks like most of the seeds are germinating.
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            Germinated nicely. Filled in the area I wanted.
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            I am very pleased with the grass that grew. I have had different grass seed sprout and then die off quickly in the past but so far this sed has produce a nice dense lawn where I filled in dead spots.
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              Grass didn’t come up.
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              Response from Pennington TeamSep 18, 2023
              Thanks for letting us know. Hearing about your experience is important to us. We hope you'll consider giving us a call at 1-800-265-0761 so we can learn more. pennington
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              To many weeds in seed
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              Grass only came up sparsely. Very disappointing for all the money spent on it & the straw to cover it & the increase in my water bill to water it!
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              Response from Pennington TeamJul 27, 2023
              We are sorry to hear that you had issues when planting the grass seed. Our seed is rigorously tested for both germination and weed control to ensure that it is only high quality grass seed in our products. Please reach out to discuss your experience with Customer Service at 1-800-285-7333. Thank you. pennington
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              Grass hasn’t germinated yet, so I am unable to rate it. 3 stars is only to get through the survey.
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              Began growing within 7-10 days. Water, water and water. Prays it will stay alive :o)
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              Great product. Started growing within a few days with...
              Great product. Started growing within a few days with regular watering.
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