Miracle-Gro Multi Purpose Grass Seed – 840g

Miracle-Gro EverGreen Multi Purpose Lawn Seed – 840g

A hard-wearing but fine-leaved mixture: half perennial ryegrass for wear tolerance, the other half fescues for density and a finer finish. At 30g per square metre the 840g box sows about 28m² of new lawn, or patches and overseeds around 33m².

First shoots show in about seven days given warmth and steady moisture. It is the general-purpose choice — not the fastest mixture Miracle-Gro make and not the shade one, but the one that copes with a family lawn being walked on.

Performance & Benefits

• 50% perennial ryegrass, 20% chewings fescue, 30% strong creeping fescue.
• The ryegrass gives wear tolerance; the fescues thicken the sward and keep the leaf fine.
• First shoots in around seven days.
• 840g sows roughly 28m² of new lawn at 30g per square metre.
• Also suits overseeding and patch repair at 25g per square metre, covering around 33m².

Suitable For

• Sowing a new lawn on bare, prepared soil.
• Overseeding a thin or worn lawn.
• Patching bare spots, wheel ruts and gateway wear.
• Family lawns that get walked on rather than admired.
• It is a lawn mixture, not a grazing ley — do not sow it as horse or pony pasture.

How to Use

• Rake: clear weeds and stones, turn the soil 15 to 22cm deep, then level and firm it.
• Shake: mix the seed in the box and sow in two passes at right angles — 30g per square metre for a new lawn, 25g for overseeding.
• Rake the seed lightly in and firm the surface.
• Water: soak with a fine spray and keep the soil moist for the next few weeks.
• Keep off the new grass until it has been topped once.

Specification

• 840g box. Sows approximately 28m² of new lawn, or around 33m² overseeded.
• Mixture: 50% Lolium perenne, 20% Festuca rubra commutata, 30% Festuca rubra rubra.
• Sowing rates: 30g per m² for a new lawn, 25g per m² for overseeding.
• First shoots in 7 days.
• Evergreen Garden Care have dropped the EverGreen name on this mixture and now list it as Miracle-Gro Multi Purpose Lawn Seed. Some retail listings claim germination in 5 days; the manufacturer’s own figure is 7 days.