Bought this bag of seed in the beginning of the summer to spot seed the new house we moved in to. And everywhere I laid seed down I got a massive infestation of spurge! It had literally taken over half of my front yard and now I’m dealing with getting rid of it. 0% grass and 100% SPURGE! I’ll be buying high quality seed from now on not the cheap stuff from the big box stores.
by Mikeyothepro
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I actually bought that and this sub told me to return it
Twin City, United, Stover…all sellers of very good seed and blends.
Also, spurge is relatively easy to pull up, or hit with 2,4,D based herbicide and it’ll die…
That has nothing to do with that bag of seed
When buying seed you should look for bags that say they are certified seed. This guarantees almost no weeds. Almost.
You should also avoid seeds with annual grasses, sometimes they’ll disguise it with some kind of name like Italian rye. It’s just junk grass.
I bought Pennington winter rye to overseed Bermuda last season and it was loaded with fescue. Was such a pain when I scalped the Bermuda.
Can confirm. This shit sucks. I did buy a perennial rye mix from Scotts for shady areas in my yard and it worked well. I have since switched to United Tall Turf Rye
Had a company overseed for me when they did my aeration and I got similar weeds in my yard all over the place.
I bought a $160 of Lesco Tall Fescue. I don’t know if it makes a difference but I couldn’t go another season using big store brands.
Same exact thing happened to me and my neighbor, same seed…
I stopped buying big box seed years ago and go to a local place that carries 100% pure seed that works in my area. I bought a bag of northeast mix from HD a few years ago. Grew a few control samples in my house to test how pure it was and kid you not, so many weeds AND warm season grasses that do not do well here in NY.
Do you have a picture of the seed percentages?