Blackjack II Maya Bermuda Grass Seed

As you can see in the pics, I got great germination. I was very apprehensive about ordering these seeds based on the reviews. I ended up giving it a shot and I’m glad I did. I think the bad reviews come from people that are not preparing the ground or providing proper moisture. A soil sample must be taken. This will tell you if your soil is at the proper PH to support growth. It will also tell you your soils nutrient level and lastly organic content. With this information you can amend your soil for optimal growth. The soil must be prepped, you will need to break the soil up or rototill down to a depth of 6 inches, you can add any soil amendments at that time. Level the area and pick out any large rocks or sticks. You will want to pre wet your soil. Give your soil a good soaking with water. Let the top layer of soil dry enough to walk on it. It might take a day to dry enough. Lay your seed and starter fertilizer down with a spreader. You can either lightly rake your seeds into the top soil or put a thin top layer of peat moss over the seeds. You can do both but make sure you don’t burry the seeds too deep. Do not cover them more than 1/8 inch. You will then want to water. After you start watering do not let the top layer of soil dry out EVER. If the seeds or new sprouts dry out they will die. It is also important not to water too much. Standing water and waterlogged soil will rot seeds or new sprouts. Watering will vary based on your personal situation like location, soil type, water output of your sprinkler system or hose, sun exposer, wind, rain ect….. A good place to start is 3-4 watering a day at 1/8 inch water each time. It’s best to set an auto water timer on your sprinkler system or hose so you will not miss any waterings. Bermuda grass takes anywhere from 7-21 days to germinate. After the grass germinates water can be cut back to a couple times a day. Good luck. Update: I started the seeds on Jun 20, 2025. They started sprouting on day 7. The first two pictures were taken on June 27, 2025 and the last two pictures on August 31, 2025. No problem with germination. I am happy with the results and I know next year it will even look better.

I planted a small plot to test the germination rate based on reviews that said the seeds did not germinate after following all the suppliers planting procedures. The reviews were accurate but I let the seeds dry out due to a few hot and windy days. I planted another seeds in another area a planted a billion or more seeds from the same bag and to guarantee at least a few would grow a planted another billion seeds in the same place and raked them in with my leaf rake and covered them with a shallow layer of peat moss and watered everything thoroughly. I watered the area every day and sometimes twice a day if I noticed the peat was starting to dry out. In about 5 or 6 days I had about 2 billion baby grasses popping out of the peat. Moral of this review, be sure to keep the seeds damp after you plant the seeds as recommended. If you don’t they won’t ever sprout.

Never sprouted! This seed was planted by an experienced person, in the spring with moderate warm temperatures, topsoiled and watered religiously, and not one blade of grass sprouted. The seed looks like little round yellow granules, not like regular grass seed. We have never used any grass seed that did not sprout something. This seed is worthless to us and a waste of a good amount of money. This was falsely advertised and does not grow as stated.

Planted this on a bare lawn here are the before and after... I am on day 12. Ignore the instructions completely just take a picture of your lawn use AI to tell you which fertilizer to buy and how much water to do. I watered 12x/day for 8 minutes each time during germination to keep the ground moist. I repeat keep your ground MOIST all the time. The worse thing that can happen is your seeds dry out and die during germination. Now - gave it 4/5 stars because I had weeds growing in with the seeds. It could have been dormant seeds in my lawn but it could have been mixed in the seed batch. I don't know for sure the support team never got back to me. Anyways , a huge upgrade for my lawn. With patience , watering , fertilizer and good weed control I hope my lawn looks amazing. The grass thats grown in feels great. All my neighbors wonder what it is since everyone has the same st augustine grass in South Florida. Be blessed !

These Bermuda seeds SAVED my grass. These pictures were taken of results in under two weeks. We do not have full sun in our backyard and the seeds still worked amazing. We’ve tried just about everything and spent thousands of $ to get our grass to grow back after being destroyed to no grass by construction. These seeds germinate quickly and are clearly fresh seeds. I wish I would have tried this to begin with, these are affordable, easy to use, and worked quickly in restoring our grass to green perfection!

The first batch was great, I got great germination. I bought a second batch for the rest of the lawn. Germination was little or none. I wrote to the seller about quality issues and they did not respond. I like fact that they use an orange coating on the seeds so you can see where the spreader put them. A great shame that the quality is not consistent.

excellent product. fast germinate on September in the northeast region. Not bad.....

I am using this seed to grow plugs, which is much easier than growing a lawn with bermuda seed. Bermuda requires a lot of watering to germinate so I recommend plugs if possible. You can get a covered plug trays with 240 pots for $25. The covered trays let you worry less about watering. They sprout in about 10 days, which seems like a long time but that is just how bermuda grows. If you are not keeping them moist, they will not sprout. The difference between the covered trays and non-covered trays I had was major. about 90% of the covered tray seed sprouted because they were constantly warm and moist. The uncovered trays I had to water daily sprouted maybe 15%.