Growtrax Biodegradable Grass Seed Mat, Year Round Green - 50 Sq Ft Quick Fix Roll - Growing Solution for Lawns, Dog Patches and Shade - Just Roll Water & Grow -Not Fake or Artificial Grass

I didn't have high expectations about a grow mat but this turned out to be a great investment. So much so that I just bought two more rolls directly through GrowTrax's website. Admittedly, I was worried it wasn't going to work after about a 1.5 weeks of nothing, but we've had a lot of storms the last few weeks and that did the trick! We have lots of sturdy, grass/plant growth now. I recommend making sure you start with a flat surface, so rake the soil in that area first and lay down some top soil as needed. Then do a lot of watering the first couple of days because the mat can dry out easily. I could see some of the seeds and the mat itself blowing away if not watered well (i used biodegradable stakes too because I have dogs who were running around on it and that worked well too.)

I read many of the reviews and with so much positive and of course some negative, I decided to give it a try. I laid multiple strips over bare dirt. I watered regularly and hoped for the best. After about 4 weeks there was absolutely no change. I wondered if there were any seeds in the mat. I did not bother to shred it to find out. I just gave up. Perhaps i did something wrong but simply do not know. I have most of the roll remaining as I was testing in on about 10 square feet of area.It is about a year since I wrote the above review. I decided to give this product another chance so I cleared and prepared about a 3 foot square area. I made sure it was well watered. Now after about 2-3 months you can see the results in the pictures. While there is some grass growth this time, most of the area shows no growth or vey sparse growth.The pictures are not great as there are a lot of pine needles over the grass due to some strong wind. However, I think you can get the idea. I loved the potential of this product but found it pretty useless. As an experiment, I seeded another section of the lawn with traditional seed and watered in the same way. While I did not attach a picture that area shows lush lawn growth.Bottom line, for me, this product simply did not live up to expectations.

I was surprised at how thin this mat really was. I followed the directions and you can see it's prepped and ready to hopefully grow grass in my yard. It is very delicate as just touching the mat when it's wet rips it. After reading the other reviews, I'm glad I purchased netting to put on top of it to hold it down. It's going to rain soon so I'm hoping the rain doesn't destroy the mat as it hits it and so far the squirrels haven't gotten into it either. I will post an update on how it all works out. *UPDATE -- look how well it grew!! Very happy with this product. You do need to water it well, which I did twice a day to keep the mat wet. I recommend this product.

Added last picture after 2 weeks. 4 days after the others - Sporadic!We used both the 2ft roles & 1ft roles. The 2ft seems to work better than the 1ft also could be different batch runs. In the pics you can see the lighter & less sprouted 1ft role at one end and in a few spots where we had tears & wind blown pieces that stuck together. Don't do if there's thhe slightest breeze without staking they're very hard to reposition when even a little wet it falls apart, holes in role shown. We preped ground with BlackCow 50/50 fertilizer & also with fresh top soil prior to laying out Growtex. Some of it is great and on other areas it looks anemic so only 3 stars currently. Still have another 2ft & 1.5 1ft roles to play with so gonna do a test in another area against HydroGrass that you spray on as opposed to a role just for kicks. Stay tuned.

I know it’s not easy to see but this product is awesome. This is the 9th day it’s been down!!! Started seeing grass on day 7. Followed the instructions implicitly. Kept wet three times per day. Prepped the site with inches of top soil after digging up entire area and I think that’s critical. Note: it will not work over existing grass and weeds no matter the height and they pointed that out. The product MUST directly touch the ground. Existing ground cover prevents that.I must add that I was very lucky with the weather as we had moderately hot, overcast daytime temps and cool evenings. Plus some rain so conditions were pristine.Easy to install and as you can see it worked for us. I’m so impressed! Great stuff!!!