What should you keep in mind when choosing grass seed?
The quality of the grass seed is crucial to how dense, resilient, and long-lasting your lawn will be. That's why it's worth taking a close look when making your selection.
Look for RSM certification
Be sure to buy RSM blends.
RSM stands for "Regulatory Seed Mixture" and is a certified quality standard. These mixtures are classified into quality grades ranging from 1 to 9.
Our lawn seed blends are rated in quality classes 8 through 9, placing them in the very high-quality category.
Advantages of RSM mixtures of grades 8–9
RSM-certified turf blends in grades 8–9 offer numerous advantages:
particularly vigorous and long-lasting growth
Use of the best grass varieties, tested by research institutes
High resilience and ability to recover
Ideal for ornamental, sports, and recreational lawns
When it comes to lawn seed, it's especially worth investing in quality.
Be Careful with Inexpensive Blends
Many lawn seeds sold at home improvement stores or discount retailers often fall only within quality classes 1–4. This frequently leads to:
lower-quality grasses
increased seed demand
additional care requirements
higher costs in the long term
This quickly puts the initial cost savings into perspective.
Do not use forage grass mixtures
For cost reasons, people sometimes resort to using mixtures that are actually intended as forage grass for grazing animals. These are unsuitable for lawns:
They grow very quickly and appear dense at first
They do not tolerate short cuts or regular mowing well
get shaggy quickly
In the summer, they create gaps where weeds take root
After just one year, the lawn's appearance and quality have already deteriorated significantly.