Grass Seed

Grass Seed varieties for all types of soils and applications.

MTO Grass Seed Blends

MTO Imperial Grounds

25 lbs and 50 lbs EC Bag

Seeding Rate: 4-5 lbs/1,000 sq. ft.

  • 60% KY Bluegrass 
  • 40% Per. Ryegrass 

Imperial Grounds is a popular, economical, sunny mix promoting a substantial bluegrass stand that’s responsive to fertility with fine texture & color. 

MTO Shady Grounds

25 lb Bag

Seeding Rate: 6-8 lbs/1,000 sq. ft.

  • 30% Creeping Red Fescue 
  • 20% Per. Ryegrass 
  • 10% KY Bluegrass 
  • 10% Chewings Fescue 
  • 30% Creeping Red Fescue “Ruddy”

This blend is well suited for use in space and infertile, sandy soils. Shady Grounds is the perfect mixture for most trouble spots.

MTO Quality Grounds

25 lb and 50 lb bag

Seeding Rate: 4-5 lbs/1,000 sq. ft. (Sun) 5-6 lbs/1,000 sq. ft. (shade)

  • 45% KY Bluegrass 
  • 45% Per. Ryegrass 
  • 10% Creeping Red Fescue 

Designed from quick germination and to provide some disease tolerance with bluegrass. Excellent for areas with moderate to high traffic that are grown under a medium to high fertility level.

West MI 50/50 Mix

25 lbs and 50 lbs bags

Seeding Rate: 4-5 lbs/1,000 sq. ft. 

  • 50% KY Bluegrass (3 Elite varieties)
  • 50% Per. Ryegrass (2 Elite Varieties)

50/50 Top Quality turf blend, selected with West MI’s climate in mind, that provides very quick fill in and reduces call backs. An ideal choice for hydra-seeders, for homes, lawns and commercial properties. Grows best under a medium fertility level. Elite varieties selected for growth vigor, disease resistance and fertility responsiveness.

EarthCarpet Grass Seed Blends

EarthCarpet Blue Carpet

50 lb EC Bag

Seeding Rate: 3-5 lbs/1,000 sq. ft.

  • 100% KY Bluegrass

A Combination of the top performing cool season Kentucky Bluegrass varieties, Blue Carpet will provide a lush, dense, dark green carpet of “fairway quality” turf. Varieties chosen for the following characteristics: Spring green-up, wear tolerance, and fine texture, dense and uniform blue carpet.

EarthCarpet Spartan Grade A

50 lb. EC Bag

Seeding Rate: 4-5 lbs/1,000 sq. ft.

  • 40% KY Bluegrass 
  • 20% Creeping Red Fescue 
  • 20% Chewing’s Fescue 
  • 20% Per. Ryegrass 

A high quality mixture of grasses designed especially for reduced maintenance and low input lawns. Contains 100% fine bladed and elite varieties. Excellent summer heat and drought resistance, superior disease and insect resistance. 

EarthCarpet Tuff-Stuff

50 lb EC Bag

Seeding Rate: 8-10 lbs/1,000 sq. ft.

  • 90% Tall Fescue 
  • 10% KY Bluegrass 

Excellent for areas where high quality turf is important and lower maintenance is desired. This mix provides fast germination and establishment, tolerates heat, drought and poor soils, and is highly stress tolerant

EarthCarpet Care-Free

25 lb. Bag

Seeding Rate: 6-8 lbs/1,000 sq. ft.

  • 60% Creeping Red Fescue 
  • 20% Per. Ryegrass
  • 10% Chewings Fescue 
  • 10% KY Bluegrass 

This blend is well suited for use in space and infertile, sandy soils. Shady Grounds is the perfect mixture for most trouble spots.

MDOT Grass Seed Blend

Michigan Class A Roadside

50 lb. Bag

Seeding Rate: 5-6 lbs/1,000 sq. ft.

  • 40% Creeping Red Fescue
  • 30% Per. Ryegrass
  • 30% KY Bluegrass

A good blend for a quick cover. It is a fair mix where low cost and low maintenance is the goal.

MTO Rough Grounds

50 lb. Bag

Seeding Rate: 6-8 lbs/1,000 sq. ft.

(261-350 lbs./Acre)

  • 40% Creeping Red Fescue (coated)
  • 30% Per. Ryegrass (coated)
  • 30% Annual Ryegrass

A special economy mixture designed for quick establishment that will germinate and thrive in full sun to light shade. Great for low input lawns, erosion control areas and low maintenance areas where fast establishment is crucial. 

Michigan Roadside Mix

50 lb. Bag

Seeding Rate: 5-6 lbs/1,000 sq. ft.

  • 50% Per. Rye
  • 35% Creeping Red Fescue
  • 15% KY Bluegrass

An economical blend for quick cover

Special Order only MDOT Blends

*THV

Seeding Rate: 222 lbs/Acre or 250kg/hectare

  • 45% Creeping Red Fescue
  • 30% Per. Ryegrass
  • 15% Cannon/Baron Kentucky Blue
  • 10% Fults Salty

MDOT’s Turf Heavy Soil Mix is the required seed to use on heavy soil types in rural locations. It has medium-high salt tolerance. 

*TGM

Seeding Rate: 222 lbs/Acre or 250kg/hectare

  • 40% Creeping Red Fescue
  • 30% Hard Fescue
  • 20% Per. Ryegrass
  • 10% KY Blue
 
 

MDOT’s Turf Medium to Heavy Soil Seed Mix is the required seed to use on medium to heavy soil types in all locations. It has low salt tolerance.

*TUF

50 lb. Bag

Seeding Rate: 5-6 lbs/1,000 sq. ft.

  • 50% Per. Rye
  • 35% Creeping Red Fescue
  • 15% KY Bluegrass

An economical blend for quick cover.

*THM

Seeding Rate: 222 lbs/Acre or 250kg/hectare

  • 50% Pennlawn Creeping Red Fescue
  • 30% KY Blue
  • 20% Per. Ryegrass

This is MDOT’s Turf Loamy to Heavy Soil Seed Mix is the required seed to use on loamy to heavy soil types in home and business turf locations. It has low to medium salt tolerance. 

Grass Seed/Pasture

100% Perennial Rye

MTO Magnum Perennial RyeGrass Blend

Seeding Rate: 6-8 lbs/1,000 sq. ft.

Good for Fairways or Roughs

A three way blend consisting of endophyte enhanced varieties of perennial ryegrasses which are hardy and quick to establish. Also contains genetically dark colored, aggressive and disease resistant varieties that mix well with Kentucky Bluegrasses.

MTO Dense Shade

25 lb. bag 

Seeding rate 6-8 lb /1,000 sq. ft.

Excellent blend that outperforms traditional shady mixes. Contains variety of fescues along w/ Poa Trivalis for optimum shade tolerance. (Keep in mind, even shady varieties of turfgrass need on average 4 hours of actual sunlight per day).

Pasture Mixes Available

Wildflower Blends

Midwest Wildflower Mix

Seeding Rate: 7-10 lbs/Acre

The popular Midwest wildflower mix is a special blend of 40% annual and 60% perennial species that grows color throughout the season. For those who want a dramatic impact of plantings, we recommend a double seeding. Growth height depends on available moisture. 1 lb. sows 4,000 sq. ft. Use 10 lbs. per acre. Sow May through June. 

Also Available

*MidWest Erosion Control Mix

*MidWest Meadow Mix

*Shade Flower Garden Mix