Outsidepride Midnight Kentucky Bluegrass Seed - 5 Lbs. Cold & Drought Tolerant, Sun-Loving Lawn Grass Seed, w/High Traffic Tolerance & Deep Root System, OptiGrowth Coated for Better Establishment
Condition: New
Buy Now, Pay Later
As low as
$8
/ mo
Learn more
- – 4-month term
- – No impact on credit to apply
- – Instant approval decision
- – Secure and straightforward checkout
Ready to go? Add this product to your cart and select a plan during checkout.
Payment plans are offered through our trusted finance partners Klarna, Affirm, Afterpay, Apple Pay, and PayTomorrow. No-credit-needed leasing options through Acima may also be available at checkout.
Learn more about financing & leasing here.
Selected Option
Free shipping on this product
30-day returns
Learn more
FREE 30-day refund/replacement
To qualify for a full refund, items must be returned in their original, unused condition. If an item is returned in a used, damaged, or materially different state, you may be granted a partial refund.
To initiate a return, please visit our Returns Center.
View our full returns policy here.
Availability:
In Stock.
Arrives
Thursday, May 7
Size: 5 lb.
Features
- OPTIGROWTH-ENHANCED PERENNIAL GRASS SEED: Midnight Kentucky bluegrass is highly-rated in NTEP evaluations for its dark blue-green color, soft texture, and heat & cold tolerance. Now enhanced with OptiGrowth Coating, this seed mix ensures uniform distribution and makes spreading easier for optimal coverage in lawns, pastures, and athletic fields.
- IDEAL FOR NEW LAWNS: Perfect for northern or transition zones, this Outsidepride grass seed establishes easily, creating a thick, dark blue-green carpet. It's an ideal choice for new lawn installations, offering excellent performance in shaded and hard-to-grow areas. Includes OptiGrowth Coating with Aquatek absorbent, which retains moisture to promote better germination and healthier grass.
- SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE WITH OPTIGROWTH: Midnight Kentucky bluegrass is known for its dwarf growth, drought tolerance, and long-standing reliability. Enhanced with OptiGrowth coating, which contains essential nutrients like Zinc, Phosphorus, and Nitrogen, plus Elko, an exclusive formulation of non-processed Kelp to promote healthier plants and reduce mowing needs.
- VERSATILE & DURABLE: Midnight Kentucky Bluegrass lawn grass seed is suitable for home lawns, parks, golf courses, and athletic fields. This Kentucky bluegrass blend provides a lush, dense, and durable lawn that withstands high traffic and maintains its vibrant color through the seasons. With OptiGrowth Coating, containing Biologicals to improve plant health and root mass, your lawn will enjoy increased long-term viability.
- OPTIMAL SEEDING RATE: For new turf, sow 2-3 lbs of Kentucky bluegrass seed bulk per 1,000 square feet. For overseeding, use 1-1.5 lbs per 1,000 square feet. Plant when soil temperature reaches 55 degrees in spring or 8 weeks before fall frost. This perennial Kentucky bluegrass seed ensures a beautiful, resilient lawn, perfect for various lawn seed grass applications. The OptiGrowth coating ensures seeds make good soil contact during overseeding, enhancing the overall success of your lawn.
Indoor/Outdoor Usage: Outdoor
Brand: Outsidepride
Material Feature: GMO Free
Color: Green
Special Feature: Seeds, Heirloom
Expected Blooming Period: Year Round
Item Weight: 5 Pounds
Sunlight Exposure: Full Sun
Unit Count: 80.0 Ounce
Expected Planting Period: Spring
Indoor Outdoor Usage: Outdoor
Other Special Features of the Product: Seeds, Heirloom
Expected Blooming Period: Year Round
Sunlight Exposure: Full Sun
Expected Planting Period: Spring
USDA Hardiness Zone: 3
Soil Type: Loam Soil
Moisture Needs: Moderate Watering
Item Weight: 5 Pounds
Unit Count: 80.0 Ounce
Color: Green
Style Name: Midnight
Brand Name: Outsidepride
UPC: 678482956193
Manufacturer Part Number: OUT-2885
Item Type Name: Kentucky Bluegrass Lawn Seed
Plant or Animal Product Type: grass seed
Manufacturer: Outsidepride
Material Features: GMO Free
Product Care Instructions: water
Frequently asked questions
If you place your order now, the estimated arrival date for this product is:
Thursday, May 7
Yes, absolutely! You may return this product for a full refund within 30 days of receiving it.
To initiate a return, please visit our Returns Center.
View our full returns policy here.
To initiate a return, please visit our Returns Center.
View our full returns policy here.
- Klarna Financing
- Affirm Pay in 4
- Affirm Financing
- Afterpay Financing
- PayTomorrow Financing
- Financing through Apple Pay
Learn more about financing & leasing here.
Similar Products
Top Amazon Reviews
Size: 10 lb.
Wow! The new coating helps a lot with germination. Three years ago I used another brand of Midnight when I completely restored my entire lawn and didn't have great germination. I tried this brand and had better luck. This year, I over-seeded bare spots after having to repair many areas due to sewer and downspout repairs in my yard. I ended up over-seeding the entire lawn in late August. The coating helps a lot! Yes, many complain the coating reduces the amount of seed you actually get, but I prefer the coated seeds, like the name brand expensive bluegrass seed that's coated seed for years now. I get better results with coated seed. Protects seed viability? Who knows. Yes it costs more, but the end results are what matters. Furthermore, many folks forget to use starter fertilizer. They forget to continue to use starter after the seed is slowly growing too. I do NOT! It's a must! I like to use the name brand starter in bare spots because it is finer and dissipates better in the ground, especially when only keeping seed moist. When over-seeding my established lawn, I use whatever, but still prefer the finer granular name brand starter fertilizer. Also keeping the seed moist and cooled off during high heat is a must too. We are in a moderate drought where I live in Ohio, but I've been watering. Many neighbors are shocked at my lawn and are asking me what to do now that it's fall. I told them what I do and the products I use. I've had 2 delivery gentleman ask me what I'm using after dropping off my packages. I'm mowing 2x per week, while most are still not mowing at all and haven't mowed in weeks. I highly recommend this product! This seed does take a bit to establish, like most bluegrass seed, so patience and dedication to the future is required. If over-seeding late fall/winter, I recommend not broadcasting crabgrass prevention until the last moment possible in spring. This seed has overwintered well for me here in Ohio. It's a gorgeous dark green color that's fairly disease resistant and drought tolerant considering bluegrass seed.
...
show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2025 by Ginger
Size: 10 lb.
I'm getting average germination of fourteen days, which is good for this type of grass. Remember that KBG takes longer to germinate and takes off slower than other grasses, but it will spread over time with rhizomes. I'm not sure if the coating really helps at all, but the seed is reasonably priced.
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2025 by Jeffrey Smith
Size: 10 lb.
I've bought this seed 3 times. The first time I thought I did something wrong when prepping everything. I removed 20 yards of soil, brought in 32 yards of good soil and seeded, watered etc. Grass took forever to come in and was very patchy, filled with weeds and just a horrible product that asks for a premium. I've re did it another time and bought a third time to fill in patchy areas. One of the worst products I've ever used and I've been in landscaping business since 2011. I would not recommend this product.
...
show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2025 by BandC
Size: 5 lb.
Edit 2023: This is still not as resistant to pet urine as my Zoysia, but I'm trying another 500 sq. ft. test patch and I "think" it's growing OK. I did absolutely no prep work so I can't really blame the see for that. I mowed down to 1 inch, then went over the area multiple times with a SunJoe Dethatcher (love the SunJoe products). This removed a great deal of the weeds and lawn type debris from the area. I rake this up and then spread a random amount of this seed over the prepped area. I did this on April 3rd, and it is now June 21st. I did not use any starter fertilizer or anything, but once the seeds started showing a little blade growth, I sprayed a foliar application of 30-10-10, but at a low overall strength. This helped, and also helped the weeds, but I needed the weeds alive because the two dogs hit this area hard as they go down the deck and turn to the rest of the yard. So, I need the weed root system to maintain the soil structure or that part of the lawn would have been a muddy mess. I do see where a few totally bare spots have filled in well, and I'm seeing bits of this KBG throughout the weeds which is a positive thing. Later this summer I'll spray a section a little bit away from the bottom of the deck and see how much of the KBG is there and hopefully this grass will have enough established growth to fill in the gaps where the weeds were. I've got an automatic water timer on this running every day for about 3 minutes at a time a few days a week, but now that the KBG is established, I'm watering about 15 minutes every other day to encourage the roots to grow deeper as they chase the water deeper and deeper. I will test and see which works better for me. The KBG or the Zoysia. Cool season grasses have more moisture in the blades as well as more chlorophyll, which is why cool season grasses stick to the mower deck and warm season grasses (at least Zoysia) do not. I think this can make a great lawn, although I'm not sure yet how it will hold up to pets and traffic. Original review: If you do not have pets, this will likely make a gorgeous lawn, but nowhere in the ad does it mention that this is a horrible product for pet urine, which is an intentional oversite meant to get your money. Time to break out the Round Up and kill this grass and start all over. I guess this was just a donation to Outsidepride and I tip my had to their deceitful advertising. Well, in this case, I'm biting back. My back lawn is 10,000 sq. feet and my dogs are 50 and 62 pounds per the vet visit last week. I have kept this area blocked from the porch and forced the dogs to go off the opposite side of the deck. I've watched the dogs and they urinate all over the lawn and not just in this 500 sq. ft. test patch I planted. A few times they end up in this test patch and there are multiple dead spots where they dogs have urinated once or twice. The Zoysia I have in my front lawn has dogs urinate in it all the time as people walk their dogs and I've never had a single issue with pet urine in my Zoysia lawn, so next year I'll put Zoysia in my back lawn too. I live in the transition zone so I was hoping a cool season grass that would stay green in the winter would help reduce mud spots, but with as thick as the Zoysia is in my front yard, the dogs won't hurt it at all. I would NOT recommend this grass for anybody that has pets or thinks they may have pets in the future. If you have no pets and do not see yourself having pets, check the amount or number of hours you have direct sunlight and make sure you meet the minimum required amount of direct sunlight, ensure adequate watering and fertilizer, and this will make a pretty lawn with a gorgeous deep green color. If not for the dead spots, this would be a pretty yard, although I do not think it would tolerate heavy or even moderate traffic before having problems. I'd suggest doing the work to level the lawn so you will not scalp mowing low, and because this has such a fine blade of grass, it should decay and break down quickly if you mulch your lawn. On the down side, my Zoysia lawn grows so thick it is like walking on a carpet when you are barefoot walking on the lawn. It's amazing. Zoysia spreads via rhizomes and stolons and that makes for a great lawn that will fill in spaces as you kill off weeds and undesirable turf and as you do, Zoysia will fill in. This KBG spreads via rhizomes only, and I asked the rep via e-mail if this would spread and fill in and if I could transplant plugs from established areas to help fill in other areas and she did not recommend this. So either it does not spread well as other grasses, or the rep was simply telling me a lie trying to get me to buy even more seed. After multiple contacts with the rep, I didn't get a warm and fuzzy feeling. she came off as snotty and as if I was bothering her with my questions. With that said though, with the right temperature conditions and proper weed control, and low foot traffic, this would make a gorgeous lawn. If I did not have pets, I may consider this grass for the great color, but it is so thin and weak that it offers no support when you walk across it like my Zoysia does. My 10 YO daughter plays in both the front yard where the Zoysia is located, and the back yard where this KBG-Midnight is located and she has told me she would rather me put Zoysia in the back too. I've seen my daughter making grass angels (snow angels, just in the Zoysia instead of snow) many times, and she vastly prefers the feel of the Zoysia when running and playing. Since she is a wild heathen child who never wears shoes (even in the sub 30 degree winter weather running around outside unless we force her to wear shoes), that is saying a lot. As fine as this KBG blade is, you would feel every imperfection in the soil as you walk across it. Once I opened the other side of the deck to allow the dogs to go down the steps to the lawn where the KIBG is located, it was not long at all before their normal traffic going in and out wore a bare patch in the KBG, so it did not tolerate the dog foot traffic well at all. Don't run out and buy Zoysia based off my review above. KBG is a cool season grass and grows well up north, and does well enough in the transition zone depending on location. The further south you go, the chance you run of a cool season grass going dormant in the hottest part of the summer unless you irrigate well and maybe add some sea kelp or other product to manage your turn. Zoysia is a warm season grass and if you are in the northern portion of the transition zone or in northern states, the growing months for Zoysia will be short. Zoysia thrives best in 85-100 degree weather, but once you are hitting the highs around 80 or below, Zoysia stays green, but grows and spreads really slow.
...
show more
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2020 by Troy L.
Size: 10 lb.
This is good product Not as good as it was 5 years ago when label read 99.3% seed But still good at 85% seed 7% coating and some weed seed in it
Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2026 by Shelba
Size: 5 lb.
worked in some places in my yard, not others. The idea of my best to make sure I follow the directions. And there’s one area in my yard where grass just won’t grow.
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2025 by Barbara