Your Personal Turf Match

Here is the complete analysis of your property and your custom grass selection

Your Profile At-a-Glance

Zone

Climate

Sun

Soil

Water

pH Level

Persona

Close-up of a healthy lawn with alternating light and dark mower stripes

Keep It Simple

Stick to the Parent Grass Type on the bag — you don’t need to match an exact cultivar.

Worth Getting Right

Look for one of the real cultivars we list for your subtype — or something similar if it’s not available.

Match the Standard

We list top cultivars for your subtype — if yours isn’t available, one with equivalent standards works too.

Your Property’s Grass Matches

Critical Warnings (0)

Critical Alert: Severely acidic soil — acid-sensitive grasses were already excluded from your results.

Soil Warning: Compacted soil stunts root growth for any grass here unless it’s aerated first.

Health Risk: Humid climate raises fungal disease risk (brown patch, dollar spot) no matter which grass you plant.

Moisture Retention Notice: No morning sun plus clay soil traps moisture on the blades, raising fungal disease risk.

No-Repair Warning: Enough light for your grass to survive, but not to self-repair — worn spots may stay bare.

Soft Warnings (0)

Water Constraint: Rainfall-only irrigation — we prioritized drought-tolerant grasses for you.

Durability Requirement: Heavy traffic or pets — we prioritized grasses with strong wear-recovery.

Light Constraint: Low sun hours — we heavily favored shade-tolerant grasses.

Longevity Warning: New lawn — we prioritized perennial grasses over short-lived seed blends.

Visual Warning: Overseeding with a different grass type can leave a patchy, two-tone look.

Survival Alert: Elevated salt exposure — we limited results to salt-tolerant grasses.

Color Warning: High soil pH can cause yellowing — we favored pH-tolerant grasses.

Watering Schedule Notice: Sandy soil drains fast — shorter, more frequent watering works better than long cycles.

Best Match

Bentgrass

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Which Bentgrass You Have

The putting-green grass that shows up uninvited — fine, off-color, and puffy, in a patch that scalps brown every time you mow.

Marginal Hardiness Zone: Requires extra care

Ok to plant now
This is an ideal time to plant — you’re inside the window for your zone.

Ok to plant now, but Fall is superior
You can plant now, but this grass establishes best when seeded in fall () rather than right now. Plan on extra watering to get it through summer if you plant today.

You’re planting later than recommended for your zone, which raises the risk of before the grass fully establishes. If you can wait, would be a safer window.

MFY recommends planting in . The planting window is currently closed — planting now would likely fail due to .

Best For: Anyone watching a fine, soft, off-color patch spread through a cool-season lawn, most often in the Northeast, the Upper Midwest, or the Pacific Northwest. Especially relevant if that patch scalps brown after mowing and is the first spot to go tan in a dry stretch.

Tradeoff: It only looks good mowed under half an inch, nearly every day, with a reel mower and a season-long fungicide program — at lawn height it becomes a puffy, scalped, disease-prone mat.

Slow Start Expected

Your soil is acidic, and it’s cold right now — together, that locks up phosphorus new seedlings need. Expect some purple leaves and paused growth for a few weeks; a high-phosphorus starter fertilizer prevents this.

Full Specs About Bentgrass

Runner Up

Bentgrass

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Which Bentgrass You Have

The putting-green grass that shows up uninvited — fine, off-color, and puffy, in a patch that scalps brown every time you mow.

Marginal Hardiness Zone: Requires extra care

Ok to plant now
This is an ideal time to plant — you’re inside the window for your zone.

You’re planting later than recommended for your zone, which raises the risk of before the grass fully establishes. If you can wait, would be a safer window.

MFY recommends planting in . The planting window is currently closed — planting now would likely fail due to .

Tradeoff: It only looks good mowed under half an inch, nearly every day, with a reel mower and a season-long fungicide program — at lawn height it becomes a puffy, scalped, disease-prone mat.

Slow Start Expected

Full Specs About Bentgrass

Subtypes are our own way of grouping grasses by real-world traits — you won’t find “subtype” printed on a bag. Just look for Bentgrass; that’s the main thing. Bags with thick seed coatings help if watering slips, and “High Traffic” or “Drought Resilient” labels are worth seeking out for pets or dry spells. Skip anything listing “Annual Ryegrass” — it’s a filler that dies off after one season.

Subtypes are our own grouping system, not something printed on a bag — what you’re actually buying is a cultivar. We list a few popular cultivars that fit your subtype’s traits on its page; check the bag’s “Analysis Tag” for one of those names. Can’t find them locally? There are hundreds of cultivars out there — look for one of the same Parent Grass Type (Bentgrass) with similar characteristics, or just ask the store for a comparable substitute. Keep “Inert Matter” and “Weed Seed” near zero, and skip “Annual Ryegrass” entirely.

Seed Tag Guide

Subtypes are our own grouping by performance traits, not a product you’ll find on a shelf — what you’re sourcing is a cultivar. We list a few top, NTEP-tested cultivars that fit your subtype on its page; a professional seed house or turf supplier can often source these directly. Can’t find that exact one? Ask for an equivalent — certified “Blue Tag” seed and high-purity Pure Live Seed (PLS) are the real markers of quality, not the name on the bag. Whatever you choose, the analysis tag should read 0.0% Weed Seed, 0.0% Other Crop.

Seed Tag Guide

Other Compatible Grass Types

Bentgrass

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