Yes! Heat Wave prefers full sun and is a drought and heat-tolerant grass when established. Heat Wave is also a shade tolerant grass seed.
Heat Wave® Fescue
Heat Wave is an improved turf-type tall fescue blend that offers rich, dark green color with fine blades, greening early in spring and retaining color well into fall.
Heat Wave® has excellent sun and shade tolerance for those demanding locations with poor soil types or shady conditions. This seed establishes quickly and rapidly fills in, building good weed crowding density. Healthy, dense, and slow growing this fescue blend is perfect for low mowing and heavy traffic from kids and dogs. Resistance to lawn diseases is enhanced by introducing genetic diversity into your lawn each fall when overseeding with Heat Wave®. Advancements in turfgrass genetics continue to develop superior new grass varieties contained in Heat Wave®.
Additional Information
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Water Requirements
Drought Tolerant
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Traffic Tolerance
Good
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Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Shade
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Heat Tolerance
Excellent
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Germination Time
10-14 days in ideal conditions
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Mowing Height
Spring 2-3 inches | Summer 3-4 inches
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Recommended Overseeding Rate
5-8 lbs. per 1,000 sq . ft.
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Recommended Bare Ground Rate
10-12 lbs. per 1,000 sq . ft.
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Recommended Dormant Seeding Rate
8-10 lbs. per 1,000 sq . ft.
No Fillers Here
Mother Nature has grown grass for a billion years without gimmicks—don’t be fooled by coatings or fillers that give you less seed for more money. At Grass Pad, we sell full-weight bags and recommend using Primera Field Conditioner or Peat Moss to cover the bare spots and a starter fertilizer like Golf Course Starter to feed the grass seed and help establish strong roots.
All Grass, No Weeds
When buying grass seed, always read the analysis label to ensure it contains zero weeds, zero other crops, and minimal inert matter—key indicators of turf-quality seed. Even tiny amounts of weed or crop seeds like annual rye or K-31 can ruin a manicured lawn, so choose seed cleaned by expert farmers with less than 2% inert content.
Grasses like our Heat Wave or Macho Mix prefer deep, infrequent watering schedules once established. Generally, this means watering heavily a couple times a week. Heavily generally means at least an inch of water per week. Watering heavily and letting the grass dry out between each watering encourages the roots to grow deeper to look for water, and deeper roots will help the plant during times of drought and heat.
