Magic Seed EcoSeed | Bare Soil & Bare Spot Repair

Natural seed with a 100% organic, plant-based seed binder that helps hold seed against the soil. Premixed in a shaker jug for prepared bare soil and bare spot repair. Covers 2,000 sq. ft. per jug.

Help your seed stay where you plant it.

Give bare ground a soft, fine-bladed lawn. Earthwise Magic Seed EcoSeed combines our fine fescue blend with a 100% organic, plant-based seed binder in one shaker jug for new lawn areas and bare spot repairs.

Creeping Red, Chewings, and Sheep Fescues create a relaxed lawn suited to low-traffic areas in cool and temperate regions. EcoSeed works well in partial sun or shade. Let its arching foliage develop naturally, or mow for a tidier finish.

A binder that activates with water

Water activates the binder, making it tacky to help hold seed against the soil while your planting gets established. That binder is Earthwise’s Seed-Tac, already mixed into the jug for you.

What is in the jug

Each 5 lb jug contains 4 lb of seed blend plus 1 lb of 100% organic, plant-based seed binder. The shaker-spreader lid lets you apply the premix directly from the jug, with no separate blending required.

• Coverage: 2,000 sq. ft. of prepared bare soil per jug
• Seed blend: Creeping Red, Chewings, and Sheep Fescues
• Net contents: 5 lb total: 4 lb EcoSeed seed blend + 1 lb binder
• Use: Bare soil installation and bare spot repair

How to plant

1. Measure. Measure the prepared bare soil you plan to treat. For spot repair, add together only the exposed patches. One jug covers 2,000 sq. ft.
2. Prepare. Remove dead grass, competing vegetation, and debris. Loosen the exposed soil and rake the surface smooth.
3. Shake. Use the shaker-spreader lid to distribute the premix evenly across the measured area.
4. Press. Gently press the seed into contact with the soil.
5. Water and care. Water gently to activate the binder. Keep the planting consistently moist during establishment.

Measuring bare patches

Add together the exposed soil areas you are treating. Use that combined area to plan coverage, rather than the size of your entire lawn.

Overseeding an existing lawn?

For overseeding established turf, choose the original EcoSeed seed-only blend. Use this seed-and-binder premix on prepared, exposed soil.

Does the binder replace watering?

Keep the planting consistently moist during establishment. The binder helps hold seed against the soil; soil preparation and ongoing watering are still part of planting.

What is in the mix? 

Natural seed with a 100% organic, plant-based seed binder that helps hold seed against the soil. Premixed in a shaker jug for prepared bare soil and bare spot repair. Covers 2,000 sq. ft. per jug.

• Blend: EcoSeed
• Coverage: 2,000 sq. ft. of prepared bare soil per jug
• Inside: 4 lb seed blend + 1 lb binder; 5 lb total

For bare spot repair, measure the combined exposed patches being treated.