I seeded Award KBG Mid-May and early June in northern IL this year along a full sun 5 ft section of my driveway. There was also a tree near by that I put a full shade seed down. Broke almost every rule in the book about growing grass from seed other than keeping the ground moist. Never had KBG grow so fast. Yes it will work, but you must keep the ground wet.

That leads me to the ending of my story. I left my home for Memorial day weekend and the temps went up into the mid 90's. Along the driveway I'm sure it was much warmer. I had my sprinkler out on a timer and sure enough a neighbor must have bumped it by accident it during the weekend. All my 1/2 inch KBG seedlings were dead and my sprinkler was shooting in the wrong direction. I had my sprinkler going for 15 minutes every hour if the temps are in the 80s and 10 minutes every hour for temps below the 80's. This is assuming I'm using the sprinkler half circle. If your lawn is getting soggy, then reduce the time of watering.

The full shade seed is fine and was never left dry while growing.