[Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page

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maury dean
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m_p_dean at yahoo.com

I planted a new lawn with perrenial rye grass about 2 weeks ago. A few small patches are approx 1" high, but most of the area has not sprouted at all. Some of the growth patches are in wetter, slightly lower areas, but some are not. Other wetter areas are still bare. Also, some areas of growth are in corners or edges where rougher dirt was raked, but some rough areas are bare. I placed paper towels over a small area as a mulching/water retainer medium and lightly raked another small area. Neither had any effect. What can I do or test to kick the bare areas into growing?
Thank you