[Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page

[Dick Gross]

I don't know exactly what happened with your seed, Maury, and I'm not a grass person but I do know from experience that once the embryo has been embibed with moisture, it must stay damp until a root shoot is in play and a blade has emerged. If it drys, it is dead. As I recall, the seed is sewn on top of the ground and a light layer of manure or compost scattered over it but most of the seed remains uncovered. When I used to reseed every fall, I had to mist constantly without an automatic irrigation to do it for me.

Dick Gross, MGV MCCE Volunteer. 

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> maury dean
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> 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?
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