Tips on growin grass

lawn grass people!

Before the final inspection last fall, we had to get the yard establish. We put down Penningtons Tall Fescue Blue (or whatever order those words go in) and threw down hay on top. Watered the hell out of it and that stuff came in beautifully! Only thing is there are some bare spots. The bare spots have shell on it.
Okay, i need some advice cause i don't know what the hell i'm doing.
Is now the time to throw down some seed in those spots? Do you just throw it down? Should the shell be gotten up first?
The hay that the wind didn't blow away, should that be raked up? My grandma said if you leave it, it could kill the grass underneath.
And if you rake up the hay, can you use that hay again to put over the seed on the bare spots? or do you have to use new hay?
Plus, is it okay to mow that grass that came in last fall? or is it too tender? I was told, it's gotten pretty tall.

Okay, these might sound like dumb questions but i told you I don't know what the hell i'm doing.

 

1) cut the grass
2) put the clippings on the bare spots
3) ask a mexican if above doesnt work

 

spread some lime

An interesting thing about grass is that it keeps it's roots proportionate to the length of it's blades. So cutting it short makes it succeptable to dry conditions. However allowing it to grow long and then cutting to a reasonable length makes it get rid of some of it's root system. This adds organic matter to the soil which it then feeds off of and attracts worms and such which also improve the soil.

 

i thought this thread was about something else...

 

that kind pretty much grows itself

 

We'll see this summer. There's a vacant, overgrown lot near me. I plan to scatter some seeds next week. As far as I know, no one has been on the property in years. It gets good sunlight and the dirt is black from years of rotting leaves. It's not on my property either.

 

as long as it gets rain, it will be fine

 

really?

that is smart thinking that you don't own it, what if they come mow it down while you are away at lowes or something?

 

It isn't costing me anything. There are trees there now. No grass.

 

It may not be the strong strains that indoor and serious growers can produce but it will grow easily.

In college we had plants popping up off of our deck all the time from discarding seeds.