The grass patch I ignored for 8 months came back after 3 weeks. Did I get lucky or is that normal?
OK so I have this patch in the corner of my yard near the fence, about 4 feet by 3 feet, where the soil is basically all clay and rocks. Last summer it just turned brown and crunchy, I figured it was dead dead, so I ignored it. I mean, I watered the rest of the lawn, but that spot I just let go. Then last month I finally got fed up looking at it, so I raked off the dead stuff, threw down some cheap fescue seed from Home Depot ($8 bag), and watered it every morning for like 10 minutes. Three weeks later it's thick and green, like it was never gone. My neighbor says it's because the roots were still alive underground, just dormant. But my buddy thinks I just got lucky with the rain we had in early April. Which is it? Has anyone else seen a dead looking patch bounce back that fast? And should I bother doing anything else to it, like aerating, or is it fine to just leave it?