Ok here's the deal. Up until this past March, my backyard was a mudpit. Just red clay with a bunch of dead straw on top of it. It had been like that for a year because we didn't take care of it when we moved in.
In March, my dad and I mowed up the dead straw and replanted the whole thing. We put down a shitload of Rebel IV Turf-Type Tall Fescue grass seed and fertilizer and I watered it heavily. 2 months later, we have this, and it was beautiful!!
Now, here's the problem. After it got like that, it started raining about twice a week, so we stopped watering it. The longest we went without it getting any form of water was 1 week. We noticed it starting to turn less green and looking weak 3 weeks ago. I started watering it again 2 weeks ago. Last week it rained 8 inches in 24 hours here!!!
Now the grass is still getting worse by the day. Less green, even white/brown, and it's not as full.
What's going on with my yard??? Surely 1 week without watering wouldn't kill it, right?? Plus it's had a ton of water in the last 2 weeks but it's still getting worse.
It looks terrible now and I'm worried that I'll have to start over again.
I didn't want to mow it, but I did after about 2 months of it growing because it was absurdly high. Did mowing kill it?? I mowed it on the highest setting.
I've read that heat can kill grass, but my neighbors' grass aren't as bad looking as mine, and there's is still full.
Please help!