I spke to Scotts and they seem to think that I over fertilized and told
me to just water and cool it with the fertilizer.

regarding my neighbors fast lawn this was the second person who told me
that they frequently use pure rye so the lawn grows fast but it's not a
good seed to use by itself.

In article .com,
wrote:

Another question, did you put down the right amount of the product? If
the pre-emergent was too heavy, that could cause a problem.