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I'm new here from Washington State. The East side where the sun shines! Anyway, I just planted a new lawn and am unsure of watering needs, and we just fertilized and now aren't sure if we should have done it. Eeek! Will we lose this new lawn because we fertilized wrong? The temperature has turned very warm 90's. What now?

Welcome, Trying. We have a few members from Wa and the owner of the site too.
New lawns need to be kept evenly moist as much as possible. Until well established. How long ago did you plant it?
Fertilizer can burn new grass. But with enough of that even watering it might recover. You'll know if it burned very soon.
My rule of thumb here in California where the sun really shines is to feed established lawns on about a six week schedule. For me it is around holidays. For instance Fourth of July is coming up now so time to feed lightly around now. Then in a few weeks it is Labor day. Another light feeding. Then Halloween, Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, Memorial Day. I don't try to do this right on the holiday, I just use the holidays as markers to start thinking about it.
zones where the lawns die off in winter or are snow covered have time off for cold behavior.

Yeah! I finally figured out how to reply!! Thank you for yours. Our lawn has been up for about 3 weeks and seems not to be growing any longer. That's when we fertilized with the starter fertilizer. It's still hot but we are watering about every two or three hours for about 5 minutes. My question is why would it quit growing????

I haven't a clue about what might 'stall' grass growth. But if anyone could figure a living grass that would grow thick, green and stop growing at about 2 inches, they would be very rich indeed
At 3 weeks old, I think I would water, watch and wait still to see what may yet happen. It could be the temps causing a slow down in growth or something. Like the difference between overnight temps and daytime. Or cloud cover and sunlight. I really haven't a clear idea. But if your baby blades are still green and not crispy then all is not lost. And you could always add more seed later if you feel you need to.