You should follow a regular maintenace calendar.
A lot of what you're reading about is people having to seed again to fill in bare spots or because they were impatient and seeded at the wrong time of the year and thus made more work for themselves.

Cool! I'm thinking that I'm going to wait until at least Sept 1st or when the temps fall into the mid 70's consistently to plant my seeds.

I will use this whole month of August to prepare my soil. Stuff like Raking, Aerating, Composting, KILLING RE-EMERGING WEEDS and CLOVER..Hopefully, by being patient, I will have better sucess and won't have to reseed a bunch of bare spots. Anyway, isn't this "Sod Quality Seed" supposed to have good germination?

If after germination you find spots you missed, then seed them. You don't have to worry about starting over again with watering to get them to germinate, and you don't have to worry about them usurping the fertilizer. I do urge that you overseed with the same blend next fall but at a lower seeding rate. After that, overseed every 2-3 years to maintain diversity. Everyone should do that no matter what type of grass they have and no matter how old the lawn is.

The label on the bag should give the expected germinatation rate, but that has nothing to do with them being sod quality seeds. Sod quality refers to what is offered to sod farms. It is more closely inspected for weed seeds than those that are not sod quality. In general, homeowners don't need sod quality seeds and that's why it isn't common. The reason is that we don't have clean soil to begin with. On the other hand, sod growers do. They grow sod in weed-free soil (supposedly). The main reason you want sod quality is the high incidents of Poa annua being mixed in the grass seeds. That's been a problem for a few years now, so I always suggest you purchase sod quality to hopefully reduce that likelihood.

Cool. I planned on saving a lb of seed to do any spots I missed, hopefully none.
Quick questions:
1. If I areate do I need to dethatch?
2. Should I areate next Spring?
3. What is a good germination rate and what does that mean? If you don't take care of your seed then I'm thinking it won't germinate anyway, no matter what the germination rate is.

Will do on the reseed..Now that I have the "dlenart Blend" at WSL i'm sure I can just call them up and order a couple lb's next fall:)

1. Only if you have a major thatch problem. Otherwise, core aerating will take care of it.

2. Don't core aerate again until the grass is at least a year old.

3. 85% is considered good. Higher percentage is ideal. You're right. The germination rate is claimed under ideal conditions but it's more than properly taking care of the seeds. It also involves air and soil temps.

I have to admit that I'm much happier with the sod quality seeds. There are certainly a few weeds sprouting in the new lawn (day 12 now...I miscounted yesterday and thought that was day 12).

There are certainly NOT the number of weeds I got the last time I seeded (the photos prove that one). I'm glad I got the sod quality and won't recommend anything that isn't to any serious lawn person ever again.

Plus, the complete lack of Poa trivialis in the seed is making me very happy indeed...

Where did you order your seed from?

I orderd mine from Pawnee Butes (Glenn) but he said to me that the Sd Qualty and the Regular Quality come from the same area; just the Sod Quality has a greater amount of seed tested so it can charge a premium, but buying regular or sod quality from him will yield the same quality seed.