6 Essential Fall Lawn Care Tips

As we come into fall, it’s important to make sure your lawn is ready for the cooler temperatures and potential snow and ice to come over the winter. If you aren’t sure what to do to help you lawn prepare this fall, make sure to contact AllGreen Landscape Co.: (703) 992-8787. As Chantilly lawn care experts, we can help you get your lawn set up for a lovely winter’s nap so it emerges green and fresh in the spring:

1. Give Your Lawn a Closer Shave

It’s important to keep mowing your lawn through the fall months and not let it go shaggy. Leaving it too long can encourage mold and disease growth. As you plan for the last two mowing sessions of the fall, cut the lawn a little shorter, but not more than a third of the blade height to prevent shocking the blades. A shorter cut allows more sunlight and air to blow through grass, keeping it fresh and healthy as it goes dormant for the winter.

2. Fall is Aeration Time

Use a lawn aerator to make small holes at even intervals throughout your lawn in the fall. This aeration process makes it easier for water, fertilizer and air to nourish the roots before winter, which can set them up for good health and strong growth through the spring.

3. One more Fertilizer Application

Fall is arguably the most important time of the year to fertilize your lawn. Although the lawn up top will go dormant, the roots and rhizomes under the soil will be storing up energy all fall and winter to prepare themselves for a strong spring. Of course, it’s best to fertilize after aerating the soil so that the dry fertilizer can get down right to where the roots are.

4. Rake Away the Leaves

It’s important to stay on top of the raking process during the fall. It can be a time-consuming endeavor, but it’s very important to prevent wet, matted leaves from creating conditions that may breed fungal infections and diseases in your lawn. If you’re too busy to keep the leaves at bay, make sure to contact us and our lawn care company can help you prep your lawn for the fall and winter months ahead.

5. Fall Weed Control

Your lawn and the weeds that could blemish it in the spring are all storing up energy through the winter. So, while you fertilize the lawn to encourage growth, ask our lawn care team about your lawn’s need for a weed control application that can eliminate weeds from your lawn over the winter so you have a fresh, green, weed-free expanse of lawn in the spring.

6. Replenish Bare Spots in the Lawn

If you have disease spots or bare areas in your lawn, fall is the ideal time to repair them so they will grow back strong in the spring. Depending on the nature of the bald spots in your lawn, you may need to consider a fresh roll of sod, an application of seed mixture and mulch or plugs.

Be sure to take good care of your lawn in the fall by following these 6 steps so your lawn can have a good rest over the winter and grow back strong and fresh in the spring. If you have questions, or need help accomplishing all of these tasks, just contact AllGreen Landscape Co. in Chantilly and we can take care of these fall lawn care steps for you: (703) 992-8787.