A well-kept lawn can still be a bright green in the fall, and the lawn care you provide in the fall will affect how your lawn looks the following year. Fall is the ideal time to focus on lawn maintenance because the grass roots will have plenty of time to establish themselves by spring. Following the following tips to keep your lawn healthy…
Continue With Basic Lawn Care
Continue to water and mow your lawn, as needed, throughout the fall. Then as the season draws to a close, drop the mower’s blade to its lowest setting for the last two cuttings of the year. You do not want the grass getting too long as this can create an attractive environment for insects and other pest.
Fertilize
Most lawn experts agree: If you fertilize your lawn only once a year, do it in the fall. The reason? Grass leaves grow much more slowly as the weather turns cool, but the grass roots and rhizomes continue to grow quickly. (Rhizomes are the horizontal plant stems that lie just beneath the soil’s surface; they produce the blades of grass above and the roots below.) Once the winter cold sets in it prevents the nutrients from getting to the soil and the roots.
Aeration
Fall is also an ideal time to aerate your lawn so that oxygen, water, and fertilizer can easily reach the grass’s roots.Aeration (plus seeding)gives your lawn’s roots way more room to grow. That helps all year round, because your lawn will be able to get more nutrients and maintain their health for longer.
Remove Leaves Quickly
It is important to remove fallen leaves from your lawn as soon as possible. Don’t wait until all the leaves have fallen from the trees to start raking. If you do, the leaves will become wet from rain and morning dew, stick together, and form an impenetrable mat that if left unmoved will suffocate the grass and breed fungal diseases. Your lawn needs sun to stay alive, and when those leaves fall it can block out that sun. We all love the beauty of Fall leaves but they can be problematic for your green lawn.
Maintenance and Smart Decisions Will Keep Your Lawn Beautiful and Add Value to Your Property
Good lawn & landscaping can add up to 28% to overall property value, says landscape economist John Harris. Even taking your landscaping from “good” to “excellent,” in terms of design, condition, and placement, can add 6% to 7% to property value, according to a Clemson University study.
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