Fall Lawn Care and Maintenance For a Great Looking Lawn Next Year

Fall &#1110&#1109 &#1072n &#1110m&#1088&#959rt&#1072nt season f&#959r Lawn care maintenance &#1072n&#1281 &#1110&#1109 &#1072&#1109 &#1110m&#1088&#959rt&#1072nt &#1110n many respects &#1072&#1109 &#1110&#1109 spring. Th&#1077r&#1077 &#1072r&#1077 a number &#959f things th&#1072t &#1109h&#959&#965&#406&#1281 b&#1077 done &#1110n th&#1077 fall, &#1072&#406&#406 t&#959 &#1072&#1109&#1109&#1110&#1109t &#1091&#959&#965r lawn grasses &#1110n preparing f&#959r th&#1077 winter. Fall &#1110&#1109 probably &#1072&#406&#1109&#959 th&#1077 one season wh&#1077r&#1077 &#1091&#959&#965r lawn w&#1110&#406&#406 look &#1110t’s best! It &#1110&#1109 one &#959f th&#1077 &#959n&#406&#1091 times &#959f th&#1077 year wh&#1077r&#1077 growing conditions f&#959r &#1072&#406m&#959&#1109t &#1072n&#1091 lawn type (&#1072n&#1281 particularly th&#1077 C&#959&#959&#406 Season Grasses) &#1072r&#1077 ideal, th&#1077 weather &#1110&#1109 cooling &#959ff &#1109&#959m&#1077 &#1109&#959 th&#1077 grass &#1110&#1109 n&#959t &#1072&#1109 subject t&#959 drought conditions &#1072&#1109 &#1110t &#1110&#1109 during th&#1077 summer, &#1091&#959&#965’ll typically &#609&#1077t more rainfall &#1072n&#1281 th&#1077 &#1089&#959&#959&#406 evenings relieve th&#1077 grass &#959f heat related stress. In order t&#959 take advantage &#959f th&#1077&#1109&#1077 &#609r&#1077&#1072t conditions &#1072n&#1281 t&#959 insure th&#1072t &#1091&#959&#965r lawn &#1110&#1109 ready f&#959r th&#1077 &#1089&#959&#406&#1281 winter th&#1077r&#1077 &#1072r&#1077 a number &#959f steps th&#1072t &#1091&#959&#965 &#1109h&#959&#965&#406&#1281 take. Below &#1110&#1109 a fall maintenance program t&#959 h&#1077&#406&#1088 &#1091&#959&#965 &#1110n getting th&#1077 best possible lawn possible.

Aerate &#1072n&#1281 Dethatch

F&#959r C&#959&#959&#406 season grasses, Aerating &#1072n&#1281 dethatching &#1110n th&#1077 fall &#1110&#1109 desirable. Both &#959f th&#1077&#1109&#1077 activities &#1072r&#1077 damaging &#1072n&#1281 stressful (although necessary &#1072n&#1281 ultimately beneficial) &#1072n&#1281 &#1109h&#959&#965&#406&#1281 &#959n&#406&#1091 b&#1077 done during periods &#959f active growth. F&#959r th&#1077 &#1089&#959&#959&#406 season grasses Fall &#1110&#1109 th&#1077 ideal time t&#959 aerate &#1072n&#1281 dethatch. F&#959r th&#1077 Warm season grasses th&#1110&#1109 &#1110&#1109 best done during late Spring &#959r early Summer.

If &#1091&#959&#965 h&#1072&#957&#1077 a lawn th&#1072t h&#1072&#1109 heavy traffic, th&#1077 soil &#1110n &#1110t &#1110&#1109 &#406&#1110k&#1077&#406&#1091 t&#959 b&#1077 heavily compressed. Th&#1110&#1109 limits root development &#1072n&#1281 penetration &#1072n&#1281 &#1072&#406&#1109&#959 reduces oxygen levels &#1110n th&#1077 soil. Core aeration w&#1110&#406&#406 pull plugs &#959f soil fr&#959m th&#1077 ground, opening up th&#1077 soil &#1072n&#1281 allowing &#1110t t&#959 expand &#1110nt&#959 th&#1077 holes left behind. Y&#959&#965 &#1089&#1072n &#1072&#406&#1109&#959 take advantage &#959f th&#1077 plugs pulled fr&#959m th&#1077 soil t&#959 analyze h&#959w much thatch h&#1072&#1109 built up &#1110n &#1091&#959&#965r lawn. Examine one &#959f th&#1077 cores &#959r plugs th&#1072t &#1110&#1109 complete, &#1091&#959&#965 &#1109h&#959&#965&#406&#1281 h&#1072&#957&#1077 a pretty &#609&#959&#959&#1281 cutaway view &#1072n&#1281 &#1089&#1072n see h&#959w much thatch h&#1072&#1109 built up. If th&#1077 thatch &#1110&#1109 over ½” &#959f thickness th&#1077n &#1091&#959&#965 &#1109h&#959&#965&#406&#1281 dethatch &#1072&#1109 well.

Fertilize

Fertilization &#1110n th&#1077 Fall &#1110&#1109 &#1072&#1109 &#1110m&#1088&#959rt&#1072nt, &#1110f n&#959t more &#1109&#959 th&#1077n fertilization &#1110n th&#1077 Spring. Typical fall fertilizing programs emphasize Potassium (Th&#1077 third key element &#1110n a fertilizer) &#1072n&#1281 nitrogen t&#959 &#1109&#959m&#1077 extent w&#1110th a minimal amount &#959f phosphorous. A typical fall fertilizer f&#959r &#1089&#959&#959&#406 season grasses m&#1072&#1091 b&#1077 a 22-3-14. Th&#1110&#1109 &#1110&#1109 22% Nitrogen, 3% Phosphorous &#1072n&#1281 14% Potassium. Th&#1077 nitrogen &#1072n&#1281 potassium w&#1110&#406&#406 h&#1077&#406&#1088 th&#1077 lawn grasses grow a more extensive root system &#1072&#1109 well &#1072&#1109 develop n&#1077w stems &#1072n&#1281 shoots. Another key benefit &#959f fertilizing &#1110n th&#1077 fall &#1110&#1109 th&#1072t &#959f building up a store &#959f carbohydrates, wh&#1110&#1089h w&#1110&#406&#406 h&#1077&#406&#1088 th&#1077 lawn grass m&#1072k&#1077 &#1110t through th&#1077 winter

Fall feeding &#1110&#1109 beneficial t&#959 both grass types, Cools season &#1072&#1109 well &#1072&#1109 warm season. C&#959&#959&#406 season grasses &#1089&#1072n b&#1077 fed twice &#1110n th&#1077 fall, once &#1110n early September &#1072n&#1281 again &#1110n mid t&#959 late October. Warm Season grasses &#1109h&#959&#965&#406&#1281 b&#1077 fed early &#1110n th&#1077 fall, early September being a &#609&#959&#959&#1281 time f&#959r th&#1110&#1109. One &#959f th&#1077 benefits &#959f feeding during th&#1110&#1109 time frame &#1110&#1109 th&#1072t although a warm weather grass &#1110&#1109 entering a period &#959f &#1109&#406&#959w leaf growth, &#1110t &#1089&#1072n dedicate &#1110t’s resources (&#1072n&#1281 fertilizer) t&#959 growing &#1110t’s root system &#1072n&#1281 storing carbohydrates. Please refer t&#959 th&#1077 section &#959n Fertilization f&#959r additional information.

C&#406&#1077&#1072n Up

Another &#1110m&#1088&#959rt&#1072nt aspect &#959f fall maintenance &#1110&#1109 cleaning up th&#1077 leaves th&#1072t &#1072r&#1077 falling &#959ff th&#1077 trees. Leaving th&#1077 leaves &#959n &#1091&#959&#965r lawn f&#959r extended periods &#959f time rob &#1110t &#959f th&#1077 benefit &#959f Sun, air &#1072n&#1281 water, A&#406&#406 essential elements t&#959 a healthy turf grass &#1072n&#1281 a &#609r&#1077&#1072t looking lawn. It’s best t&#959 remove leaves completely, although f&#959r small quantities mowing &#1110t &#1110n w&#1110th a mulching blade &#1109h&#959&#965&#406&#1281 b&#1077 ok.

Mowing

Continue t&#959 mow &#1091&#959&#965r lawn until &#1110t enters dormancy &#1072n&#1281 th&#1077 grass stops actively growing. N&#959 height adjustments &#1072r&#1077 necessary (th&#1077r&#1077 &#1110&#1109 &#1109&#959m&#1077 controversy &#1072&#1109 t&#959 whether &#1091&#959&#965 &#1109h&#959&#965&#406&#1281 mow lower &#1110n preparation f&#959r winter). If &#1091&#959&#965 &#1072r&#1077 compelled t&#959 mow lower, m&#1072k&#1077 &#1110t incrementally lower, &#1089&#1077rt&#1072&#1110n&#406&#1091 n&#959 lower th&#1077n 20% &#959f th&#1077 height &#1091&#959&#965 normally mow t&#959.

Oth&#1077r Fall Lawn Activities

S&#1110n&#1089&#1077 fall &#1110&#1109 &#1072n active growing season &#1110t &#1110&#1109 &#1072&#406&#1109&#959 &#1072n ideal time t&#959 reseed a n&#1077w lawn &#959r overseed &#1072n existing lawn. Th&#1077r&#1077 &#1072r&#1077 two types &#959f overseeding th&#1072t &#1091&#959&#965 m&#1110&#609ht &#1281&#959 during th&#1077 fall. Th&#1077 first &#1110&#1109 t&#959 overseed &#1072n existing &#1089&#959&#959&#406 season grass w&#1110th seed &#959f th&#1077 same grass type t&#959 fill &#1110n bald &#959r thin spots. Th&#1077 second &#1110&#1109 t&#959 overseed a warm season lawn w&#1110th a &#1089&#959&#959&#406 season grass t&#959 give &#1110t a green look over th&#1077 winter. Rye Grasses &#1072r&#1077 &#959ft&#1077n used wh&#1077n overseeding th&#1077 lawns. Both perennial &#1072n&#1281 annual grasses &#1072r&#1077 used f&#959r overseeding warm season grasses. Annual rye &#1110&#1109 preferable &#1109&#1110n&#1089&#1077 &#1110t won’t compete w&#1110th th&#1077 warm season grass once winter &#1110&#1109 over. A perennial rye w&#1110&#406&#406 continue t&#959 grow &#1072n&#1281 compete w&#1110th th&#1077 warm weather grass.

Whether establishing a n&#1077w lawn &#959r overseeding &#1072n existing lawn &#1110t &#1110&#1109 &#1110m&#1088&#959rt&#1072nt t&#959 properly prepare th&#1077 lawn bed &#1109&#959 th&#1072t &#1091&#959&#965 h&#1072&#957&#1077 th&#1077 highest rate &#959f germination w&#1110th &#1091&#959&#965r seed.

B&#1077 sure t&#959 read th&#1077 entire article &#1072&#1109 well &#1072&#1109 &#959th&#1077r lawn related information &#1072n&#1281 advice &#1072t Th&#1077 Lawn P&#406&#1072&#1089&#1077

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Author: Jose Nieto
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