3 Essential Fall Lawn Jobs for a Healthy Spring Start

It’s time to wrap up those final lawn care tasks with fall winding down. To ensure a healthy spring lawn, complete these three chores by December 1.

In this blog post, you’ll learn about those last lawn chores, including the following:

Rake up those leaves before it snows!
Toughen your turf with winterizer.
Tidy up your lawn with one last mow.

Rake Up Those Leaves Before It Snows!

While your lawn will be sleeping over the winter, you need to allow it to breathe, and raking up leaves will allow your turf to breathe.

Raking can be an all-day chore, so you may want to set your mower to the mulch setting to chop those leaves finely. This can give you a 25% nitrogen boost that you don’t need to pay for.

Alternatively, you can use a lawn sweeper or put on your mower’s mulching bag to collect leaves, which you can dump in a compost bin or leaf bag for your municipality to pick up.

Leaves aren’t the only yard debris that needs to be cleaned up. To keep your property uncluttered for the winter, twigs, seedpods, pine cones, acorns, and other tree debris must also be removed.

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Toughen Your Turf with Winterizer

If you apply fertilizer, this is the time to do it. Winter fertilizer or winterizer sets up your turfgrass to grow a deep root system underground. Your turfgrass will be healthier and survive cold stress better.

Winterizer contains the following:

Reduced levels of nitrogen that prevent aboveground turfgrass growth.
Increased phosphorous levels for a robust root system and enhanced nutrient intake that enables the turf to bounce back after a cold winter.
Enhanced potassium content that creates strong roots and increases frost tolerance.

Don’t wait to get that winter fertilizer on your yard so the grass can reap the benefits before the ground freezes.

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Tidy Up Your Lawn with One Last Mow

You want your lawn to look its best with no leaves or weeds during the winter. Plus, mowing your lawn by taking it to 3½” (depending on turf grass species) before putting away your mower for the season will help your turfgrass prepare for semi-dormancy.

You don’t want to cut it too low; stick to the 3 ½” range (depending on turf grass species). Your turfgrass will continue to grow until the temperatures drop below 40°F in December.

Contact Jamison Lawn Care for All Your Fall Lawn Needs

If you’re a busy, two-career family or tired of yard work for the season, contact us at Jamison Lawn Care. We specialize in fall cleanups, final mows, and winter fertilizers in Bucks and Montgomery Counties, PA.

Call us today at (267) 621-4747 or complete our contact form.

Sources:

LawnLove.com, How Short to Cut Grass Before Winter.

Ibid., How to Winterize Your Lawn.