As the temperatures begin to drop here, many homeowners assume their lawn care season is coming to an end. However, fall is one of the most important times to prepare your lawn for the following spring.
Three important services to consider are winterizer fertilization, core aeration, and dormant seeding.
Winterizer: Feeding Your Lawn Before Winter
Just because your lawn has stopped growing as quickly doesn’t mean the roots have stopped working!
Cool-season grasses, including Kentucky bluegrass, ryegrass, and fescue, continue to develop their root systems during the cooler fall months.
A properly timed winterizer fertilizer application helps your lawn store nutrients and energy for the winter months. This supports root development, improves winter hardiness, and helps your lawn green up as temperatures warm in the spring.
The important thing to remember: Winterizer isn’t about making your grass grow taller before winter. It’s about helping your lawn enter winter healthy and prepared for spring.
Core Aeration: Giving Your Lawn Room to Breathe
Over time, our lawns become compacted from foot traffic, mowing equipment, pets, and everyday use. Compacted soil makes it difficult for water, oxygen, and nutrients to reach the roots.
Core aeration helps relieve this compaction by removing small plugs of soil throughout the lawn.
The benefits include:
Fall is an excellent time to aerate lawns in Western New York because cool-season grasses are naturally active during this period.
Our recommendation: If your lawn receives heavy traffic or has compacted soil, aeration can be one of the most beneficial services you provide for its long-term health.
Dormant Seeding: Getting a Head Start on Spring
Did you know you can seed your lawn even after the growing season has ended?
Dormant seeding is the process of applying grass seed late in the season, after soil temperatures have dropped enough to prevent germination.
Instead of growing immediately, the seed remains dormant through winter and begins germinating when conditions become favorable in the spring.
This can be especially beneficial for homeowners who missed the ideal late-summer and early-fall seeding window.
However, dormant seeding requires proper timing. If seed is applied too early and begins germinating before winter, young seedlings may not survive freezing temperatures.
Good seed-to-soil contact is also important. Simply spreading seed over a thick layer of leaves or thatch will not produce the results homeowners expect.
At Broccolo, we believe in recommending services based on what your lawn actually needs rather than applying the same solution to every property.
Much of your lawn’s spring performance is influenced by what happens during the previous fall.
Proper fertilization, healthy soil, and thoughtful seeding can make a significant difference in how your lawn responds when the growing season returns.
Have questions about preparing your lawn for winter?
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