Fall Lawn Care - Fall Lawn Feeding - For A Beautiful Lawn Next Season

Most people view spring and summer as the peak time for lawn care, but it's fall that actually marks the beginning of your lawn's growing season. There are simple but crucial fall lawn care steps to take now to promote a strong, beautiful lawn through next season and beyond.
Whether you have the best yard in the neighborhood or you haven't had much success with your turf, you can improve and maintain your lawn condition if you take these three steps:

Build a fall lawn foundation
The ideal conditions that come with fall -- cool nights and warm soil -- make it the best time for lawn feeding. The autumn window of opportunity to repair summer damage and achieve long-term lawn success is small, but it's also a critical time to build and strengthen the lawn root system. A product like Scotts Turf Builder Winterguard helps build strong, deep roots for a better foundation in your existing lawn. The better the root system, the more robust your lawn will be next year. A good fall lawn feeding will keep your turf strong and green throughout the fall, winter and into spring.

                                                                                     Encourage new fall lawn growth
Fall is also the best time for lawn seeding. The soil is still warm, but the air is cooler, meaning weeds have less opportunity to compete. Trees are shedding their leaves so grass receives more sun, and diseases that attack grass seedlings are less active in the fall. Overseeding with Scotts Turf Builder grass seed promotes (or helps create) a thick, lush lawn at the start of spring, making it difficult for airborne weed seeds to root in the soil. Seeding autumn bare spots will thicken the lawn and make it more resistant to future bare spots.

To reseed your bare lawn spots, dig up bare areas, mix in compost, sow your lawn seeds and cover with more compost. If the weather is dry, keep the seeded soil moist until new grass begins to grow.

Leave the rake behind
Don't spend time raking and bagging leaves this season. Mulching leaves into dime-sized pieces by mowing over them and leaving them on the lawn provides valuable nutrients needed to produce thick, green turf in the spring. Mulching helps build a better lawn foundation and returns much-needed organic matter back into the soil.

For more information on fall lawn care, visit Scotts.com.

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Fall Lawn Care - Fall Lawn Feeding - For A Beautiful Lawn Next Season