With fall comes shorter days and cooler nights, as well as more lawn care. That’s right. Despite the end of summer, your yard actually requires more care and attention in the weeks and months ahead. Summer, after all, is hard on grass plants, which need a boost before winter hits. What can you do to provide it? Lawn Doctor of Bayport-Sayville has the answers. As fall lawn care experts in the Bayport, NY area, we recommend the following steps during the autumn season to reap dazzling results next spring:
Core aerate. You enjoy your lawn in summer and spend a lot of time in it. All that use and foot traffic, though, can cause soil compaction. To deal with it, aerate your lawn through a method called core aeration. It’s the most effective approach, improving the flow of water, nutrients, and oxygen to roots.
Spot seed or overseed. Is your grass looking thin? Are there bare spots damaged by the sun or a pet? These make your yard more vulnerable to diseases, weeds and other issues. Fix and fill them in through seeding, whether it’s a few scattered spots or your whole yard.
Fertilize. Fertilization is an important lawn care task throughout the whole growing season in the Bayport area, but especially fall. This will give your lawn fuel to get back on track after summer heat and stress and build up sufficient energy supplies for winter. It will then green up faster next spring.
Water. If local rainfall in the Bayport area isn’t reaching at least an inch a week, make sure you’re watering. When you do, water deeply but infrequently to keep grass from becoming dry and dehydrated heading into winter.
Mow and rake. Keep mowing your lawn until it officially goes dormant. Also, make sure it’s getting adequate sunlight by raking up leaves and any fallen debris.
Let Bayport’s Fall Lawn Care Team Help
Bring new life into your lawn this fall with care from Lawn Doctor of Bayport-Sayville. While you handle mowing, raking, and watering, we can analyze your yard, customize a service plan and schedule, and deliver it all like clockwork, bringing out your turf’s best. Roots will grow deeper, blades will emerge thicker and green, and your lawn will look more beautiful in the spring season ahead.
Get started today by calling Lawn Doctor of Bayport-Sayville at (631) 384-1977 for a free consultation. We offer fall lawn care across the Bayport, Sayville, Patchogue, Manorville, Wading River, and Brookhaven, NY areas.
