With the winter season nearly here, you might be less focused on your lawn. However, it still needs some care and attention and Lawn Doctor of Southern Cape May County can help deliver it. We offer lawn maintenance best practices and treatment plans designed around the unique growing conditions in the Cape May, New Jersey area. These will build up natural defenses and cold tolerance, setting the groundwork for a healthier spring comeback.
Lawn Maintenance Steps to Help You Winterize Your Turf
Even when your lawn is dormant, it can be prone to problems with fungus, mold, pests, and other issues. The good news is you can minimize the risk before winter arrives with the right lawn maintenance steps. These include:
- Continuing to mow. Mow your lawn until the first hard freeze hits, which is when it stops growing. During the final cut, remove a little more than usual. Ideally, it should be around 2 to 2½ high. This length prevents seasonal stress and also helps ward off mold and bacteria that can settle into your grass.
- Cleaning off your lawn. Moisture can build up across your lawn during the autumn season. This makes it more prone to problems with discoloration and disease. Avoid this by cleaning up your lawn, including raking off leaves and removing any debris, like branches.
- Preventing weeds. Weeds compete with your grass for nutrients, space and other important resources. Stop this process by pulling out weeds you’re seeing or spot treating them. For those seeds in the soil, apply a pre-emergent. This will stop them from maturing into full-grown plants that develop and spread in spring.
Serving Cape May with Lawn Maintenance Tips & Treatments
Your lawn needs to be in strong shape to withstand winter stressors. Lawn Doctor of Southern Cape May County can get it there with advice on best maintenance practices combined with customized treatments. In fact, we’ll assess your yard, identify problems within it, and fine-tune a plan around it all. It will get exactly what it needs based on grass type, soil condition, size and more, all leading to more beauty and better health.
Lawn Doctor of Southern Cape May County is proud to be the trusted source for maintenance tips and service plans across:
- Cape May
- Cape May Court House
- Wildwood
- Stone Harbor
- Avalon
- Sea Isle City
- And throughout the surrounding areas
Get your yard in great shape for winter with lawn maintenance from Cape May, New Jersey’s experts. Contact us to learn more!
