Temperatures are falling and days are getting shorter. While you might be slowing down, your lawn is still hard at work. In fact, during autumn, it’s rebuilding after summer stress and preparing for the harsh Wisconsin winter ahead. As a result, fall lawn care is critical to ensure yards across the La Crosse, WI area have what they need to thrive.
If you’re not sure where to start, Lawn Doctor of La Crosse can help. Here are a few basic, yet essential, steps to take to set your yard up for future success:
- Feed your turf. Make sure you fertilize your lawn before it gets too cold and frosty outside. This will help support better root development, enhance energy reserves, and help grass survive winter.
- Power Seed a weak lawn. The La Crosse area’s fall provides the cool, wet weather that’s ideal to provide lawn care in the form of seeding. This will give your grass the fortification it needs to thicken up, improve defenses, and come back stronger than ever in the spring.
- Repair damaged spots. If you just have a few problem spots in your lawn, repair them by spot seeding. This will ensure they’re not vulnerable to weeds or diseases, all while enhancing appearance.
- Aerate compacted soil. When soil is compacted, it restricts airflow, as well as nutrient and water absorption. Relieve this condition by aerating your lawn and introducing more critical essentials into the soil.
- Keep watering and mowing. Your grass is actively growing until it goes dormant after the first hard frost. So continue mowing it regularly and watering it if local La Crosse-area rainfall isn’t adding up to an inch of moisture every week.
- Clean up leaves. Don’t let a matting of wet, heavy leaves cause an infection in your lawn. Instead, rake them up and let more sunlight get to grass.
Let La Crosse’s Fall Lawn Care Team Help
The lawn of your dreams is in easy reach next spring with the right care now during the La Crosse area’s fall. And at Lawn Doctor of La Crosse, we can help you get there. While you work to maintain your yard through regular mowing, raking, and watering, we can perform the exact-right treatments your turf needs on a schedule best-suited for it. It will look greener and lusher, all while requiring less work, in the next growing season.
Get started today by calling Lawn Doctor of La Crosse at (608) 781-5044 for a free consultation. We offer fall lawn care in the La Crosse, Holmen, and Onalaska, WI areas, as well as in La Crescent, MN.
