Don’t think there’s much to do in your lawn in the autumn season? It’s actually a critical time in the health of your yard. Not only is it recovering from summer foot traffic, plus heat and drought, but also storing up fuel to sustain itself during the winter ahead. What can you do to help it out? The answer’s easy with our fall lawn care tips for Mansfield, TX-area homeowners. For instance, make sure you:
Fertilize your lawn. Summer is hard on plants. With its high temperatures, your grass is using a lot of nutrients from the soil to make it through. That’s why it needs a boost during the fall season. Otherwise, it will head into winter with weak roots and insufficient energy reserves, having a more difficult time growing back in spring.
Maintain your grass. Keep up on maintenance tasks, like mowing and watering. These will help sustain both roots and blades, so they’re healthy and strong. You can drop your mower blades a little lower during the final two cuts of the year. This will get more sunlight into the crown. Just don’t scalp your lawn by cutting too short.
Keep weeds out. Fall in the Mansfield area is a good time to handle this important lawn care task. You can do this by applying a pre-emergent product, which works to suppress the development process underground, before weeds break through the surface. You’ll therefore see fewer next spring. With a post-emergent product, you can also treat existing weeds.
Get more air, water, and nutrients in. When your lawn gets used a lot in summer, it can experience soil compaction. This prevents enough critical resources from reaching and fueling root growth. That’s where lawn aeration can help, breaking up these compacted conditions and reducing compression and stress.
Let Mansfield’s Fall Lawn Care Team Help
Fall is an ideal time to provide extra lawn care and the team at Lawn Doctor of South Fort Worth & Mansfield can help you deliver it. You simply mow and water your lawn and we’ll tackle a variety of other essential treatments. Together, you’ll get grass that comes out bolder, brighter, and better than ever next spring.
Get started today by calling Lawn Doctor of South Fort Worth & Mansfield at (817) 734-3215 for a free consultation. We offer fall lawn care across the Fort Worth, Alvarado, Grand Prairie, Kennedale, and Midlothian, TX areas.
