Temperatures are dropping, leaves are turning, and days are getting shorter. Fall is in the air! It’s a fun time for families, but a critical phase for your yard. After a long battle with weeds and diseases all summer, plus heat and drought, it needs some extra attention this season. The right steps now will also help it get ready to survive a harsh Montana winter and start off strong next spring. How can you make the most of the autumn weather this year? The Missoula, MT’s fall lawn care experts at Lawn Doctor of Missoula offer these recommendations:
Fertilizing is key. If you only perform this lawn care task a couple times of year during the Missoula area’s growing season, make fall one of those times. This will help to repair your lawn after summer and winterize it for the weeks and months ahead, so it comes out green and bright next spring.
Keep weeds out. Autumn is also an ideal time to gain an upper hand against stubborn weeds, like perennial broadleaf, such as dandelion, plantain, and clover. As they’re preparing for winter, they’re storing up resources from their surroundings. That means the herbicide you apply to leaves will get sucked right into the root system.
Loosen up compacted soil. When you have kids, pets, and guests in your lawn over summer, this increased foot traffic can cause soil compaction. Relieve this condition – and get more air, water, and fertilizer into the root zone – by aerating your lawn.
Focus on turf density. Early fall in the Missoula area offers prime conditions for new growth thanks to wetter, cooler weather. So if there are spots that were damaged from summer heat or drought or your lawn is looking lackluster overall, now’s the time to seed it. Just don’t apply a weed control product on or near fresh seed.
Let Missoula’s Fall Lawn Care Team Help
Beyond the steps above, it’s also important to continue with routine maintenance, like mowing, watering, and raking up leaves. While you tackle those tasks, Lawn Doctor of Missoula can perform an assessment of your lawn, identify what it needs and when, and deliver treatments through a customized plan. Your lawn will grow back better than ever in the spring ahead, as a result.
Get started today by calling Lawn Doctor of Missoula at (406) 542-6210 for a free consultation. We offer fall lawn care across the Missoula, MT area.
