Three Important Fall Lawn Care Tips

As the days get a little cooler, we're entering an important lawn care season. Don't be tricked into thinking your lawn needs less care. Now is the time to prepare so that you start next spring with healthy green turf.

• Keep mowing as long as your lawn is actively growing. Depending upon where you live, your mowing season may go on for several more weeks. Don't mow the lawn too short when you mow for the last time. If anything, leave it a little bit longer.
• Don't starve your lawn. If you live in the Northern U.S. with cool season grasses, fertilize one more time around Thanksgiving. This will send your lawn into dormancy with nutrition waiting for it in spring. If you have warm season grasses, your last fertilizer application should have been around Labor Day.
• Kill broadleaf weeds. This is the time to go after dandelions and ground ivy. Time your herbicide application for an autumn day around the first time there is frost in your area, or when the night time temperature has at least dipped to 40°F.