A healthy spring lawn starts with fall lawn care. If you want your grass to be in great shape come spring, you'll need to ensure you're taking care of your lawn in the fall so that it can make it through the winter season. Before winter arrives, you'll want to apply a winterizer treatment to your lawn and have it aerated and overseeded. A winterizer treatment will help your lawn make it through the cold months here in Iowa by providing it with nutrients that it can store for later use. You should schedule an aeration service because this process loosens up compacted soil to allow better access to resources like water, air, sunlight, and nutrients, which are crucial for helping your lawn get through dormancy. Additionally, overseeding is vital because it will fill in patchy or bare areas so your lawn will look nice and full come spring.

A Winterizer Treatment Will Help Your Lawn Make It Through the Winter & Emerge Healthy in the Spring

One of the most important things you can do for your lawn in the fall is apply a winterizer treatment. This treatment provides your grass with essential nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium to build up its strength before winter arrives. These nutrients play a vital role in bolstering root development, helping your grass endure the freezing temperatures. Plus, your grass will be able to feed off of these nutrients throughout the winter season, helping it emerge in good shape once spring rolls around.

The best time to apply a winterizer treatment is between October and November.

An Aeration Service Will Help Your Grass Access Vital Resources

A graphic of before and after results from aeration.

If you want your lawn to emerge healthy in the spring after going dormant during the winter, then you should schedule an aeration service. Aerating your turf involves pulling up plugs of soil from the ground to loosen compaction and create passageways for nutrients, sunlight, oxygen, and water to reach the roots more easily. However, it does more than just improve resource flow - it also helps reduce thatch buildup! When you have a thick layer of thatch sitting atop your soil, it prevents air and nutrients from penetrating down to the roots, thus inhibiting their ability to absorb everything they need to prepare for dormancy. By scheduling an aeration service in the fall, your lawn will have optimal access to the resources it needs to establish good, deep root systems, fortify its defenses against stressors, and develop a robust, resilient foundation before winter sets in!

Overseeding Will Fill Bare Spots on Your Lawn & Increase Its Density

The last thing you want is to see your once-thick, lush carpet of grass turn into a thin, patchy mess. Fortunately, you can combat this issue with overseeding! Overseeding involves spreading cool-season seeds across your lawn to fill any bare or patchy areas with new, healthy grass growth. Additionally, it will increase the overall density of your lawn. Once spring arrives, your lawn will be full and lush, so it will look great as the new growing season gets started!

Call Us Today to Sign Up for Our Fall Lawn Care Services

Here at ETCH Outdoor Living, we offer top-quality fall lawn care services to residential and commercial properties, as well as HOAs, in Ankeny, Johnston, Urbandale, West Des Moines, Waukee, IA, and nearby cities. We provide both aeration and overseeding services in the fall to help your grass enter winter dormancy in great shape and emerge healthy in the spring. What's more, we also offer a winterizer treatment as part of our lawn fertilization service to supply it with the nutrients it needs to thrive! Call us today at (515) 654-5447 to sign up for our fall lawn care services!