Your lawn in Indiana has different needs throughout the different seasons. As the fall approaches, your lawn care routine through the end of the year should include different treatments to help strengthen your lawn so that it can successfully make it through the winter season. At the end of the summer, administer a fertilizer treatment and a post-emergent weed control treatment to give your lawn a boost of nutrients and eliminate any weeds that are present. In the fall, apply another fertilizer and post-emergent weed control treatment, but make sure you also aerate and overseed your lawn, too. Aeration and overseeding in the fall will improve the roots' access to vital nutrients and promote thicker growth, respectively. Then, you'll want to close out the year with a winterizer treatment, which will help your lawn survive the winter and welcome spring in top health.

Apply Fertilization & Post-Emergent Weed Control Treatments at the End of Summer

Your lawn care routine at the end of the summer should be focused on replenishing the nutrient supply of your grass. Summer can be detrimental to the health of your lawn and it will have used up most of its stored nutrients. That's why it's important to include a lawn fertilization treatment in your end-of-summer lawn care routine. A fertilizer treatment will give your grass a boost of nutrients, so it can start recovering from the stress it endured during summer. The nutrients from fertilizers will give your grass some much-needed help to slowly build up its strength and regain its vibrant color.

To ensure your lawn gets the most out of the fertilizer treatment, pair it with a post-emergent weed control treatment. This type of weed control is designed to target existing weeds on your lawn. By eliminating the weeds, your grass will have no competition for nutrients and can focus on gaining most of its strength back.

In the fall, fertilize, aerate, overseed, and administer a post-emergent weed control treatment.

In the fall, you should focus on fortifying your lawn's health, strengthening its roots, and making it thicker, so it can gear up for the winter. To achieve this, make sure you incorporate lawn fertilization, weed control, lawn aeration, and overseeding in your fall lawn care regimen!

  • Lawn Fertilization: Fertilize your lawn to provide your grass with key nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. These nutrients fortify the overall health of your lawn, strengthen the roots, and build up its resilience against environmental stressors, like diseases and pests.
  • Post-Emergent Weed Control: This weed control treatment eliminates weeds that have already popped up on your turf.
  • Lawn Aeration: Aerating your lawn in the fall will alleviate soil compaction to allow nutrients and other essential resources to reach the roots of your grass. It also promotes strong roots, so your grass can absorb and store more nutrients and be better equipped for the winter.
  • Overseeding: Overseeding in the fall encourages new grass to grow to make your lawn thicker and fuller. You'll want your lawn to be thick and lush in the fall so it's better equipped to withstand the winter season.
In Indiana, you should use turf-type tall fescue seeds when overseeding your lawn.

End the Year With a Winterizer Treatment

Before winter sets in, you'll want to give your grass a winterizer treatment. This type of fertilizer treatment is typically applied around late fall and is rich in potassium, which is responsible for fortifying the cell walls of your lawn. With an abundance of this nutrient to feed off of, your grass will be better equipped to make it through the winter season. Apart from potassium, a winterizer treatment will also ensure your grass has a sufficient supply of other vital nutrients.

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Our team at Turf Kings takes pride in cultivating healthy and lush lawns via our lawn care services, like lawn fertilization, weed control, lawn aeration, and overseeding. We can put your lawn on a rigorous lawn care routine to help it stay healthy and strong during the growing season and give you a beautiful lawn that you can take pride in. Our crew offers these services to commercial and residential properties, as well as HOAs, in Carmel, Fishers, Westfield, IN, and nearby areas. Call us today at (317) 350-1737 to sign up for any of our lawn care services.