Fall is fast approaching, and although your lawn is about to stop growing and go dormant for the winter, it still needs proper care to keep it healthy. Contrary to what most homeowners believe, the best time to fertilize your lawn is in fall–not spring! Your lawn needs fertilizer in the fall to prepare it for the winter, promote faster recovery in spring, and improve its health and appearance once spring returns.

Here are four reasons why you need to apply a fall fertilizer treatment to your lawn in Noblesville, Carmel, Westfield, and the surrounding areas.

1. Fall Provides the Perfect Environment for Maximum Nutrient Absorption

It’s important to fertilize your lawn in the fall and spring; however, fall is by far the most important time of year to fertilize your lawn as it provides the perfect environment your grass needs to absorb nutrients. Summer heat is stressful on your lawn and dries out your soil; fall’s cooler temperatures and morning dew provide a stress-free setting and moisture needed to help your turf absorb the applied fertilizer. Applying fertilizer in the fall gives your grass plenty of time to break down and absorb the food from your fertilizer, and make it available for use throughout the winter months.

2. Prepares Your Lawn for the Winter

Unlike spring fertilizer, a fall fertilizer, or winterizer as it’s commonly called, does not encourage fall growth of grass. Instead, it helps your lawn store more food for winter survival and encourages thick and rapid growth and rooting once spring returns. All lawns go through a period of preparation before entering dormancy for the winter. During this time, your lawn transitions from actively growing to storing as much food and nutrients as it can for later use during the winter. Your grass decreases its blade growth and focuses its strength at the roots, helping them to grow strong and deep and increasing energy reserves. While your lawn is preparing for dormancy, it uses all its reserves to build strength and stamina before the cold winter sets in. Applying fertilizer in autumn gives your lawn the nutrients it needs to do this.

3. Promotes Faster Recovery in Spring

When your lawn awakens from dormancy, it needs a good foundation for a quick recovery. Fall fertilizer helps your lawn smoothly transition in and out of dormancy once spring hits. A winterizer that’s rich in potassium will help your grass roots grow strong and deep into your soil, and help them absorb the nutrients they need in fall for a quick recovery after coming out of dormancy in spring.

4. Improves Your Lawn’s Appearance & Health in Spring

Supporting your grass’ root growth in autumn leads to a healthier, greener lawn in spring. Fertilizing your lawn in the fall strengthens your lawn’s root system, giving your lawn a strong foundation on which to thrive next spring. When your grass is able to start the spring with a good foundation and is healthy to begin with, it’s more likely to stay that way throughout the growing season and into summer. Enhancing your lawn’s energy reserves in the fall with a winterizer promotes a quicker turn around in spring, which will lead to your lawn greening up much earlier in the year. Your lawn will also benefit from increased health and resilience, giving it a thicker, fuller appearance when it grows back in.

Prepare your lawn for winter with our fall fertilizer applications!

Fall will be here soon, and soon after the cold winter months will set in. Start planning to prepare your lawn now with our fall fertilizer applications that will strengthen your grass and give it the nutrients it needs to survive the winter. Call us today at (317) 900-7151 to schedule a winterizer treatment now before it’s too late! Our services are available for properties in Noblesville, Carmel, Westfield, and nearby Indiana cities.