Fertilizers contain essential nutrients your lawn needs to stay healthy and vibrant, so it needs these treatments regularly throughout the growing season, including in the fall. The hot weather during the summer is tough on your grass in North Carolina, and fertilizing it in the fall will help it recover from any stress from the season. It will also prepare it for winter dormancy by building up its strength and health, plus promote robust root development, which is vital for helping it endure cold temperatures. Lastly, fertilizing in the fall will aid in a quicker green-up in the spring!

A fall fertilizer treatment will help your lawn recover from summer-related stress.

Summer can be very taxing on your lawn, especially if it's a cool-season type. After all, the heat can cause significant stress on your grass. Fortunately, that's where a fall fertilizer treatment comes in! Fertilizing in the fall will provide your lawn with much-needed nutrients, helping it recover from any summer-related stress. This nutrient boost will give it everything it needs to rebuild its strength and regain its vibrant color!

Fertilizing your lawn in the fall will prepare it for winter dormancy.

Another reason you should fertilize your lawn in the fall is to prepare it for the winter. During this time, it goes dormant to preserve its energy and resources to survive the cold weather and make it until spring. So, you'll want to fertilize it in the fall to help build up its strength and overall health beforehand to ensure it has the best chance of enduring it. It will also give your lawn enough nutrients to store and use throughout the winter season!

A fall fertilizer treatment will help your lawn develop deep, robust root systems.

Another benefit of fertilizing your lawn in the fall is it promotes root development. Your grass needs strong, deep root systems to endure the cold temperatures during the winter. Fortunately, a fall treatment will provide essential nutrients to help build them. Since grass growth slows down as the weather gets colder, the nourishment will go to its roots, encouraging them to grow and become more robust. As a result, your lawn will have a well-established foundation and even better nutrient and resource uptake, meaning it can absorb more of everything it needs to prepare for winter dormancy and better withstand stressors!

Fertilizing your lawn in the fall will help it green up quicker and emerge healthier in the spring.

Aside from setting up your lawn for successful winter dormancy, a fall fertilizer treatment will also help it green up quicker in the spring. After all, it'll have access to the nutrients it needs to flourish, including nitrogen, which is responsible for promoting its beautiful green color. Because of this, your grass will emerge healthier and greener sooner than if you didn't fertilize it in the fall.

You'll want to fertilize your lawn twice during the fall, once between the beginning and middle of the season, then again at the end into early winter.

Call us today to sign up for our lawn fertilization service!

At Ideal Landscaping & Irrigation, we offer a top-notch lawn fertilization service that includes multiple treatments throughout the year, including one in the early-to-mid fall and another in late fall/early winter. That way, it can recover from any summer-related stress, prepare for winter dormancy, boast deep, robust root systems, and green up quicker in the spring!

We offer our lawn fertilization service as part of our full-service landscape maintenance program, which is available to residential and commercial properties, as well as HOAs, in Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Summerfield, NC, and other nearby areas. Call us at (336) 396-9191 to sign up today!