Do NOT End Your Lawn Season - Until You Do These 3 Things!
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Published 2021-10-31
In this video, I will how you how to keep your lawn as healthy as possible by preparing it for the winter. This process is known as winterizing your lawn and it only requires a few simple steps. Winterizing your lawn will ensure you have a healthy green lawn come the spring time.
The 1st step to winterizing your lawn is to fertilize it one last time before the winter. By fertilizing grass in fall, you’re feeding the roots and giving them nutrients to store for winter. Many sources say to apply a heavy fertilizer application of 1 lb of nitrogen per 1ksft at the end of the season but research has shown that nitrogen uptake is much lower at the end of the season. My recommendation is to apply one last light application of FAST RELEASE fertilizer. If you are using a liquid lawn fertilizer i recommend a quarter pound of Nitrogen per thousand sqft and if your using a granular fertilizer i recommend applying between a quarter pound and half pound of nitrogen per thousand sqft OR 1/3 the bag rate.
The 2nd step to wintering your lawn is to control the broadleaf weeds. When you're getting the lawn ready for the harsh winter weather, you want to control the weeds as much as possible because weeds compete for nutrients with the rest of your lawn. The most common weeds that are attacking our lawns now are broadleaf weeds such as dandelions, thistle and chickweed. Broadleaf weeds are vulnerable right now because they send energy down to roots and applying a herbicide now will kill the crown of the plant reducing the amount of energy that can be stored in the roots over winter.
The 3rd step to winterizing your lawn is to mow your lawn lower than usual. Mowing your lawn low right before winter will help it healthy throughout the colder months and prevent it from matting down and holding moisture. If you dont keep the lawn short before winter it can develop snow mold.
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Link to U of Wisconsin Fertilization study: turf.unl.edu/turfinfo/Fall%20Fertilization.pdf
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All Comments (21)
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🎃 Thanks for watching! Please Like & Subscribe!
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To put the lawn to bed for the season, I normally give it a shorter cut, then a nice bath and then read it a couple of stories before tucking it in for the long sleep.
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This is my first year doing my own lawncare... and I'm loving the deep color of my lawn and how just a little love and attention keeps it greener and more lush than most of my neighbors' lawns. Loving the autumn domination!
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I love the satisfaction of mulching the leaves into the grass and soil....free fert and great addition to the soil!
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I'm a newbie to lawn care, and I'm not gonna lie, I enjoy your videos.
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This time of the year it’s major leaf clean up then I will do a winterizer application using 1/2 the recommended rate two times over 2-3 weeks. It’s like a mini-spoon feed! Great job on the videos! Love you channel!
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Thanks for the tips.I just got started in lawn care. For years I just kept it mowed and trimmed,but now I finally have more time and energy to do yard work. This fall, I sprayed 2-4D,and used fertilizer.Fingers crossed for a nice lawn next season.Pretty excited to see if I can get it looking good.
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Grass newbie here, first year I've been able to focus on the lawn. Nothing better than to see all the hard work we put into our lawns and everyone get to enjoy it. Thank u for the awesome content. Keep it up 👍🏼👍🏼
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Aviano Lawn Care here in Italy 🇮🇹. I like going just about 1/2 inch shorter than normal, a small shot of liquid iron and potassium. My lawn will look good all winter.
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Good video bro. I love that there are varied approaches to lawns and lawn care. 👍
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Thanks for all the advice this year, your channel is 🔥. For me, the best part of fall/winter fertilizer is looking back on the lawn journal I kept and seeing what work or didn't, and planning for next year.
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To winterize my lawn, I watch great videos like yours to learn something new!...mow low, feed slow! thanks!
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Detaching aeration overseeding top dressing Pete moss starter ferterlizer n lime tenacity. finally the last fall/winter ferterlizer application love your videos bro thank you 😊 🙏
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Never fails bro, your videos are of great value to the lawn community. I usually take my height down from 3.75 to 3 maybe just a little under. Then I throw down 1/2 lbs of N. I've never used a fungicide going into winter for snow mold but thinking about trying it this year.
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Nice work George, there is no one way to treat your lawn before it shuts down. I’m thankful I can keep going all year and don’t have to worry about a winterizing. 😎🌴👊
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I just recently became a homeowner in the Pacifc Northwest and these kind of videos definitely help new lwn carer like my self! Thank you!
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Thanks for all the lawn tips. We moved into this house two years ago and the lawn was in rough shape(in my opinion), but after following your tips, it is looking much better this year.
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Your lawn is looking great! I enjoy your analysis and common sense when it comes to lawn care. My goal is to have a front yard that looks like yours. Looking forward to next year already.
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Another one… great tips as always!! I’ve never done heavy winterizer but come out of spring with a little more N for green up.
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Appreciate the advice George. This will be my first season winterizing my lawn. Wish me luck!
