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Fall Lawn Care: Your September Checklist

Fall is when you make next spring’s lawn.

Keep mowing, then lower it

Grass grows until a hard frost. Drop the blade a notch for the last cuts so it doesn’t mat under snow.

Aerate and overseed

Cool-season grass roots best in fall. Aerate compacted soil, then overseed thin and bare spots.

Grass seed & aerator →

Feed the roots

A fall winterizer fertilizer builds roots for a thick green lawn next spring.

Fall lawn fertilizer →

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Manage the leaves

Rake heavy layers; a thin layer you can mulch-mow right back in as free fertilizer.

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