Fall will officially start Monday on the Fall Equinox, but summer weather will linger a while longer here. Things are starting to change in our lawns though. The growth of grasses like St. Augustine, centipede, bermuda and zoysia begins to slow down now.

This means that after the end of September, it’s not a good idea to do anything that would disrupt or damage the turf such as filling, aerification or dethatching. The grass may not have time to properly recover before winter dormancy. If you need to fill, aerify, dethatch or lay sod, now is the time to do it.

Slower growth also means we won’t need to mow as often (won’t that be nice). But even though we begin to mow less often, it is still important to mow regularly to maintain proper height.

Be careful how you fertilize

Lawns go dorm

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