{"id":11411,"date":"2022-09-21T10:52:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T14:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.earthworksjax.com\/?p=11411"},"modified":"2025-05-30T13:26:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T13:26:55","slug":"fall-lawn-and-garden-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthworksjax.com\/landscape\/fall-lawn-and-garden-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Lawn and Garden Checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Autumn arrives on September 22, ushering in our Fall lawn and garden checklist of steps to get the most out of your lawn and garden. Here in Northeast Florida, we experience cooler temperatures and sooner than Florida communities further south, but this checklist is generally applicable for lawns and gardens throughout the state.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

–Plant trees and shrubs<\/strong> as soil temperatures remain warm as air temperatures decline, putting less stress on new plantings and transplants.
–Address any drainage and percolation problems<\/strong> that will damage or destroy turf. When the water table or zone of saturation is such that the soil is soggy the available oxygen supply to your turf is diminished which kills turf the same as if it was underwater in a flood. Soggy soil encourages fungus growth such as Take-All Root Rot below ground and a cornucopia of fungus species above grown that kill turf and other plants in the landscape.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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–Aerate and provide top-dressing soil to your lawn <\/strong>in the Fall or Winter to improve percolation and replenish macro and micronutrients used and leached from your soil. Percolation reduces soggy soil conditions and improves plants’ ability to absorb nutrients. Top dressing with nutrient-enriched soil increases microbial activity such as that of Mycorrhiza fungi that convert nutrients to bioavailable forms for turf and other plants in the landscape.<\/p>\r\n