It’s Wise to Winterize!

Just like your car and home, your lawn performs better when it is “winterized.”  ProLawn provides a winter root service for your turf. When temperatures drop, grass stops growing above the ground and accelerates downward to grow roots for the following summer. This requires energy – nutrients – and that’s what our winter root service is all about.
 
Healthy root systems help the turf survive summer heat and drought as well as resist insects and fungus.  The experts at Virginia Cooperative Extension say, “Fall is the OPTIMAL time to aggressively fertilize cool-season turfgrasses (bluegrasses, fescues, and ryegrasses).  Cooling temperatures and shorter days provide ideal conditions to maximize root growth and food storage in cool-season turfgrasses.”  Read more from the Virginia Cooperative Extension HERE. 

Winter Root Service

When grass goes dormant on the top of the soil as fall progresses, all the action moves below the surface where roots are growing at a rapid pace to produce and store enough energy to last through the winter.  Wrap roots in a blanket of carbohydrate-based nutrients to produce and store energy throughout the winter. Give your lawn vital winter nutrients and grow a sustainable root system with ProLawn’s naturally formulated, organic-based Winterizer enriched with micronutrients.

The reward is a lush green lawn in spring with fewer weeds.  Why?  The lawn will be thicker and more dense, edging out the weeds!
 

If you invested in aeration and seeding this fall, we highly recommend adding the Winterizer now to help new seedlings establish robust root systems for a rewarding spring green-up and denser turf. ProLawn’s Winterizer can:

• Reduce summer browning
• Increase the lawn’s resistance to fungal diseases
• Increase turf density
• Improve overall lawn appearance

Want the Pros at ProLawn to help? Give us a call at 540-662-8316 to determine the best course of action for your situation.