Pre-Winter Fertilizing: What Is It and Why Is It Important? - visionary fertilization

Are you worried about your Michigan lawn care this winter? That’s completely understandable! It can be overwhelming to understand how to properly care for your turf in the winter. Especially when you have to protect it against the long, wicked winter that this state experiences. It’s important to focus on protecting your lawn from the harsh Michigan winter. It’s easy to assume it will be fine throughout the cools-season, but pre-winter fertilizing can take your turf to the next step when it comes back to bloom again in the spring.

This is why Visionary Landscaping and Fertilization recommends that you help out your turf by pre-winter fertilizing. You might be wondering what pre-winter fertilizers even are, but don’t fret. It is actually a pretty simple concept. It’s just a fertilizer high in potassium that is designed to fully protect your lawn from a myriad of issues that can occur in the cold weather.

Best Time to Apply Pre-Winter Fertilizer

The important difference in summer and winter fertilizers is what they are made for. While fertilizers that are meant to be applied in the warm-season are made for encouraging growth, hydration, and an making your turf that beautiful dark green color everyone is after, winter fertilizers are a bit different. See, it is still 100% important to fertilize in every season, but winter fertilizers are made to boost your turf’s level of nutrients before winter. This is solely because during the winter season (especially the one that Michigan experiences) your turf is deprived of nutrients for a prolonged period of time. By giving it a large dose of the nutrients it will lose, it will be protected throughout the almost 7 months of winter-like weather. Let’s face it, here in our state, winter fertilizer is probably the most important of them all.

It’s already December! Michigan generally is frozen by this time of year, and if it’s not, it’s a great time to ensure your turf is protected. Although winter doesn’t officially begin until December 21st, we experience winter weather well before that. Don’t risk your turf being exposed and unprotected all winter. Our team at  Visionary Landscaping and Fertilization  offers an  extensive and perfected lawn care program that includes a pre-winter fertilizer application. 

To learn more about these services, contact us by phone at  586-784-6100  or by  leaving us a message here . Check out  our blog  for more lawn care tips and tricks.