Fall is feeding time for your Florida lawn

9/21/2026

The summer nitrogen ban is over, and that means one thing: it's time to feed your lawn. After a long, hot summer, your grass is hungry — and a fall feeding is the single best thing you can do for it before next spring.

Here's why fall matters so much. In Central Florida, warm-season grasses like St. Augustine and Zoysia are still actively growing roots through the fall. A balanced fall fertilizer feeds those roots, helping them grow deeper and stronger. Deep roots mean a thicker, greener lawn that wakes up faster in the spring — and handles dry spells and cold snaps better over the winter.

Fall is also the time to get ahead of winter weeds. A pre-emergent treatment now stops weeds like clover, chickweed, and annual bluegrass before they sprout. Skip it, and you'll be fighting a yard full of weeds all winter and spring.

So the fall one-two punch is simple: feed the lawn, block the weeds. One visit now pays off for months.

If your lawn took a beating this summer — thin spots, brown patches, weeds moving in — now is the perfect time to get it back on track. Call 407-331-1831 for a free estimate. We'll take a look and tell you exactly what your lawn needs this fall.

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