Tip #1: Overseed dormant Bermuda lawns with winter ryegrass.
If you don't like the look of your dormant Bermuda lawn and would rather see a lush, green lawn throughout the winter, overseed with winter ryegrass. Winter rygrass will remain green during the entire cool season. As next spring arrives begin to mow the ryegrass as low as possible to allow for the emergence of the dormant Bermuda grass. A 50 LB bag of ryegrass usually covers from 5,000 to 7,000 square feet of lawn area. To know how much seed to purchase, measure your lawn area(s) for square footage. To determine total square footage, measure and then multiply length x width of lawn area(s).
Tip #2: Plant pansies and other cool season annuals.
You live with your landscape 365 days a year. Winter can be full of color just like spring! By planting cool-season flowering plants, such as pansies, violas, and flowering cabbage and kale, you can keep your landscape and garden interesting even during the cooler months, when not much else is blooming. These cool-season flowering annuals are perfect for mixing in beds or containers to bring vibrant color and cheer to your winter landscape.
Tip #3: Plant spring flowering bulbs this month.
Fall is a great time to plant Daffodils, Hyacinths, Tulips and other spring-flowering bulbs. Our favorite way to plant Daffodils is to hand-scatter the bulbs along the borders of beds, islands or woodland borders as if Mother Nature planted them herself. Plant Tulip bulbs beneath your pansies and watch them put on a spectatcular show when the they rise through the pansies in Spring! Hyacinths are most impressive when planted in groups/patches.
NOTE: In the South and warmer regions, bulbs bought in October should be kept in the refrigerator until mid to late November when they can safely be planted.
Tip #4: Apply winterizer fertilizer to your Bermuda or zoysia lawn.
If you have yet to do so, broadcast a fall feed / winterizer fertilizer on your Bermuda or Zoysia lawn.
Tip #5: Apply a weed preventer to your lawn.
If you would prefer not to apply winterizer fertlizer to your Bermuda or Zoysia lawn at this time, however still want to control winter weeds, apply a preemergent weed control such as Lebanon Team 2G to control winter weeds.
