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Dormant seeding involves seeding grass in late fall/early winter, a process that includes soil preparation, broadcasting seed, and raking seeds into the soil.

Fall preventative measures keep grass green in winter, and strategic wintertime watering and limited foot traffic help cultivate green winter grass.

Learn how to protect your lawn from salt damage with tips like creating barriers, flushing soil, and planting salt-tolerant grass this winter.

Snow molds are cold-weather diseases caused by fungi in humid, snow-covered lawns that have not been properly winterized.

To prevent snow mold, improve soil drainage, go easy on the nitrogen, remove fallen leaves, mow the lawn, and disperse snow piles.

Crown hydration happens when a plant’s crown takes up excess water during thawing, risking freeze damage during the next cold spell.

Winter desiccation happens when turfgrass loses more than half its moisture due to dry winds or sunny days with frozen soil.