Leaves are a common sight on lawns in Ohio during the fall, but they're not something you want to leave there all winter. If they are, they will smother your grass, blocking essential resources like sunlight, oxygen, and nutrients from reaching it. Leaves can also attract pests, as they provide shelter from the elements and predators. What's more, leaf piles create the perfect environment for lawn diseases to fester, especially if they get covered in snow and sit all winter. Because of these reasons, you shouldn't skip leaf removal and leave them on your lawn!

Leaf piles will smother your grass and block essential resources.

If leaf piles are left on your lawn in the fall and all winter, they will smother it and block its access to essential resources. When leaves collect atop your turf, it inhibits air circulation and prevents sunlight and nutrients from reaching the grass underneath. When this happens, it can't absorb everything it needs to stay strong and healthy, which is especially crucial as it transitions into dormancy. As a result, it becomes weaker, more susceptible to stressors, and leaves brown, thinning patches come spring. Because of this, leaf removal is a must during the fall so that your grass can go into the winter season in great shape.

Leaves detract from your lawn's visual appeal, making it look messy and unkempt in the fall and throughout the winter.

Leaves left on your lawn all winter will attract pests.

When leaves are left on your lawn all winter, they will attract pests. Leaf piles provide an ideal place for insects like ants, spiders, cockroaches, and more to seek shelter because they offer protection from the elements and predators. Before long, you'll notice an increased presence of unwanted visitors, so rather than inadvertently invite them to your lawn, it's best to clean up the leaves.

Leaf piles create the perfect environment for lawn diseases, especially when left all winter.

The last way leaf piles will negatively impact your lawn is that they create the perfect environment for fungal diseases to fester, especially if they become covered in snow and sit all winter. After all, they trap moisture underneath and prohibit airflow, which is already a recipe for fungi growth. However, leaf piles become even heavier, wetter, and darker with snow, so once it melts in the spring, you'll likely have a lawn disease to deal with; this is the last thing your grass needs at the start of the new growing season. To avoid creating conditions conducive to fungal infections, you'll want to remove the leaves in the fall rather than leaving them there all winter.

Call Us Today to Schedule Our Leaf Removal Service

If you want to keep your lawn free of leaves without the hassle of removing them yourself, you've come to the right place! At Hoffmans Lawn & Fertilization, we offer a leaf removal service that involves blowing all the leaves from your yard to the curb, where we'll suck them up using our vacuum trucks to haul them away. That way, they don't smother your grass, attract pests, or create the perfect environment for lawn diseases! We offer this service from the beginning of November until February, and we can clean up leaves as needed or weekly, depending on your preferences. Either way, you can rest assured that our team won't leave anything behind, and you can enjoy a pristine, leaf-free lawn.

Our leaf removal service is available to commercial and residential properties, as well as HOAs, in Delaware, OH, and throughout the nearby areas like Lewis Center and Powell. Call us at (740) 318-5296 to schedule this service today!