Boost Your Garden’s Growth: Feed the Soil This Fall for a Healthier Spring

Boost Your Garden’s Growth: Feed the Soil This Fall for a Healthier Spring

In this seventh installment of our Boost Your Garden’s Growth series, we’re spotlighting how feeding your soil biostimulants in the fall can help prepare your garden for a healthier spring. Check out all the blogs in this series below. Learn more about biostimulants in our blog, "Biostimulants".

October is a time when many gardeners hang up their gloves and call it a season. But before you shut the garden gate for the winter, there’s one last gift you can give your plants—and it doesn’t go to the flowers or vegetables. It goes underground.

Healthy spring growth starts with strong, living soil. And right now, you have the perfect opportunity to build that foundation using biostimulants.

Why Fall is the Best Time to Nourish Your Soil

Over the summer, your garden worked hard. Plants pulled nutrients from the soil, microbial activity surged, and organic matter was constantly cycling. But by October, soil can become depleted, compacted, or low in beneficial biology.

By feeding your soil now, you’re not just cleaning up—you’re investing in long-term health. Biostimulants help replenish the microbial life, break down organic materials, and improve the structure and fertility of your soil over the fall and winter months.

How Biostimulants Build Better Soil

Biostimulants enhance natural soil processes and give beneficial microbes the boost they need to thrive. Here’s how they work in fall:

🍂 Accelerate Organic Matter Breakdown

Compost starters speed up the decomposition of garden waste, fallen leaves, and plant residue—transforming them into rich humus that feeds spring growth.

🌱 Support Beneficial Microbes

As soil temperatures drop, microbial activity naturally slows. Biostimulants provide food sources and support that keep beneficial microbes active longer and help them rebound faster in spring.

🌾 Improve Soil Structure and Fertility

Humic and fulvic acids enhance the soil's ability to retain nutrients and water. They also help bind soil particles into stable aggregates, creating a better environment for roots and microbes.

Where and How to Use Biostimulants in October

Garden Beds:

Apply humic substances and compost starters to beds after cleanup to feed soil biology and prep for next season’s crops.

Compost Piles:

Speed up fall leaf breakdown by adding a compost accelerator or microbial inoculant.

Lawn:

Boost your fall lawn care program with a humic acid product to support root development and improve nutrient uptake before winter.

Mulch & Cover Crops:

Apply biostimulants before layering mulch or planting cover crops to help stimulate microbial activity beneath the surface.

Don’t Put Your Garden to Bed Hungry

Fall is the season of abundance—and your soil deserves a share. By feeding it now with natural biostimulants, you're not only enriching it for the winter but setting the stage for a stronger, more resilient garden next year.

So go ahead—clean up, tuck in your garden beds, and give your soil a nourishing send-off. Come spring, your plants will thank you.

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