July 2026

Your lawn looked great through May and June. The spring program was solid. You’ve been watering correctly, mowing at the right height, and staying on top of maintenance. Then July hits and sections of the lawn start turning brown. The instinct is to water more, fertilize, or call someone in a panic. Before you do any of that, there’s a good chance your lawn is doing exactly what it’s supposed to do. It’s called heat dormancy, and it’s a normal survival response for warm-season grasses during the most extreme weeks of Alabama summers.