ABOUT Scotts® ProVista™ St. Augustine Grass
ProVista™ is a game-changing St Augustine variety based on the proven genetics of Floratam and developed by Scotts® Miracle-Gro.
Backed by Scotts®, ProVista™ makes it possible to have beautiful turf with half the mowing, making it better for the environment. Thanks to its dense, horizontal habit, excellent uniformity, and weed-free capability, ProVista™ makes it possible to cut your mowing in half. This feature results in less carbon emissions and delivers valuable savings in time and money.
Scotts® ProVista™ has a deep green color, thrives in full sun, and exhibits improved performance in moderate shade. Given its Floratam background, ProVista™ does not require any special care but delivers exceptional benefits in terms of aesthetics and ease of maintenance.
Grass Characteristics
Appearance
- Color: Dark Green
- Texture: Fine
Resistance
- Wear Recovery: Moderate
- Disease Resistance: Moderate
- Weed Resistance: Good
Tolerance
- Heat Tolerance: Excellent
- Drought Tolerance: Good
- Shade Tolerance: Excellent
- Salt Tolerance: Moderate
Maintenance
- Sunlight: 4-6 hours daily
- Mow Height: 2.5–3 inches
- Maintenance: Low - Medium
- Growth: Moderate horizontal growth
Grass Plug Coverage
Each SodPods® grass plug is approximately 3 inches by 3 inches. A 16-pack grass plug tray can cover up to 32 square feet when spaced 18 inches apart. For faster coverage, reduce the spacing between plugs.
How to Plant Scotts ProVista Grass Plugs
SodPods® make planting grass plugs easy and convenient. Follow these simple steps:
1. Dig Holes: Use a shovel or the SodPods® Power Planter grass plug tool to dig holes for the plugs, spacing them 6-18 inches apart.
2. Drop a NutriPod®: For best results, we recommend using NutriPod®—a specialized lawn fertilizer designed for SodPods®. Simply drop one NutriPod® into each planting hole before inserting the grass plugs. This provides essential nutrients for the plugs, ensuring healthy and robust grass growth.
3. Insert Plugs: Insert a grass plug into each hole and press firmly into the soil. Ensure the plugs are upright, with the grass blades level with the ground.
4. Water: Water frequently for the first two weeks after installation to keep the soil moist several inches deep. Adjust the frequency as needed based on weather conditions. Once new growth appears, reduce watering to 1-2 times weekly.
4 dozen pods arrived, fresh and green. They were mature enough to actually be intertangled. "Mature" is the important word; they not weak little sprouts. Ok, easy to gently pull apart and plant. These are filling in areas washed out near the rain gutter downspouts. With the heaviest rain done, they'll likely grow in and survive.
Warning: When you order, BE PREPARED to plant. They arrive FAST!
Hi Robert, thank you for sharing your experience! We’re glad the fresh, mature plugs arrived quickly and were easy to separate and plant. We hope they thrive and fill in the areas near your downspouts. Happy growing!
Quality product arise on Time Lee Manor. I ordered this on Saturday and I received it today on 21 October.
Hi, Thank you for your review! We're glad to hear your order arrived promptly. We appreciate your support!
The Pods were delivered in great condition. Took them out of the box and laid them in the sun put water on them that it. A couple of days later planted them and they are doing fine.
Hi Charles, Thank you for your review! We're thrilled to hear you had a great experience. We appreciate your support and your feedback.
Definitely did the trick and filled in a bare spot in my provista st Augustine. Just have to follow the directions and keep moist for about two weeks to allow establishing. I would say to plant during growing season. In central Florida in my opinion it’s about mid May to about end of August since this grass type tends to wake up a little slower than floratam. Overall I would highly recommend. I used a corona square sod plugger to make perfect holes. Good luck.
Hi Camilo, thank you for sharing your experience and tips! We're glad the SodPods® ProVista™ plugs worked well for your St. Augustine. Happy gardening!
The first set (I initially ordered 128) arrived with moist pugs and they looked great. I planted those and have only lost about 10 or so. I needed more so ordered another 128. Those were delivered to the wrong address which happened to be a snowbird's home. Upon getting notice the plugs were delivered but they were not at my house, I started driving around the neighbofhood and found them on a porch in the sun. They were bone dry and half of the grass part was already dead. We watered them and planted. About half of those died. A few of them are doing fine. And the rest are questionable.
Hi Greg,
Thank you for sharing your experience. We're glad to hear the first set looked great, but we're sorry to learn about the issues with the second delivery.
Please reach out to us at customerservice@bethelfarms.com so we can assist you further and help resolve the issue with the SodPods that were unable to be delivered due to the incorrect delivery address.
We look forward to hearing from you and making this right.