Cardinals Reach New Heights in Playing Field Turf at Busch Stadium

St. Louis, MO - EVERGREEN® PREMIUM is the solution to deeper roots and quicker green ups.

For decades, the St. Louis Cardinals Major League Baseball (MLB) team has been a repeat customer of COVERMASTER® for everything from growth blankets for their turf to a variety of baseball specific covers. Like most MLB teams, the playing field at Busch Stadium is natural grass turf and that means mowing, watering, fertilizing, and off-season protection and growth. In fact, once the baseball season is over, the turf is sometimes removed and replaced with new sod.

Replacing the outfield and aprons is a huge but important task. It could, however, occur more than once in the off season depending on concerts and events held at the stadium. No matter what though, the ultimate goal with sod replacement is to encourage deep roots and a longer growing season despite the weather. The groundskeeper for the St. Louis Cardinals uses EVERGREEN® PREMIUM Turf Covers from COVERMASTER® to get the job done.

Unlike other turf covers on the market, EVERGREEN® PREMIUM Turf Covers creates a greenhouse effect and in turn, warmer temperature for quicker green ups, deeper roots, and lusher turf growth. St. Louis Cardinals ordered 104 thousand square feet of EVERGREEN® PREMIUM Turf Covers to protect and encourage turf growth in their outfield and aprons. They also purchased four 75-foot TARPMATE AIR™ Rollers which are lightweight and make it easy to install or remove turf covers in minutes using only two crew members.

Posted October 21, 2025