Pine Bark, Fir Bark, Orchid Bark fines
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Pine or Fir Bark Fines in Austin, TX?
Comments (6)Hi,Gwrace! I'm Al's friend, Linda, from his world of pine bark fines and soil mixes. The name of my local supplier in Houston is: Timber Solutions Jimmy Quinn, Mgr. 14022 S. Gessner Missouri City, Texas 77479 281-208-2373 (south of town) 936-321-8111 (near Conroe on the north side of town) He's open 7-3p Saturdays; $30/yard. I had 1.5 yards delivered for $88.00. It was worth every penny, too. The thing about the pine bark fines is that you're look for something that looks almost like Miracle Grow potting mix. It's gonna have a fair amount of particles from dust to 1/2 dollar size SLICES. And "slices" is very critical here. You do NOT want chunky nuggets. You want slivers and slices that you could snap in your fingers. Or, even if you had what looks like a chunky nuggets in a batch of the right stuff, you could hit it with the edge of your shovel and it would break up into slivers. Get the picture? Your pine bark fines should look fairly moist, even when it's dry, cause it does hold water. If someone tells me how to post a picture, I can show you several pictures of "the right stuff!" Linda...See MoreHow fine can pine bark fines be before they are too fine?
Comments (6)A raised bed? Raised beds are very forgiving, and the physics and biology are very different from that of containers. There are other forums that will help you out a lot more than this one. Is the horse manure / cow manure fresh? Most kinds of manure, and especially horse manure, needs to be composted with "brown" material before it can be used by plants.. otherwise it will burn them. You can get away with small amounts mixed in. The compost and pine bark fines are great soil amendments for raised beds, but you may want to get some cheap topsoil to form the bulk of the mix if you don't have enough to mix into. There is an approach to raised bed gardening that uses completely new material - like mel's mix - but that will require yearly replacement and inorganic components like vermiculite. I think its kind of silly to be honest, but it obviously works in certain situations....See MorePine Bark Fines or Mini Pine Bark Nuggets?
Comments (7)Normally I would say the "FINES" before looking at the photos. However, the fines look more like finely shredded bark/wood. The mini nuggets look very good but that depends on the size of the nuggets. The nuggets should be generally in the 1/8" to 1/2" size range. Maybe photos with a known object for size reference would help. Usually people drop a dime or quarter on the top of the nuggets before shooting a photo. Also, make sure there is very little wood pulp in the mix. Some are listed as "bark" but contain mostly ground up wood which is bad. Bruce...See MoreHow Fine Are Pine Bark Fines?
Comments (4)You find this discussed in great detail over on the Container gardening forum In fact you'll find a great deal of info on your non-tomato questions discussed there as they focus on container gardening. Check out this discussion of bark fines. Dave Here is a link that might be useful: Container gardening discussion on bark fines...See Morebronxfigs: New York City/7b
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