At 05:56 AM 8/3/04 +0000, Les linfoot wrote:
>I have fairly often read in this forum about people using composted pine
>bark as part of their soil mix, which leads me to ask how exactly does
>one compost pine bark?
Les
Perhaps it's heresy, but I don't use composted bark, but rather the
freshest aromatic fir bark I can find. It seems pointless to me to use a
composted bark when what we are trying to do with soiless mixes is achieve
and maintain a large particle size. The major cause of soil collapse is
loss of particle size due to _composting_ of the organic portion. By using
composted bark, you are using a material that already has one foot in the
grave.
I have been using fresh bark in our nursery for over ten years, pallets of
the stuff. No problems yet.
Brent in Northern California
Evergreen Gardenworks USDA Zone 8 Sunset Zone 14
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