Beginner Gardening: Potting soil and other random questions, 1 by tapla

tapla wrote:
Any one of the bark products on the 8-1/2 x 11 sheet if paper in the picture below would work well. The pine bark products at 3,6, and 9 should be screened through 1/8" hardware cloth for best results, while the 1/8 - 1/4" fir bark at 12 needs no screening. I buy it (fir bark) in 3 cu ft bags for 17$ at a mom & pop orchid operation outside of CHI. If you have any orchid supply operations near you, they would undoubtedly have it in the appropriate size. For small batches, lots of folks are using the product suggested by 3jsmom.

Al