8qt New Zealand Orchid Bark, 1/2-3/4in Sun-Dried Medium Organic Pine Wood Chip Potting Barks, Orchids Mix Plant Compost Mulch for Promoting Root Development

The size was as promised! These were large chunk bark chips! Which will allow air flow to your orchid roots. The more air flow the less root rot. I used other bark in the past and they were small chips and dust. As a result the water does not evaporate leaving soggy mulch around the roots and they rot. These chunks are large and high quality, perfect for my orchids.

The pieces are the right size and fairly uniform. I use these chips as mulch on an indoor tree. Glad to have them. Package is large enough to mulch another large plant !

Perfect bark for adding to chunky mix plant soil. I like the pieces because they are not too big. All of my chunky soil plants are thriving

Not sure how to review this pine bark orchid medium. Many people recommend this for orchids. I find that pine bark dries out very quickly, even if you soak it. If you use those terra cotta pots with the holes in the sides, you’d better be ready to dedicate a fair portion of your life to orchid care - they’ll dry up and wilt in no time! At this point, I’m using maybe a third to a half sphagnum (by volume) with the bark. Sphagnum alone gets waterlogged and suffocating; bark alone threatens the plants with desiccation. This product is perfectly fine pine bark. I’m questioning the utility of the medium itself, not the quality of this particular version.

This is great stuff. I use it for my orchids as well as mixing it into my cactus and succulent soil. I have purchased it numerous times and have never had a problem with the product.

I have bought 6 bags or so of the 10qt option. Each time they have arrived fresh with correctly sized bark chunks. My last box gave TEN of my orchids a white fungus..okay nature right? So I ordered two additional boxes and was just going to bake it today to avoid that happening again. What I received today was the worst quality bark I have ever seen or smelled! Both bags smell like feces, and are severely broken down. I gave this another chance because I'm reasonable, but just for those 10 orchids I'm having to spend over $100 already to redo ALL of their potting medium. Now this added headache?! Plus I get to drive to return this literal garbage..smh. The pieces are much smaller than the other 6 I have ordered as well. Upon pulling the bags out of the boxes there was moisture...so they were not dried completely before being packaged. The packaging has changed, and the bark quality has changed. I no longer recommend this product as the quality mid 2024 to now has gone WAY downhill. Save your plants, time, and money and purchase from somewhere else!

The bark is mostly thin flat shavings. The pictures show chunks of bark. I'll stick with Orchiata brand, a little more money but is higher quality.

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