Product Description and Uses
- A chunky, fine-free pine bark, designed for use in orchid composts where it provides extremely free drainage and long-term structural stability.
Typical Crop Applications
- Suitable for a wide range of orchids where free draining composts are required, eg Cattleyas, Cymbidiums, Dendrobiums and Paphiopedilums.
- Not suitable for the raising of orchids from seed, where Melcourt Propagating Bark should be used
User Benefits
- The natural durability and stability of pine bark make it an ideal species for use in orchid composts
- This product is suitable for Soil Association approved growers or producers
- Provides the compost with long lasting structural strength
- Provides high and resilient air-filled porosity
- Prevents waterlogging in the lower layers of the pot
- Promotes vigorous healthy root growth
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Product Features
- Produced from pine bark
- Melcourt Orchid Bark TM - SA is approved by the Soil Association as a Restricted Input for organic systems.
- Hard, bark chip particles predominantly between 5 and 20mm
- pH between 5.0 and 5.5
- Negligible available nutrient content
- Rich mid-brown in colour
- Entirely pest, disease and weed free
- Toxin free
How to Use
- Melcourt Orchid BarkTM may be combined with a range of other materials to provide orchid composts with the desired degree of porosity.
- A typical mix would be 5 parts Orchid BarkTM to 1 part crushed charcoal to 2 parts medium perlite, but other ingredients such as coarse grit and fibrous peat can equally successfully be incorporated.
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