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title: "Bough this miracle grow orchid potting mix. Looks nothing like the…"
description: "Bough this miracle grow orchid potting mix. Looks nothing like the picture on the bag. I thought it would be mostly bark. Will this still be okay for my orchid…"
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community: "The Orchid Oasis"
author: "Sadsusstuff"
published: "2025-04-23T21:40:51.604943Z"
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# Bough this miracle grow orchid potting mix. Looks nothing like the…

_Posted by Sadsusstuff on 2025-04-23_

Bough this miracle grow orchid potting mix. Looks nothing like the picture on the bag. I thought it would be mostly bark. Will this still be okay for my orchid or do I need to get something else?

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/dMh9dySsUgpv8GnAnXNBuL_26z1U_VJk99HD2bHZjUc/Sv2frIKbSgCtTyuSGG0K-g.webp?size=large)

## 9 comments

### Matilda commented on 2025-04-23

I buy that brand too and it’s usually much chunkier. You could get a bag of just bark and mix them?

#### Sadsusstuff replied on 2025-04-24

Yeah the review pictures were also chunkier I think I got a bad bag. I’ll have to get some bark but I had nothing to put it in. So it’ll have to wait a little.

### GreenLeaf commented on 2025-04-23

Don’t use that, it will hold waaaayyy too much water and you’ll definitely get root rot.

Orchids like lots of airflow around their roots. If you are planning on getting bark, just plant it in bark. Don’t mix the soil in.

#### Sadsusstuff replied on 2025-05-05

More root rot but finally got my bark

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/dMh9dySsUgpv8GnAnXNBuL_26z1U_VJk99HD2bHZjUc/gxvsSwa3RNeOT0KIQw3VcA.webp?size=large)

### Plantsmybeloved commented on 2025-04-24

Maybe the bark settled? I've had soil do that in the past

#### Sadsusstuff replied on 2025-04-24

I dug to the bottom unfortunately I think I just got a bad bag.

### Jen commented on 2025-04-24

It looks old and broken down. I would return it. That’s definitely not right.

### Laura B commented on 2025-04-24

Don’t use that: just get a bag of orchid bark.

#### Sadsusstuff replied on 2025-04-24

I plan to once it’s done blooming I don’t want to stress it out anymore at this point

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