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title: "Help! I am making my own soil mix. I found a recipe that is 50% Fox…"
description: "Help! I am making my own soil mix. I found a recipe that is 50% Fox Farm Ocean Forest, 25% perlite, and 25% orchid bark. I have everything except the orchid…"
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# Help! I am making my own soil mix. I found a recipe that is 50% Fox…

_Marshall님이 2025-02-26에 게시함_

Help! I am making my own soil mix. I found a recipe that is 50% Fox Farm Ocean Forest, 25% perlite, and 25% orchid bark. I have everything except the orchid bark. All I found was orchid potting mix, not orchid bark. Where can I buy some? I am located in the US.

## 10개의 댓글

### Alyssa님이 2025-02-26에 댓글을 남겼어요.

I got my orchid bark off of amazon, great stuff, arrives dry and bug-less, been using it for a couple years now

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/QbQ6gS3upC_K7i8CKu5vpGZXfwIiYz7vqo1_foYvM4g/Co83_ze-QoyaK6B0ZRkydw.webp?size=large)

#### Marshall님이 2025-02-26에 답변했습니다.

Many thanks for the suggestion Alyssa.

#### Alyssa님이 2025-02-26에 답변했습니다.

Np!

### New Plant Mom님이 2025-02-26에 댓글을 남겼어요.

I follow a couple of plant people and they said instead of the small bags of orchid bark, you can use regular bark that is chunkier (pine bark or chunky mulch) make sure it is not chemically treated. That is what I use for my own mixture is pine bark from Lowe’s. I can get a massive bag for like $6 and it’s pretty much the same as orchid bark.

#### Marshall님이 2025-02-26에 답변했습니다.

Thank you for sharing.

#### Wolfen 🐺님이 2025-02-26에 답변했습니다.

Orchid bark is generally pine bark. But some of the cheaper brands are fir bark.

### Amber님이 2025-02-26에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Etsy

### Marshall님이 2025-02-26에 댓글을 남겼어요.

I found this also !

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/mldFiYgfN6s98yZ9rO4kGxTCbt8mc9Ad-sGv7XsfBac/atfDwY79RWeAjHBizx_4xg.webp?size=large)

### Wolfen 🐺님이 2025-02-26에 댓글을 남겼어요.

I used to buy on Amazon, but have been ordering orchiata and kiwi bark direct in the 40L bags. The difference is treatment of the pine bark on those to, one is kind of mulched prior. But all orchid bark will be either Pine or Fir bark. They do come in different sizes too. So if you see one is really cheap it's can sometimes be the smaller chunks, so keep that in mind and look at pics. Generally, like perlite #4 will be the largest size being like 1" to quarter size

#### Marshall님이 2025-02-26에 답변했습니다.

Thanks for taking the time to explain! Really helpful.

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