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rnewste · February 22, 2011

Deeb,

According to the folks who make Pro-Mix, they recommend a pine or spruce bark size of approx. 1/2" as ideal. The Decorative Groundcover Bark I buy at Home Depot looks like this:

This is the size you want to find, if possible. Also, use ONLY bark and not something that is ground-up core wood, as this can leach and poison the tomato plant.

Raybo

February 22, 2011	#6
rnewste Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Campbell, CA Posts: 4,064	Deeb, According to the folks who make Pro-Mix, they recommend a pine or spruce bark size of approx. 1/2" as ideal. The Decorative Groundcover Bark I buy at Home Depot looks like this: This is the size you want to find, if possible. Also, use ONLY bark and not something that is ground-up core wood, as this can leach and poison the tomato plant. Raybo Last edited by rnewste; February 22, 2011 at 07:32 PM.