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Sat, Mar 16, 13 at 19:19
| This is what was left over after screening my bark for the gritty mix. It was screened first through a 1/8" then through a 1/4" and what is pictured is what I was left with. Is it suitable as pine bark fines? I used a VitaMix blender to make it that small and can make it smaller if necessary. Just don't want it to go to waste if I can use it for the "pine bark fine" portion of the 5-1-1. Thank you. |
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| A little confused by your post. You mean 1/4 then 1/8 and kept that for gritty mix? That sounds right. And yes the rest can be used for the 511 unless there are some really big pieces. You can take them out. I keep anything that falls through a 3/8 screen. Some people use 1/2. |
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- Posted by brkieffner 5B (My Page) on Mon, Mar 18, 13 at 20:48
| Actually what I did was filter the bark through a 1/8. Basically got dust at that point to which I added to my seed starting mix. After that I screened through a 1/4 and what was filtered through is what you saw. What I used for my gritty mix were the chunks that were not filtered through. However I had those filtered through a 1/2 to make sure the pieces weren't too big. I was blending a lot lets say that. My gritty mix is posted in the other post about the Blood Orange tree and Reliance Grapes. I was told the mix looked good. I was wanting to save these "fines" for some of my other plants I planned on growing in my basement. |
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- Posted by greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a (My Page) on Mon, Mar 18, 13 at 21:16
| The pieces in the picture above look perfect for the Gritty Mix. Josh |
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