Big bark nuggets. Is it pine?

9 years ago

Hi guys im thinking about buying a bag of the huge bark nuggets to try and process down to make some 511 mix. The bag doesnt say what kind of bark it is. Its a green labeled bag that says premier bark nuggets and its the same product at lowes and homedepot in Canada. Anybody here tried it? I took a loose piece home with me and tossed it in my blender and it handled it quite easily. I think it will work as long as its dry and i do small batches. I woudnt use my normal blender to do a whole bag though. If i can find me a used blender at thrift shop for dirt cheap i would go ahead and try it.

On a related topic. I bought 2 different brand bags of pine bark mulch eariler this year and both were not right. One bag had about 60 percent wood splinters with maybe 10 percent bark chips. The rest was composted so far it was dirt. The second bag bag was mostly shreaded fiberous material. This is the cambium wood just under the the bark. This probably means they are processing very young trees with a very thin bark layer.

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Ken "Fruity Paws" (N-Va 7a)
9 years ago
I've never seen a non conifer bark sold. Any work as long as it is the bark, which it is from your statement. You could include a picture. I've chopped up big pine nuggets to make small bits before, but I used a lawn mower - not a blender. Big store bags unfortunately almost always had some chipped wood, but if you're willing to do a bit of sorting, it works.
devsense
9 years ago
Charles- which part of canada are you in . I have seen the bark nuggets at homedepot made of Pine .

if you are in GTA u should check grobark they have composted pine bark fines and uncomposted version as well. multiple nurseries resell that brand .
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charleswu2
Original Author
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
I'm in Windsor and I'm not going to drive 4+ hours to buy some bark. I'm almost sure the bark nuggets at home depot are pine. Unfortunately they are in the 1-3 inch range. Other than that home depot and Lowes don't have any other real bark products. Its all rubber mulch and cedar. One of the previously mentioned bags of pine bark mulches is Canada red mulch by alltreat farms. I had read accounts of people using it for 511 but my bag was all match sticks.