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lisa morton

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I'm in the process of setting up a new indoor enclosure. I had purchased 6 bricks of coco coir, sphagnum moss and a bag of cypress mulch. I was doing some reading on here and just realized that my cypress mulch is old castle no float blend. I sent an e-mail to the company to find out what it is blended with. I am looking at home depot and lowes for some type of cypress mulch, orchard bark, or top soil that is organic and I seem to be striking out. One of the organic top soil says organic compost and aged pine bark fines. Another says Contains a blend of organic materials to feed plants naturally. Lowes pathway bark states garden time dark brown pine bark mulch. In my last enclosure I just used the coco coir but in this one I would need way too many bricks. Any suggestions?
 

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Don't feel bad , our Lowes has pathway bark which consists of and I quote ; "Consists of forest products and dye." really helpful ! :rolleyes: I ended up buying a couple bags of reptibark at Petco , kept it good and moist and it worked just fine ! :)
 

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Where are you buying your coir?
 

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I'm going to go to home depot and lowes tonight and see if they have anything maybe not on their web site. Reptibark might be the way to go if I can't find anything in bulk. I've been buying the coir from foster and smith.
 

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This time of year all the wal marts around me (so. md and northern neck Va.) carry cypress mulch for $3 a bag.The H D and lowes have the cypress mixed with hardwoods, but does not identify the type of hardwood used.
 

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I will have to check out walmart. If I don't find something around here soon I will have to order a lot more coco coir bricks.
 

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When you buy the coir, try to find it at a garden supply vs pet supply store. It's usually cheaper and you can buy it in bulk.
 

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Stopped by walmart today and this is the cypress mulch they have, Cost $2.24 a bag.cypressmulch.jpg This is pure cypress, It says "professional blend" across the top of the bag, but that is referring to the way it is shredded (not a wood mix)
 

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I have the same bag. It says cypress and other natural forest products. That's why I didn't use it. What are the other products? I contacted the company and never heard back from them. I can't use my garden soil I have fertilizer in it. And I can't dig up my yard.
 

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Home Depot and Lowes will not have what you need.

Go to a garden center and ask for fine grade orchid bark. It should be around $10 for a huge 2.0 cubic foot bag. They will also have large bulk bricks of coco coir for about $12. Its enough to do three 100 gallon tanks for that price, but I'm not a fan of coir for sulcatas. I'm also not a fan of cypress mulch, but any of these three will work for you.

Here is one brand name, but it comes in bigger bags.
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I have another bag at my ranch that is a different brand. I'll snap a pic and post it later for you. Your local garden center should be able to order it for you if they don't have it.
 
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