I don't think mine is composted. Just little bits and pieces. got pics of what you can get?

-Babka

No I don't, just naming what I can find on the Internet.

Uk-hostaman said composted bark is what he uses to add to his medium.

Coast of Maine sells a composted bark product. Most of us just use regular pine bark mulch (fines not chunks) in container mixes.

Steve

Here is a link that might be useful: Coast of Maine - products

Thanks Steve but nothing within 50 miles of my postal code. :(

That is too bad because I just checked out their website and their product looks great.

Hi Paula.

If you don't find what you are looking for............I've heard of others using orchid growing medium mixed with their potting soil as a growing medium for their hosta. Bought a hosta couple years back....when it came time to plant it in the ground, I found little bits of bark mixed in among the roots. My brain registered this info at the time but I never gave it much thought until I read your post. It obviously had added ingredients to its potting soil.

P.S. have you been to the "Woods" yet? My daughters and I are planning a trip back there too. :)

Paula, I've been using "mini" pine bark nuggets here in Ontario for a couple of years, and they work fine for me. Mix one third potting soil, one third compost and one third mini nuggets. The recipe came from someone here on the forum if I remember right. I make up a wheelbarrow full at a time. I think the bark is mainly to keep the soil from compacting, but whatever the reason, the mixture seems to work.

I believe the formula was from uk, that is what I have been trying to replicate.
Arnt's composted pine bark is what I bought and it looks great. My new garden is almost finished (the rock wall edge part) and next is the soil amendment part. My soil is sandy so I am adding the pine bark mulch, mushroom farm compost and the following:
"Gro-Max: formulated for optimal root growth with a blend of compost, aged bark, peat, sand and topsoil. It is balanced for pH, water holding capacity and air porosity." That write up is from their website.
The new garden location gets sun from morning until 3pm so I have to provide some shade so I was thinking of moving my Ginkgo to that bed.

Paula, I found that my Ginko Craig ended up with crisped up edges from sun exposure (sun from 11ish to 2ish) and the green was not that attractive, bleached out looking...so I moved it to more shade...doing a lot better and all leaf edges are lovely.

Sounds like you are good to go with the composted bark. Looking forward to seeing pics when you're done? :)