Bark Question

[jocierk]

I recently switched a handful of my orchids over to a new type of bark (they needed some that wasn't quite as chunky). The bark they were previously in is still in great shape and not broken down at all. Is their anything I can do to sterilize it and use it for different orchids? I know with reptile stuff you can bake it in the oven and that make it safe to use again but I wasn't sure if that worked for orchid bark. I have a pretty good size pile of it and I hate to throw it out.

On a similar note…where do you guys get your bark at? The new stuff I got was from repotme.com and was quite a bit more expensive than the old bark but is clearly higher quality. I feel like it is hard to judge the size of the pieces on most websites and they give great descriptions which is why I went with them. Would love to hear what others have had good/bad luck with though.

Thanks!