soil is too retentive

Franco

I just repotted a i 1 gal blue rug juniper from its nursery container into a pond basket. The tree was hard pruned and partially wired last summer. This spring I decided to make a soil mix of 1/2 pine bark, 1/4 vermiculte, 1/4 pea gravel. I did the repot, but the soil does not seem as if drainage is good enough. Should I wait it out a year or repot in some better draining soil?

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PatArizona

PERSONALLY...I would use much less bark and NO vermiculte.

May not be best for you, but I use Turface OR Profile OR OilDri and Pumice, then sometimes...as in almost never...a max of 5% Orchid Bark.

Pat

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