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Question about gritty mix

milhousevanhout
9 years ago

Hello all,

I was watering some succulents I have growing in Al's gritty mix, and I noticed the bark was floating to the top and the water wasn't draining well. It was just kind of sitting there like bark soup. Eventually it drained, but pretty slowly, and the floating bark got me worried I didn't use the correct size bark. (between 1/8" and 1/4").

I don't have this problem with my lemon tree planted in a much larger container. The succulents are planted in small (4-6") containers, so maybe that has something to do with it?

Does anybody have any feedback on what the problem might be? Any suggestions or tips are welcome.

Thank you,
milhousevanhout

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