This may be a stupid question, but I just want to do
what is best for the plant. Should I keep forcing the rootball
down into the
pot, or should I fill the gap with soil?

Good question.

Add the soil. Any good potting soil will do for now.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Our life is
frittered away by detail . . . . Simplify! Simplify. -- Henry
David Thoreau - Walden

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