need some direction on adding items to the carafe ?

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I had and have been using a high speed blender( a tall 64 ou size and also

had a plunger like the VM with a 1.6 hp motor.) for a while and am use to making

my smoothies.

I just received my VM and have been attempting to make them in my new

blender..but have run into a issue

I make green fruit smoothies and in my old blender it really didnt' matter what

order I placed the items.. i.e. hand ful of spinach, chopped a few carrots ,

1/4 c yogurt and 1-1/2 cup of frozen fruit liq of some type approx 1/2-2/3 c

and a few ice cubes.. it blended with NO problem.. nothing was left all the

ingredients well incorporated..

Now the issue.. when I add the similar items to my vitamix.. is seems to

struggle .. and even with using the plunger to get the items DOWN to the

blades.. I continue to end up with a few leaves of spinach sitting on top of the

mix.. first I though I wasn't running it long enough..so increased the time but

nope that didnt' do it..

so is there an ORDER for placing the items in the carafe that I should be

using????

My new VM is one of the New models.. with the smaller and wider carafe..

I am stumped.... so need some veterans to give me guidance