BalconyBonsai
Yamadori
Hi again, my first bonsai I got as a present on my 40th birthday this spring. It's a quite big chinese Elm and I think it is doing fine but I have noticed that every day a bunch of leaves have turned yellow and eventually fall of. New leaves are still being sprouted all over the tree so I think the net sum is still positive but I'm wondering if thus is normal since it's still summer here in Sweden.
The other thing I'm wondering is that almost all of the branches have leaves on them but many, especually in the crown, only have leaves close to the tip of the branches. Is thia normal? The crown is very congested with small branches/twigs so maybe the sunlight is not enough in there? I think I should probably do a thinning out of branches in there?
The tree is in full sun between like 10 in the morning until around 7 at night and outdoors. I try to gauge when to water and generally I do it at least once a day. My worry is though that it might have been overwatered a bit and also it went some month without proper fertilizing since I was using liquid fertilizer and not applying enough. Now I use biogold so I think that should not be a problem any more.
Sorry for the amount and quality of the pictures but hopefully the can illustrate the situation somewhat.
The other thing I'm wondering is that almost all of the branches have leaves on them but many, especually in the crown, only have leaves close to the tip of the branches. Is thia normal? The crown is very congested with small branches/twigs so maybe the sunlight is not enough in there? I think I should probably do a thinning out of branches in there?
The tree is in full sun between like 10 in the morning until around 7 at night and outdoors. I try to gauge when to water and generally I do it at least once a day. My worry is though that it might have been overwatered a bit and also it went some month without proper fertilizing since I was using liquid fertilizer and not applying enough. Now I use biogold so I think that should not be a problem any more.
Sorry for the amount and quality of the pictures but hopefully the can illustrate the situation somewhat.