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Old 1-Jul-2007   #4
Vance Wood
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Originally Posted by OKbonsai
I find that the Zelkova leaves become too large with my feeding schedule.
And the family is Ulmaceae, just a little anal I guess.


Zelkova is one species that is traditionally defoliated on a constant basis plus the terminal buds are plucked. If the tree is kept in a small pot the leaves will remain on the small size, of course small pot is a relative term in relation to the size of the tree.
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