Thaddeusjd

I have a chinese elm that is about five years old. It was a "rescue tree" as it was a gift from someone who bought it for me from the back of a van at a roadside bonsai stand. It was pretty well root bound and the tap root is actually thicker than the trunk. It was repotted and it is on a slight west exposure, it gets direct sun after noon for about five hours, and indirect sun for the rest of the day. I am using a soil moisture tester and watering when it gets to around 4, and it has biogold fert on the surface and gets weekly Superthrive. The question is, some of the leaves are turning yellow and falling off. And this is a regualr event, leaves grow, turn yellow and fall off. But the tree is growing and budding very nicely. So, is this a leaf issue I should be concerned with? Or is it mearly leaf growth outstripping the roots ability to support them?

-James

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