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Originally Posted by Will Heath
Good Point Matt, However, I am often confused on this very subject.
Since I need root growth now and since I have a unbalanced amount of leaves and thereby an increased water loss though the stomata as water vapor diffuses out. The trees solution should be to increase the number of roots...
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Hi Will,
I'm not very familiar with your climate, but it seems you have repotted out of season. Of course the tree will try to make more roots, and it won't grow more up top while it is trying to do that, but if it can't sustain the foliage it already has, it's going to have a hard time.
It was probably a very good idea not to put it through styling in its condition, but it's not usually a good thing to repot out of season unless there are signs of stress (growth slows down, foliage goes dull and yellow, etc.). You can work around poor soil for the short term by adjusting your watering practice, say maybe watering by soaking the container for 20 minutes three times a week or something, until the time for repotting is ideal.
Just looking at the pictures and the amount of foliage it had, it doesn't seem that the plant was in any real danger before.
Regards,
Matt