So.. When I lifted it from the pot yesterday to clean the surface, the rootball did not show any sign of healthy roots. Which could be explaining all the dead little branches on this. 80% of the roots were muck, dead. The pot was probably on the small side for good root development, with the nebari just nog reaching the sides of the pot. So I looked at the plant, saw the buds all had started to push and decided to do a proper repot. The next 2 weeks should see us in 50-ies during the day.THis was the best pot I had laying around, giving it a bit more rootspace and giving me a year to find a proper pot for it. This year I will let it push growth, removing the inner leaves to encourage leafbud formation, and cut back once in mid-spring. See whether this can do what my other mume does, backbudding.
seems to be a few of these Ume knocking about, this is one in my local nursery
Out of interest, what did the nursery ask for it?