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My small potted Bay Tree has started to look very Sad.


The leave are turning brown and are crispy dry but not falling off the tree.

There appears to be new leave coming but can I still use the brown ones in cooking ?


I have been watering the plant but not over watering.


How can I rescue my Bay Tree which I bought last year.

Should I remove the brown leaves. Will that allow the new leaves to grow.

They are very tiny at the moment.


Any help much appreciated. My tree was quite expensive. ?45.00


DulwichFox

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The brown leaves will have no flavour left in them unfortunately, it'll just amount to putting dead leaves in your cooking. Green-fingered Mrs H says compost loses its nutritional value over time so you should repot with fresh compost every spring if possible. Brown leaves may indicate it needs a bit more water than it's getting, apparently, and yes they should be removed to make way for new growth.

suzisoo Wrote:

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> Mine did the same took it round to the back garden

> and repotted trimmed off all the brown put it in a

> bigger pot and it is now flourishing.


Yes. That's what I plan to do. Pot size restricted to size of planter but I'll give a go.

Also give it a feed with edible plant feeder




Many Thanks


Fox

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Seventeen years ago moved into a house with a bay tree at the bottom of the garden. It was thirty feet tall three years ago, when we realised that the neighbours felt as if they were enduring a total eclipse of the sun. So down it came. I miss it, but the back garden is the better for it... Anyhow: Put it in dirt, not in a pot or planter, and let it take off!

SpringTime Wrote:

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> I'd get it into the ground proper if you can. We

> had a couple that were so plagued with ants the

> pots were largely emptied of any sustinence.

> Replanting and lots of water seemed the last thing

> that might've helped, and it worked.


This is my garden I have a small strip either side of my garden.

Planting out is not an option.





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