Bay Tree Help from Bay Tree Lovers

KEEPGREEN

Hi everybody,

I need your advice please , i intend to repot my Bay tree , sadly it looks distressed and 60% of it's leaves look dry and dead . I have removed all the dry dead leaves and intend to repot the tree ....but need your valuable advice with some potting soil that i could use please to give it some nutrients.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated . Thank you - stay Safe  

pansyface

How big a tree? 
How big a pot?
When last repotted?

Photo?

nick615

We planted our Bay Tree in some previously used grow bags, uplifted from a local strawberry farmer.  That was about 12 years ago and it's still there thriving.  Nothing done to it/with it in the meantime except a run round with the clippers when needed.  A grow bag or two should be adequate for yours, i.e. with none of their nutrition taken out by anything else?  Pic shows ours behind/beside the bird table.

Dirty Harry

I have 2 and they were the first plants I ever bought back in 2017. Potted in a mix of Westland John Innes 2 and maybe around 25% potting grit.

Feed now and again throughout the growing season and they've always looked happy.

Dovefromabove

Mine has a mix of 3 parts JI3 loambased compost to 1 part Hort Grit. in a large container and watered every other day from April until late September. Fed with FB&B twice a year and sprayed with seaweed foliage feed twice a month from April until Sept. 

KEEPGREEN

nick615 said:

We planted our Bay Tree in some previously used grow bags, uplifted from a local strawberry farmer.  That was about 12 years ago and it's still there thriving.  Nothing done to it/with it in the meantime except a run round with the clippers when needed.  A grow bag or two should be adequate for yours, i.e. with none of their nutrition taken out by anything else?  Pic shows ours behind/beside the bird table.

Thank you very much 

KEEPGREEN

Dirty Harry said:

I have 2 and they were the first plants I ever bought back in 2017. Potted in a mix of Westland John Innes 2 and maybe around 25% potting grit.

Feed now and again throughout the growing season and they've always looked happy.

Thank you very much 

KEEPGREEN

Dovefromabove said:

Mine has a mix of 3 parts JI3 loambased compost to 1 part Hort Grit. in a large container and watered every other day from April until late September. Fed with FB&B twice a year and sprayed with seaweed foliage feed twice a month from April until Sept. 

Thank you very much 

Dirty Harry

Dovefromabove said:

Mine has a mix of 3 parts JI3 loambased compost to 1 part Hort Grit. in a large container and watered every other day from April until late September. Fed with FB&B twice a year and sprayed with seaweed foliage feed twice a month from April until Sept. 

Every other day?!

I watered mine today for the first time in over a week, after checking with a moisture meter. That being said, since dressing the top of the pots with a fairly thick layer of grit, it may be helping to limit moisture loss.

Dovefromabove

Yes ... and mine has grit on top too ... but you’ll see it’s in a very free draining mix and raised up on pot feet so it’s never sitting in soggy soil ... it works here. Before I upped the watering a few years ago the leaves were often looking a bit sad.