Is this something that can be treated? The most problematic pests of the Bay Tree Joanne are scale insects and the insects secrete a glucose substance on which a grey fungal mould grows and this could be the mould which is on the stem of your Bay Tree. Quite a number of restaurants do buy dried bay leaves to use in cooking but I am not certain how the leaves have been dried - they could quite easily have been freeze dried - but I have been told that they are kept in a sealed jar to avoid moisture being absorbed into the leaves and causing them to rot off.
What I would try Louise is to dry some of your bay leaves at normal room temperature and when you think they are completely dry - and slightly brittle - I would then place them in a sealed jar and if you also place some dried peas in the jar these will absorb any moisture. You can also buy silica jell which is also used to take moisture out of the atmosphere.
It would be much appreciated if you could email me at Radio Lancashire if this method is successful! Thanks very much for your help. We forgot to water our manager's bay tree whilst she was on her honeymoon! It is currently in the office. All the leaves have gone brown and shrivelled but there is new growth sprouting from the stem. What do we need to do? The tree also needs to go outside. Should we leave this until spring? Bang goes your Christmas Bonus Rachael!
What you need to do is to remove the evidence i. If you have a light but cool foyer in your office block that would be an ideal place for the Bay Tree but otherwise, you are going to have to keep the Bay Tree outside in a sheltered position. On the question of pruning I would wait until the Spring before trimming the shoots back. I transplanted a 20 ft bay tree years ago not expecting it to grow so high. It is only 3ft away from the house and I wondered if its roots could damage the house foundations?
Having a twenty foot tree so close to your house can cause problems Berny and what happens especially when we have a dry summer like this year the roots will go searching for water - they will take any moisture from the foundations and also from the subsoil which causes the soil to shrink and in severe conditions can cause cracks to appear in the house walls.
The rule when planting trees is if a tree grows - shall we say to a height of approximately thirty feet - it needs to be planted thirty feet away from the house but, if you follow this rule to the letter not many people would have trees in their gardens! In your case three feet is far too close. On the question of replanting your Bay Tree I wish you the best of luck - you will need to try and obtain a very large root ball and your tree will need to be well watered.
I have a bay tree in a large pot it with three shoots. How do I cut them to grow them on in pots? Cuttings need to be approximately two to three inches long and after removing the bottom leaves the cuttings can be inserted in a mixture of peat and grit around the side of a four to five inch pot - using a rooting hormone. The cuttings can be placed in a cold frame or cool greenhouse but I must warn you Patricia that they are not an easy plan to root and you may have to wait until spring or summer time before rooting appears.
I have a bay tree in a pot on my door step, the leaves have started to shrivel up and go dry, have you any idea what this can be and how I might bring it back to its healthy state? We have a large blue spruce next to our driveway and it continually drips sap on to the cars, it is hard to remove and is damaging the paintwork, can you tell me why it has started to do this, its been happening for most of the summer. It has been a regular occurrence this year Anne that Bay Trees grown in pots have suffered from the leaves shrivelling and, the main cause has been the intense heat and you only need to let your Bay Tree dry out once or twice for the leaves to shrivel.
During high temperatures it is advisable to move your Bay Tree into a slightly shaded spot. It could well be Spruce Aphids that are causing the problem. The aphids secrete honey dew and it could quite well be that it is the honey dew droplets which are dripping onto your car. Another cause could be if one or more of the branches on your tree has been infected with bacteria canker. The orange gluey substance caused by the bacteria canker could be secreting from infected branches and again dropping onto your car.
The Blue Spruce is a lovely tree and I feel it would be worthwhile to contact a Tree Surgeon or your Local Authority to check your tree out. I would like to move a mature bay tree so as to save it from being bulldozed during construction works which will take place in the summer; how can I do this? I would try and transplant your Bay Tree Lauris Noblis early March time Bebhinn and you will need to dig out as large a root ball as physically possible.
You say that your Bay Tree is a mature tree and this worries me slightly as Bay Trees can grow to a height of 15 to 20 feet which would make it physically impossible for you to transplant. If however your tree is approximately 6 to 10 feet high you may be successful if you have a large root ball of soil and, it if is possible at this stage to get a JCB on site you will find it a lost easier for your tree to be dug out by the JCB.
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Choose your Delivery Date Select next day or preferred date. Watering : Water regularly with well-drained soil during the growing season. Don't allow roots to stand in water. Less water is required in the winter months, but don't allow the tree to dry out. Bay trees may need extra protection from frost in winter, especially younger plants. Pruning : Prune in spring and summer for shape. Conduct any hard pruning in spring with lighter pruning in summer.
An ideal evergreen topiary tree that can be clipped into a wide variety of shapes. Soil Type : Well-drained and fertile. If planted in a container, re-pot every 2 years. Planting : Great for container growing and planting in the garden. Feeding : Mulch topsoil with organic fertiliser and add slow-release fertiliser to the compost during the growing season. Feeding is not needed throughout winter. Care Difficulty : Moderate Our range of ornamental bay trees have been carefully trained and pruned to grow in very specific shapes - designed to add sophisticated flair to your garden, porch or patio.
Make it up at half strength or less. Swapping over occasionally to a tomato feed, again at half strength, will avoid an excess of nitrogen. Apply fortnightly when growing larger and monthly when the tree is big enough. I can see some yellowing in the leaves in the photo, so it may be short of nitrogen and a feed similar to MiracleGro will fix that.
Do not be tempted to over-feed. I tried that and nearly killed out poor bay although it did recover after a few months.
Although a bay tree can stay in the same pot for years, it will benefit from fresh compost each spring. Gently loosen the top inch of compost in the pot being careful of any roots and replace with fresh compost. I like to mix multi-purpose with John Innes No. Moving it up a pot size with fresh compost around the base and sides will certainly give it a new lease of life.
Note the comments below on watering and drainage. Dry compost is always hard to re-wet so frequent watering in hot weather. Little and often is better than a massive soak and then drought. Adding water retaining gel granules to the compost will help. When potting up, place broken crocks and gravel in the base to keep the holes in the bottom of the pot from blocking. Putting a circle of porous weed matting over the broken crocks and gravel will stop the compost blocking drainage.
I moved my huge lollipop bay tree last Octoberw because I could no longer get my car past it. It now looks dead. The leaves are brown and crispy. Have I killed it? Ours is the same after moving it.
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