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Topic: Re:Bay tree advice urgently required.
Posted by: Michael Adams
Date/Time: 23/07/15 18:51:00

Anne Williams explained

Help!  My bay tree - in a tub in the front garden -
is dying, and I have no idea what I'm doing doing
wrong. I water it when it feels dry (often),

...

Bay trees have waxy leavers and so don't lose a
lot of water, even in hot weather. At a guess when
you say "when it feels dry" you mean the top one or two
inches of soil in the pot have dried out. Which they
will do in hot weather, due to evaporation. However
that  doesn't necessarily mean the soil around the
roots has dried out. Quite possibly the exact opposite
more especially if the bottom of the pot has no
drainage. The roots may be waterlogged and starved
of oxygen which can be verified, or not by laying
the plant down and easing it out of the pot.
If it is waterlogged then as much soil,compost
should be carefully removed from the roots
which should be allowed to dry out in the shade
and any obviously rotten roots trimmed away.
Then the drainage improved - if there are no holes
in the pot and no means of doing so - ornamental
terracotta etc then loads of gravel in the bottom
around 1/3 volume and repotted as suggested earlier.

michael adams


Entire Thread
TopicDate PostedPosted By
Bay tree advice urgently required.23/07/15 16:33:00 Ann Williams
   Re:Bay tree advice urgently required.23/07/15 17:12:00 Adrian Irving
      Re:Re:Bay tree advice urgently required.23/07/15 17:15:00 Adrian Irving
   Re:Bay tree advice urgently required.23/07/15 18:51:00 Michael Adams
      Re:Re:Bay tree advice urgently required.23/07/15 23:54:00 Gerry Tan
         Re:Re:Re:Bay tree advice urgently required.24/07/15 00:49:00 Michael Adams
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Bay tree advice urgently required.24/07/15 03:08:00 Gerry Tan
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Bay tree advice urgently required.24/07/15 12:44:00 Ann Williams

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