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yellowing leaves on bay
diggingdoris
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My lollypop bay tree has leaves turning yellow from the edges. It is rather pot-bound and I wonder if that's the reason or if it's due to the dry weather. It's in a big pot but I may not have watered it enough. It looked really until recently, even bearing fluffy flowers. What sort of feed should I give it?
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hi
I find a good layer of worm compost mixed with leaf mould works really well.
If it's potbound give it a really good soaking then pot it on into a bigger pot - I use 4 parts John Innes loambased compost and one part horticultural grit.
The John Innes will have enough feed in it for the rest of this year so no need to add any feed to the compost, but I find that my bay tree really perks up after a few sprayings with dilute seaweed liquid.
Hope that helps
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.