Hallo, ich poste dies in der Hoffnung, dass ich etwas Hilfe bei diesem sehr unglücklichen Lorbeerbaum bekommen kann. Unter der Dürre/Hitzewelle im letzten Sommer hat es gelitten (mein eigener Fehler, ich habe es nicht regelmäßig gegossen). Allerdings glaube ich nicht, dass es tot ist – einige Blätter sind grün und wenn man sich das zweite Foto ansieht, sieht man einige grüne Triebe, die versuchen, unter der Oberfläche hervorzukommen. Das dritte Bild dient zum Vergleich, es ist das andere Bild, das als passendes Paar gedacht war (jetzt nicht mehr so sehr).
Für Hinweise wäre ich wirklich dankbar –
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Wird es überleben oder sollte ich an dieser Stelle aufgeben?
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Wenn nicht alles verloren ist, was kann ich tun, um die Wiederherstellung zu unterstützen, und wird die Wiederherstellung vollständig erfolgen?
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Wie lange könnte das dauern? (Sie stehen vor meiner Haustür und deshalb denke ich darüber nach, sie an einen weniger peinlichen Ort zu bringen!)
Beide überlebten bzw. erholten sich von der Bestie aus dem Osten, als sie an einer nach Osten ausgerichteten Vordertür platziert wurden. Ich vermute also, dass es sich um ziemlich robuste Kreaturen handelt.
Vielen Dank für Ihre Hilfe – ich liebe es, die Tipps und Weisheiten hier zu lesen!
Von: Wanita_1972
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It doesnt look great tbh.
It will absolutely live from the basal growth,but you’ll lose the complete standard.
You can then just plant the whole rootball in your garden and let it develop as nature intended-a multi-stemmed large shrub.
When we moved house I left my potted bay tree with a friend who then totally neglected it for months until it looked like yours. I repotted it in good quality general purpose compost, made sure it was kept watered (but not drowned!) and it started to show signs of new growth within a month. It eventually got too big for the pot and is now in the ground. So – don’t give up and I’m pretty sure it will recover fully. Good luck!
Bay trees are generally only hardy down to -7C. In a pot, the tolerance is further reduced. Give it time to recover, maybe bring it indoors for a week or two to help it
Maybe take it out and replant it in new/fresh soil. I had to do that with my Olive tree.
You can prune out any dead branches now – if they bend and show green when scratched with a fingernail they are alive, if they show only brown when scratched and snap easily they are dead. wait til the spring when new grow starts to fully evaluate. Give them a balanced feed when actively growing, but less is usually more so don’t overdo it. Looks like you have a few live branches at the top of the ‘lolipop’, so should readily bounce back with a bit of TLC. Remove root suckers – you can repot/replant these if you wish.
When were they last repotted and what is the potting mix? Could be good to repot in spring – shake out old compost and replace with a John Innes #3 with added perlite. Leave a little room at the top so you can top-dress yearly with garden compost to give a boost.
Our mature bay tree looked awful after on year’s heatwave and drought. It bounced back after a top dressing, prune and more consistent watering.
We learned our lesson though. Most plants show some sign of stress if they need more water. The bay which is normally very low maintenance looked absolutely fine then brown! So we needed to water it properly in the heat and not assume one of us had done it.
Oh poor little guy
Remove from pot. Shave off bottom third and sides of rootball. Replant with John innés. No 2.
Have you fed it and given it some new compost plants in pots need feeding more than plants in the ground — If you don’t want to repot it take it out trim the roots repot it in new compost with a slow release feed
I had bay trees at the front of my door too, one of them that was under my bay window got root rot and died. They hate being too dry and they hate being too wet. Yours still looks alive – mine had rotted on the stem. I’d check and make sure no water is draining into it.