I have a bayleaf which is about 6 yrs old we moved put it in shade and the leaves have died can we save it?

Question

we moved house and stupidly put it in a shaded porch and as we use our back door more than the front we didn,t notice that it was suffering. it is a well established tree of about 4ft and i need to know if we can save it. the wood isn't dead but the leaves are. what can we do to save it? please help!

Answer 1

Are the leaves completely dead? If they're still attached there's a chance that the tree still has a few active pigments in there, and provided that the plant's roots always had a bit of moisture, you might still be able to save it. There's also the chance that the tree has just gone into a dormant state.

Take it out to sunlight and add a bit of chemical fertilizer, use very little though.

Give it some time, it might take a while for the buds to form into leaves.

Answer 2

You said that the wood is still alive, so you have a green layer under the wood. You said that it was a Bay tree, so I'm assuming that it is Laurus nobilis, where bay leaves come from.

If you want to save this plant, cut it back about a third of the way and give it all the sun you can. If you'd like, take some of the pliable cuttings and place them in various parts of the yard so that there is a chance that one will become a sprout.

Be patient with your tree. Make sure that the roots are not buried too deep, and that the water drains freely away from the pot and goes somewhere else, not in a saucer.

And then wait.

Answer 3

It sounds like you'd better start planning it's funeral. If all of the leaves are dead, they you may have a better chance of saving it by actually cutting it down. What I mean by that is; some trees after you cut them down will develop sprouts from the base where you cut it down. It still has a good root system, as long as it isn't completely dead and you are watering it properly. With the large root system it has the sprouts, if it develops any, will grow very fast. Probably what hurt it most of all was that you moved it in the middle of summer. It's best to move trees in the fall or early spring.

Answer 4

not sure though