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Bay Trees
In article , David W.E. Roberts
writes "AndWhyNot" wrote in message ws.com... On Thu, 03 Jul 2003 17:36:44 GMT, AndWhyNot wrote: Apologies if this post is repeated .......... watered well but posts not appearing !! Hi All. A friend had a great small bay tree, in a big pot, stands about 5' tall. Will it be possible to take a 'cutting' and prepare it with rooting compound, and pot up etc etc. Any advice please, where to cut, when to cut, what to pot up in, and success rate ??? Thanks in advance Thanks for all the advice Guys ........... I guess that is why Bay is so bliddy expensive ........... As for grumbling (a favourite pastime) what about walking to the end of the garden and shouting loudly for 4 mins ...... any good ?? AAAAAAAAAaaahhhhhhhhhhhh (practice) Alternatively, locate a mature tree. My small collection of bay trees came from a friend's garden. His mature bay tree was surrounded by hundreds of little seedlings, which just needed gently uprooting and then potting up. This is what we have found. They almost grow like weeds, but when I mentioned this before on this newsgroup, someone said that they were not the edible/seasoning Bay but something else, even Laurel, but 'er indoors, the cook' said no, they are the edible ones. So there is the answer, find someone with a mature tree and soldier on with little seedlings. (Now Joan has fully retired, nothing grows more than a millimetre above ground level, so ALL seedlings, bay and all get the chop!!) Mike Who never knowingly lies -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- British Pacific Fleet Hayling Island Sept 5th - 8th Castle Class Corvettes Assn. Isle of Wight. Oct 3rd - 6th. R.N. Trafalgar Weekend Leamington Spa. Oct 10th - 13th. Plus many more National Service (RAF) Association Scarborough. Nov 7th - 10th (Nearly Full) |
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