Recognize and fight diseases

Deficiency symptoms in the leaves and roots of the spice laurel

Basically, the real laurel prefers a sun-kissed one due to its southern origin Location with a permeable soil. If it is planted outdoors in a shady place with a heavy, wet soil, it can also be with otherwise good soil care stunted growth or leaves falling off. Kick without one Cut the planttan or leaves on, an over- or undersupply of water can be the reason for this. This can be done with the Transplanting of the laurel by the either dried up or slightly rotten hair roots. In a big enough pot Laurel should be watered at least once a week when it is dry, but you should also avoid waterlogging here. Since the spice laurel is sensitive to salts, you should only use it sparingly and, if possible, with organic fertilizer fertilize.

Diseases of the laurel

The so-called Shotgun Sickness

is regularly mentioned in connection with laurel, but it tends to affect the for Hedges used cherry laurel than the real laurel. Fungicide spraying and reduced nitrogen fertilization are recommended as a measure against the disease. In addition, the real bay laurel (Laurus nobilis) is a relatively resilient plant that is hardly prone to infestation with diseases.

Pests on the shoots and leaves of the laurel

In rare cases it can lead to an infestation of the spice laurel with Spider mites, Scale insects and mealybugs come, which you can recognize by the blotchy leaves and fine webs. Since the laurel in this country only in mild locations in the field overwintered he often spends the winter in warm winter quarters. So that a pest infestation is less likely here, the temperature should not exceed this if possible 8 degrees Celsius and you should put the bay plants in as late as possible and as early as possible hibernate.