Bay Laurel Growing Guide: Planting, Care & Harvest

Laurus nobilis

Growing calendar

Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.

Guides

• Growing Bay from Cuttings and Seed: Why Buying a Plant Usually Wins
• Bay Laurel Care: Watering, Feeding and Yellow Leaves in Pots
• How to Prune a Bay Tree into a Ball or Standard Without Brown Leaves
• Harvesting Bay Leaves: When to Pick, and Why Dried Beats Fresh
• Bay Tree Year: What to Do Each Season, from Spring Flush to Winter
• Bay Tree Problems: Bay Sucker, Scale Insects and Sooty Mold

Pests and diseases (0)

Written byYasuGrowing vegetables and fruit in Chiba, Japan, and building Gadenin. Corrections are welcome. 15 years of growing.