Thanks for your thoughts.

Think I'll leave it a little longer and see what happens.

I hadn't thought of pesticides as a reason not to use the leaves... doh.

Hi all, It's been a while since I visited - hope everyone's well and your gardens are flourishing. Anyway, back in January I salvaged 2 6' bay trees (laurus nobilis) from a supermarket who tried to sell them at christmas and abandoned them to die afterwards. They were in sorry condition, the compost...