Poorly bay tree

[Two_Sheds]

As they are acid loving

Are they?
Mine (big, 7ft tall) is in slightly alkaline soil

[Kirk]

If you do replace the poorly one then take it out of it's pot and put somewhere in the garden. It will likely pick itself up, although could get to a good sized bush. Mine is about 8ft by 4ft, started as a £1.50 thing in a pot.

Have to remember that bay's are a tree so restricting to a pot in not ideal.

Mine in in a chalk area and has no problems, suspect they are happy on most grounds but some chalk areas may deplete some of the minerals they need. Sort of they do not mind chalk, they object to mineral depletion.

[elleme]

Even though they were planted at the same time, have you checked to see whether one is more pot-bound than the other? I had one looking poorly with some leaf loss and yellowing, several years back. It had become pot bound and the container was metal,which I suspect got quite hot as it was in a sunny position. I ended up replanting in the garden and it's been much happier and healthy looking ever since, although it gets a bit of scale damage.