[thestens]

I have a really big bay tree about 15ft high and 10 ft round. Shortly I will be moving house and was wondering has has anyone had experience of taking a large  branch( about  3 ft cutting)of a Bay tree successfully.

[snowdrops]

I don't know about a cutting that size,if you do I'd certainly try a few normal sized cuttings as well.

[diospyros]

As a crop, bay lasts so long I would be more inclined to dry the leaves from the 3ft branch and take some smaller cuttings which will probably establish to a size where you can take another small crop by the time you have used the first up.  But I don't think the flavour from drying now would be so good as in the summer.

Lovely to have such a huge bay!

[Goosegirl]

I wonder if you could try layering a few small stems as well?

[tangojulie]

We have a large bay tree and are forever finding bay seedlings lurking in all sorts of places. I'd have a good look around and see if you can find any for insurance.