Hello can any seasoned gardener help this newbie

[Joebland]

I have laurels I bought last year
I have only pots in my garden

I’ve fed them with tomato feed as advised and water the pots daily

the leaves are going yellow and falling off - Mr google tells me I’m either over watering or under watering (not helpful) 🤣

anyone else had this issue

I don’t have much money and zero greenery other than my pots and I’d love to rescue then

any advice would be appreciated

Sorry for rubbish ohoti

First of all, stop feeding because if a plant is sick, overfeeding could make it worse. You need to find the cause of the issue. Secondly, you are supposed to water plants when they need it according to the weather and the plant's needs, not according to a daily/weekly/whatever regime.

Yes, Google is right - yellowing leaves is a sign of either over or underwatering. Both cause dehydration. Overwatering means waterlogged soil and the small roots can rot so the plant can't take up water. All plants need oxygen in the soil as well as water. Underwatering means there isn't enough water to replace that used by the plant.

Evergreens don't keep all the same leaves for ever. They will shed their oldest leaves from time to time and grow new ones. However, it looks like some of the newer leaves are dying on yours.

Check the plant all over for any kind of pest or disease. Bugs will often be found on the underside of leaves or in the crook of where a twig joins a branch. Some cling tightly onto stems and disguise themselves as bark. Do any of the leaves on either that plant or any nearby look like someone has trimmed the edges of the leaves with pinking shears? If so, you have a vine weevil problem in the soil. The grubs eat the roots and the weevils nibble characteristic notches out of the edges of leaves.

So - move it into the shade for now, check whether the soil is too dry or too wet and remedy that, check for pests and diseases and treat the plant to get rid of that problem, and then give it a dose of seaweed & sequestered iron as a tonic. You can buy bottles of the stuff in garden centres. After a fortnight, give it some ordinary fertiliser such as Growmore or Miracle-Gro, as the plant may be in need of a fertiliser with more nitrogen in it. Tomato feed doesn't provide enough nitrogen. Never be tempted to use extra thinking that more is better. It isn't.

Then hope for the best.

It's worth tipping them on their side and checking the rootball. Look for grubs and if it's too dry or wet you'll be able to see. Also a laurel is a fairly large plant so doesn't like to be in pots forever - it might just be a bit stressed.

Tomato feed is for plants you want to produce fruit (or flowers). You need a different balance of nutrients for something that is grown primarily for its leaves.

For the rest, I agree with the previous posts.

They don't need anything. I have one in a pot just like that and several growing as bushes. I don't feed them and they are only watered in rain.

Another in agreement with previous posts - stop the tomato feed and water once/twice a week. If you want to give it a feed, try Miracle Gro