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bluepenguin

bluepenguin's Basil

Plant: Basil (Ocimum basilicum) | 4 | Happy

This planting has been archived (Died)

Planting Data

Plant
Basil (1705)

Source

Planted on 17 Jun 08

Milestones

Day 0

17 Jun 08 Purchased

Day 78

03 Sep 08 Potting Up

Died

11 Jan 09

Comments

  • hstupno

    hstupno wrote:

    Wow, that’s some very healthy looking basil! I’d say you did very well with you patio garden. ENJOY!

    Posted on 22 Jul 08 (about 1 years ago)

  • bluepenguin

    bluepenguin wrote:

    Thank you! :-D

    Posted on 22 Jul 08 (about 1 years ago)

  • sarah

    sarah wrote:

    Do you have any tips about how to safely harvest your basil? I watched some videos on youtube but I think I may have hurt it when I pruned it down. All the stocks I cut from are all woody now.

    Posted on 23 Jul 08 (about 1 years ago)

  • bluepenguin

    bluepenguin wrote:

    I pinch off leaves pretty frequently. It seems to grow more the more I harvest! I also read that you need to pinch off the flower buds as soon as they appear. I haven’t had any problems, my plant is really hardy. It gets lots of sun and water too.

    This is from the Care Instructions:
    Pinch or cut the leaves off as required, but always from the top. When the plants begin to produce flowers, pinch those out as soon as possible to encourage more leafy growth.

    Hope this helps!

    Posted on 24 Jul 08 (about 1 years ago)

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Basil
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Location

bluepenguin's Balcony garden Balcony garden

Garden Type: Balcony
Sun: Full Sun
Soil: Potting Mix

Carlsbad

United States United States 10

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