Basil 'Purple Petra'

Ocimum basilicum

How to grow Basil 'Purple Petra'

  • Full Sun

  • Medium

Purple Petra likes a position of full sun and remember to water moderately. Keep in mind when planting that Purple Petra is thought of as tender, so it is imperative to wait until temperatures are mild before planting out of doors. Purple Petra requires a loamy, sandy and silty soil with a ph of 5.5 - 7.0 - it grows best in weakly acidic soil to neutral soil.

Growing Purple Petra from seed

Plant seeds shallow as it is easier to germinate that way.

Ensure a distance of 0.5 inches (1.27 cm) between seeds when sowing - look to sow at a depth of approximately 0.12 inches (0.3 cm). Soil temperature should be kept higher than 10°C / 50°F to ensure good germination.

By our calculations, you should look at sowing Purple Petra about 20 days before your last frost date.

Transplanting Purple Petra

Ensure that temperatures are mild and all chance of frost has passed before planting out, as Purple Petra is a tender plant.

Harvesting Purple Petra

Basil must be harvested by cutting stems at inter-node points, rather than plucking leaves if it is to remain bushy and full. Purple basil requires lots of warmth – even more than green basils.1

Other Names for Basil 'Purple Petra'

Basil

Footnotes

1 www.herbs.mb.ca/en/c377995954/c378145692/basil_petra_seeds.html

2 theaquaponicsource.com/shop/seeds/basil-purple-petra-organic-seeds/