Pruning Basil

[Muslimahforgood]

Thank you, thank you :))

[rushinrio1]

hey thanks for posting this is exactly what i was looking for :)

[530house]

"although not as fresh" lol

[HIStoryindeed]

Wow, that was a healthy handful he had there, now in 2011 a bunch of basil like that shown @ 1:50 would easily run me about 10-12 dollars.

Exactly why I am growing 4 different basil varieties in my own little patch of zone 7 Americana. I dry a basil medley that is simply awesome.

The abundant little plant blesses us all.

[whotaughtyou]

D/C

[Stugazo21]

LOL ending... "See you next time"

Wont be a next time because you wont have a video on basil now that you chopped it like a lumber jack...

[toastus]

@ Drasvt : 

I gave my father-in-law a basil plant, and it has lived for a couple years now, I don't see it dying anytime soon. The secret was that he covered it with a plastic bag during the extreme cold (frost). We are in Southern California though, so the worst we get is 40-50 degrees during the winter.

[foodpuppie]

Thanks, that was really clear.

[kooldaug]

Hi I am growing sweet genovese basil, tumbler tomatoes and courgettes in pots. Could you possibly tell me some other vegeatbles/frutis/ herbs that suit pots really well?

[MrandMissConverted]

Seeing something that looks like black dust on basil leaves. What is that? If harmful, how can I control it please? Thanks!

[thekanenator]

@MrandMissConverted that is bug poop...check for caterpillars under the leaves and remove them...

[CalLumpyK]

this guy looks like a fucking tosser. what a cunt. blates a homo.

[NaomiChambers]

Do basil plants have to be re planted every year?

[CalLumpyK]

@NaomiChambers of course they fucking do are you thick?

[DemonicSymphonic]

why's your face blurred?

[CalLumpyK]

@DemonicSymphonic just incase

[Glurtch]

@DemonicSymphonic he's in the witness protection program. but that wont keep him from sharing his love of gardening with everyone. i hope it's worth it 'cause it'll most likely get him killed!

[DemonicSymphonic]

@Glurtch They laced his basil plants with nano organisms that eat his flesh from the inside out.

[Glurtch]

@DemonicSymphonic lol. nice

[donttakefakecredit]

Bsantianni, I like your method, it makes the plant grow a lot faster next time. But i found a much better method, its slower but grows more leaves, sectors, increases speed. Im posting a video right now. Over 2 months i have finally all lleave sprout sections with about 9 pairs suprisingly! I was shocked too!

[hitachi088]

@donttakefakecredit do the plant grow back if you cut (almost) everything, like this guy did?

[donttakefakecredit]

@hitachi088 of course, but you dont want to cut it like that. You want it still to survive, i actually have a special technique if u want, I use my own teqnique it to grow more, this guys doing it to grow faster.

[rip21skinz2]

BASSSSSSSIIIIILLLLLL STICCCCCCCKSSSS

[CalLumpyK]

@rip21skinz2 yeah you?

[AtheistAllison]

Thank you so much for the video. I have been growing several bunches, from seeds, since February. They give me basil when I need but no extra.  Your video told me I could have bushier basil plants just by doing some simple pruning. Thanks again!

[mistaben2k]

Thanks alot, in London Basil is very expensive and i have some growing at the moment,i shall cut it all back now.

[CalLumpyK]

@mistaben2k this guy is a retard. i tried it and it didn't work.

[ChaosButterfly8]

plus you know it hasn't been irradiated.

[adidasbooi]

eeh why do u want to prune them? and when should i do it? i thought it just stand there and when u want ju just pull off some blades and its growing year after year, have i wrong?

[damontoney]

@adidasbooi Prune basil to make it produce more. You can have one basil plant so well trained and pruned that it will produce so much basil that you wouldn't be able to give enough of it away.

[adidasbooi]

@damontoney hehe ok now i understand :D thank u!

[bitterlilraccoon]

Great! I think I'll go prune mine back right now (late July).

[TheManOfDecency]

A great video...I just split my plants up a week ago into 6 pots and hopefully I can use this technique to get more leaves out of them before they get too woody and "planty" tasting.

[OGGraybill]

I saw this video last year and was as courageous as he suggested and cut them down to the last two leaves and I got tremendous results! In years past, as much as tried to pinch off the buds as they came out, my plants all eventually went to seed before I could harvest the leaves. After taking his suggestions, I had plants with large leaves and my plants never went to seed. It was a wonderful season of pesto and I look forward to the same results this season. Thanks for the great video!

[IbnAir23]

Thank you very much for the advice.. Very awesome..

[KATSGARDEN1]

HI, thanks for the info are u still on youtube i need to know if the basil has flowered can it still produce if u pick of all the flowers? thanks

katrina

[sexykat426]

Thanks for the video. helped me alot!!!

[AliSmith13]

Thanks! Something that seems so simple is foreign to some others (namely ME). :)

[SeReNiTy02]

thank you for posting this! Definitely helps people with black thumbs like me! :-)

[hagk2002]

nice.....thanks

[flipthenuts]

i've heard you can get a basil plant to stand 30 foot if you celetape stems together, then remove them after the plant has 'reconjoined', is this true?

[maurofelipe76]

Thanks man!! Can't wait to try this out...I'm new to gardening so vids like yours are a huge help...thanks for posting!

[rocktrns17]

So when you want to make a basil plant do you separate each sprout or do you have to put them together?

Does each sprout make a basil plant?

[skeeety]

Thanks also for the tips about making pesto and freeze it..

[cianoy]

Try growing your hydroponic / aquaponic basil with a tinge of pee in the water. That should provide your NPK. That's what I'm attempting to do now.

[jpmorgan187]

right on brother

[knpatin]

I have 2 Basil plants growing outside in my garden there both about 5 inches tall but how long do I have to wait before I start pruning so they can branch?

[grayrhino1000]

Just what I was looking for. Thanks!

[shilack2]

Thanks for the video, I have 7 huge plants growing and am looking forward to making Pesto as well. I like to make a bunch of it and freeze it in ice cube trays and then store it in a zip lock.

[MaZEEZaM]

@shilack2 Great tip thanks :D

[redbaroness1313]

Thank you very much! I am starting an herb garden for my culinary enjoyment this video has helped alot. I know that basil should be well drained does that mean I should buy a pot with a hole in the bottom for transplanting?

[lambutan82]

Tks for the info!

[starbucksbear]

Excellent

[Drasvt]

Can you grow a basil plant for a few years in a hydroponic system if you just keep cutting back the flowers? is this possible?

[bsantianni]

No.

[muffdriver69]

When you said dramatic pruning, you really mean it! You pruned the whole thing! Is this safe for the basil tree to grow because I am afraid it won't grow with just two leaves. It's really scary :(

[TubbsJones]

I dunno about a hydroponic system, but my basil plant hasn't passed away as of yet! It's 2 years old, I even let it flower, and forgot about, and it's still blooming like crazy. It's amazing it's still blooming and living on.

[jojo808]

is it outdoors or indoors? I wonder why hydroponics wont work.

[muffdriver69]

me too, i was using aquaponics, and the basil don't seem to like aquaponics in compared to natural soil. both are in sunlight btw. i guess one of aquaponics drawbacks is lack elements P and K so that probably explains it. the basil didn't die though, it just took so long to grow compared to outdoor natural soil

[takadi]

What type of cultivar are you using? Alot of people say basil is an annual, but I think if you get lucky, it could last a very very long time. I've heard some people's basil plants grew into woody bushes. They cut the woody stems and used it to smoke some salmon....man...

[etyrnal]

@Drasvt no - basil has a natural life-cycle… it's meant to "die"… and be reborn next season via seeds

[CalLumpyK]

@Drasvt don't listen to this bias cunt. it works fine.