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Uploaded by on Sep 18, 2009

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Julie Chai, associate garden editor of Sunset magazine suggests that home gardeners remove the flowers from basil plants as they appear. By plucking the flowers you are keeping the herb in a prepubescent state, which will taste a lot better, and less bitter, than "older" basil.

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  • Interesting.

  • I didn´t know that and i have a TON of basil on my garden...D:

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  • @chow What?! The flower heads change the flavor? How bad?

  • Now you won't have seeds for next years crop and basil will become extinct. 

  • @ReJecTZGG no what makes you think that *lights joint*

  • and those basil buds are great in salad dressing.

  • is that pot?

  • wow that LIKEXa very healthy plant's

  • I LOVE GROWING... basil... wha?

  • *not*

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