How to Grow Basil

I'm going to show you how to grow what is, quite possibly, the world's most popular herb: Basil. Basil is a key ingredient in the cuisines of many Southeast Asian countries and of course Italy. Its popularity is due to the range of flavors, sizes and colors available, and because it is so easy to grow in the ground or in containers. All you need to do is provide rich soil and plenty of sunshine and water!

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[Lunarlaserranging]

dont foliar spray leafs with fertilizer you are going to eat. only ever spray the lefs with water never chemicals. its quite concerning that some food is foliar fed for supermarkets. never feed edible plant through the leaves as you will be

[TrancePlant777]

Something nobody else has mentioned and neither did the author of the video. Pinching is essential! BUT you can also VERY easily get new plants by rooting the cuttings by immersing the stems in clean water. Best to use scissors for a clean cut. After about 5 days to a week transplant into soil. The plant will wilt for a few days after transplanting but will quickly become vigorous. I have over 30 basil plants presently all from cuttings of one mother plant and 1st and 2nd gen cuttings!

[mino3d1]

great!!! you couldn't explained it better, I love basil and have lots of garden to do it but when it gets to certain height it just starts turning brown til it dies but with this tips I'll keep trying til i get to have my own thanks

[archeot47]

@Lunarlaserranging dats why use a organic ferts. and ofcourse wash them foliar feeding a plant with water does nothing

[XmermaidsforeverX]

did you just say bay-s-il not bay-z-il?

[thegreattintin]

great tips,

I have sowed my seeds 2 inch deep, and no wonder they are not coming up..

I will try it again.

[ddigwell]

@Flanntheman1 I found it a bit off putting as well. When I viewed it it also seemed the voice was not in synch.

[Flanntheman1]

Useful video with excellent advice - I grow my own herbs also - but the 'Dalek' voice with the laryngitis vocal is pretty horrible

[210482fmj]

which variety of basil has the really strong flavour? I tried sweet genovese seed and it was ok and and some falvor but was not as strong as some of the supermarket stugg i have tried. There are so many different varieties.

[lennyf1957]

@Jagonomic

the plants I grew from the harvested seeds produced virtually no "seed tops". Maybe 1 or 2 out of the dozen or so plants. The plants I buy from the home center make tons of seeds and I continuously pinch off the tops.

thanks for the reply

[Jagonomic]

@lennyf1957 I think i have the answer. Whenever basil plants grow they flourish, one important step is pinch the flowers, so that the growing continues and the FLAVOR doesn't change. The flourishing changes the flavor in a wrong way.

[Jagonomic]

@Lunarlaserranging I believe fertilizer on eatable herbs is questionable, i would like to know though how to prevent flyes from messing up my basil.