Pruning Basil

Prune basil plants regularly to generate many bumper crops from just a few plants.

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[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.

[thekanenator]

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

[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?