Basil is one of the most popular but also easiest herbs to grow. With endless varieties, you can learn a LOT about gardening from growing this plant, practicing your pruning and propagation techniques, and growing absolutely MASSIVE basil bushes.
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0:00 – Intro
1:15 – 1. Varieties and Care
3:32 – 2. Example of Pruning Regrowth
4:11 – 3. Anatomy of Basil Plant
5:04 – 4. Close-Up of Pruning
5:58 – 5. Cutting for Propagation
6:41 – 6. Pruning Flowers
7:58 – 7. Pests and Diseases
9:01 – 8. Interplanting Basil
9:47 – Outro
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What else do you want to know about basil? I want to do an advanced grow guide soon 🙂
The African Basel is used in spiritual work for many issues and its very powerful !
is there a remedy for basil after is has flowered? Once flowered the taste is terrible.
I have that type of basil on the thumbnail. It’s got crumpled leaves but I’m not sure if it’s genovese of Thai basil.
I germinated some Genovese basil and it after producing very small first true set of leaves it just stopped growing after that what should I do
we need to grow basil so he will no longer die in the blackspace
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When do you start pruning a basil plant, especially if you have grown it from seed?
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Recipe for basil mix olive oil shallots basil salt Bck pepper shrimp baby tomatoes and feta cheese at the end of cooking and put it over pasta.
Great vid. I had no idea there were so many varieties of Basil. I have a question. I started Sweet Basil in the spring and it took off… literally as you know basil does. In a container with a very healthy soil good compost mixture and mulch layer on top. The basil grew to about 3 feet tall beautiful dark green leaves which I would pinch off and use, I would cut off any signs of bolting. This basil was on a heavy watering schedule and showed NO issues. Here the question. All of a sudden from the base of the basil the leaves started turning yellow and dropping off, within 2 to 5 days I had lost half of my gorgeous basil plant im not sure what it is what do you think? The plant lives in South East Georgia. I have been growing basil this way for over 10 years and never have had crop loss at this magnitude. I slowed my watering even though I don't think its a watering issue. I did inspect but didn't see any active bug infestation I did spread out the very large stalks and hose them down incase there was a bug or many bugs that I missed. Sweet basil is a stable in my garden/greenhouse and this has me stumped
Horrible my basil died.
This is very interesting!!!
This is so cool i got Italian basil and the pruning would be a nice tip and online I checked if the basil would send roots if put in water and they said yes so we put it in and it did not work so I think I’ll try again I thing I did not give it enough light. Again thanks so much fir this video and it was very interesting!
pretty sure my basil has powdery mildew growing on it…. what do I do?
Thank you very much … more herbal plants learning please. Rosemary
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Is it better to grow it in cool or heat or humid area ? Lol here is sort of humid and hot and winters just feel like autumn (south of China )
I feel like this whole "6-8 hours a day" thing is a myth. There's a study from MIT where they grew basil and found that the best conditions were 24 hour light and maximal watering. I'd link it but youtube doesn't support links and it's not hard to find.
Anecdotally, I grew my basil following this advice and it holy crap did it grow fast. I just left it in least sun-obstructed spot of my backyard and I'd flood the pot daily.
I love your advice. Just wondering if you grow all heirlooms to support the bees?