Basil is a very fragrant delicious herb. In today’s episode I will be showing you how to properly prune your basil plant, how much to prune, and which varieties need more pruning than others. Enjoy!
VIDEO: How to Prune Basil For Healthy Bushy Long Living Plants
Basil is a very fragrant delicious herb. In today’s episode I will be showing you how to properly prune your basil plant, how much to prune, and which varieties need more pruning than others. Enjoy!
Just exactly what I needed! THANK YOU!!!!
Love all your content. Small observation: the cars in the background were a bit distracting
How do I take the leaves off without hurting the plant?
My biggest take away was pruning releases the essential oils to deter other pests in the garden! It was an A-HA! moment for me! Thanks for the great info!
Strange question, but where did you get all of your knowledge? I love visiting your channel and always learning something new. I didn't know about flowering enzymes, and would love to learn more. Can you recommend any books?
That's crazy how short and bushy yours are, wonder if it's just a weather difference. I've been growing basil for 8-9 years now and my plants are always 3-4 foot tall, they bush out as I top them but they get tall lol
thanks for the reminder to harvest my basil lol
Nice refresher Luke
Get rid of a bad habit
How can I get rid of earwigs? They are destroying my garden! Please help
Does the same technique work for mint?
simple but very informative. thank you.
I must own the craziest basil plant ,it's going on 3 yrs old ,it had never flowered until this year.I have just taken off the flowering part after they made seed threw into the bottom of the planter.Its 2 ft high+ and water every day the woody bottom part is now starting to make leaves also.I have kept it by the kitchen window and looks like the same basil you are showing here.
I have that purple leaf basil. Can you let me know how to take care of it? It is flowering now and it is very big. What should I do?
Has anyone tried keeping a basil as a perennial in a pot?
Hello I'm trying to grow feverfew in home pots. What soil brand should I buy? Thank you!!
Just pruned my basil! 2 plants turned into a dozen this year. Gave the two originals to my mom to grow 🙂
Hi Luke, I have a question that no one seems to have asked before. The wildfires in California have blanketed the mid-west in smoke. In Colorado, our visibility is down to less than a mile and we haven't seen the rocky mountains in months. Sunlight is also very defused. It all seems to have effected the growing season as I haven't had to mow my lawn in weeks because it's not really growing. I wasn't able to grow a garden this year, but preparing to start up again next year…. will a garden grow in this smoke defused sunlight?
Vast wildfires and smoke covered skies in the west seems to be the new norm.
How often are we supposed to prune basil?
Luke, where’s your family’s pizzeria?
Emm hmm… don't remove more than 25% and wait a week between prunings and you'll be fine. It's easier to over water basil than it is to over prune it.
Ok..can you also go over mints? I have apple. Pepper. Spear..orange. All are looking deathly..the were all well. Getting bushy spreading now they are dying off??
I like MIGardener seeds but dislike the new packaging. You have cut planting depth, days to maturity, and spacing (before and after thinning). You just include one seed spacing number. These are vital pieces of information. You've replaced this with a 3/4" bar with your mission statement. You could include that prominently on your website and add the vital growing information you removed on packets. Thank you!
Just made 8 batches of pesto from my basil, oh so good!
The actual pruning information starts at 6:21.
Buddy, get to the point. So annoying.
Is this the same way you would prune coleus that's starting to flower
So helpful! Will do this next year!
Great video. I really enjoyed it!