Herbs: help with basil, 1 by garden_mermaid
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garden_mermaid wrote: If you harvest your basil before it sets blossoms, it will remain sweet and keep producing. We cut off our genovese stems when they achieve six leaves, or as critter put it "3 sets of true leaves". This is the stage that will trigger blooming. My six plants have provided three pounds of fresh basil for pesto in the last three weeks. I'm attaching a picture of the last harvest. |