Gardeners prune basil for three main reasons: to prevent it from flowering, to encourage more growth, and to get cuttings for ...

Sprinkle your seeds thinly (about 10 seeds per pot ... before potting up separately into small pots. Your basil can now be left indoors all summer or planted outside. Growing your basil outside?

“I sow the seeds very thickly using around half the ... Louis says that “in a few weeks your seedlings should sprout.” To harvest the basil, cut at the junction above two leaves.

It comes in many varieties, such as Genovese, sweet, Thai, and holy basil, and it grows quickly from seeds, cuttings, and seedling transplants. For vigorous growth, prune and harvest frequently to ...

With the herb ready to harvest in June ... In another video, the expert shared his best advice for growing basil from a seed, and highlighted another common planting mistake.