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[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 4 fun -  (9 children)

I think you're home bro. Protip: you have to prune basil in a certain way to get decent and exponential leaf growth

[–]NunyaDB 3 insightful - 5 fun3 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 5 fun -  (1 child)

A pro pro-tip would include the sekret basil pruning technique!

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

You lop off the main stem above the suckers: https://i1.wp.com/www.humminghomebody.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/look-for-these.jpg

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

That's totally correct, but you don't have to be that careful, just grab whatever basil you need off the top. Frequent harvesting promotes growth and it'll always grow two more branches from wherever.

I've got some basil seedlings starting now.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Hey thanks, just growing basil for fresh leaves this year because I have so much dried from lst year, but topping the plant has worked pretty well so far. One of my favorite spring time snacks is a tomato sandwich with fresh basil leaves, mayo and pepper. Delicious, especially when out of the garden. Apparently herbs are great for beginners because they're tolerant of so much more abuse. My garden is testament to this, I was lucky to have any tomatoes last year. Hoping to apply lessons learned and do a little better this year.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Nice! I agree about the power of basil. I've had a hard time with overwatering it too, now I just wait for it to get droopy. Keep it up man we'll post up our bounties in a month or two.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Do tell!!!

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

You lop off the main stem above the suckers: https://i1.wp.com/www.humminghomebody.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/look-for-these.jpg

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks!

Makes sense to see it.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

D3 is totally correct, but you don't really have to be careful, just grab whatever basil you need off the top. Frequent harvesting promotes growth and it'll always grow two more branches from wherever.

I've got some basil seedlings starting now. It's a useful and easy plant to grow. Only thing I noticed is basil hates water logged soil. It likes water but it likes to drain quick. Like most plants basil is way easier to kill from overwatering than underwatering.