That type of pot is called a starting pot. Its not designed for long term growth of the plants but to start them. These are cheap pots designed to be tossed when you replant them into a garden or larger pot. If you look at the plants as the pot is being removed you can tell that they are getting rootbound.
Thank you! I started a whole package of Basil seeds now have a lot of baby Basil! 😮 Going to be giving most of them to family, neighbors and if you need any? 😂🤦🏻♀️
from the sounds of it,he is more interested to flog his sponsors, where both of them are making money, then to show REAL tips. You just take a big or bigger pot, separate the basil ,and stick them all, check the two left on the left back of his square tray.And it is obvious that also the smaller plants will grow big ,when given enough space. so,no need to throw them away.
I gently swish the root ball in a bucket of water letting the water rinse out the soil between the roots and relaxing the entanglement. They untangle and separate more easily. Works great for large root balls of perennials that you need to divide in the garden. a hose with low stream of water, wriggling the stems and they'll pull apart with minimal tearing.
Basil is often sold in seed-starting mixes. Seed-starting mix is not soil. It is a sterile medium used for, you guessed it, starting seeds. As well as the plants being overcrowded, they are no longer getting liquid plant food to keep them alive. As the video demonstrated, repotting in nutrient-rich potting soil with more space is the way to go. PS: Provide your plants with plenty of airflow.
or grow the wild varieties of tomatos and simply select for the individuals with a natural pest resistance...once selected for hardiness, you then breed other varieties into your new variety to create your own landrace
an 80y old gardener gave me the best tips. --Remove the pot and check the root ball on all seedlings and plants before you buy -- Buy the youngest healthy seedlings before they become big and root bound. They will be less disturbed when re-potting and recover much faster. -- Once a young plants growth is checked (root disturbance, water, light, temperature, wind ) it will never reach its full potential. Stephen from Kopu New Zealand
Will you explain what you mean by the last tip? (When a young plants growth is checked it will never reach its full potential)....what do you mean by that exactly??
My sister just brought home a basil plant and it wilted today! I can’t believe this video just popped up. Sometimes I think my phone eavesdrops on me 😂😮
This was just the video I needed . Can’t count how many pots of supermarket basil I have bought over the years and they just wilted . New subscriber here from Canada ❤
I used to divide store bought basil like you do, but it does not give me optimal results, as it sets the plants back too much. It is better to just take cuttings. Instead of dividing I immediately re-pot the store bought basil in a new larger container without dividing, water with nutrient added to the water and place where there is a lot of light. After about a week, when the leaves have a more healthy dark color, I top all the plants but leave at least one or two pairs of leaves on each plant. The cuttings are put into water, and after about a week each cutting can be planted in it's own pot. The original store bought plants will each make two new shoots for each cut, which can be cut the same way about three weeks later. I also cut the top of the cuttings I put into new pots when they start growing to make them do more shoots and grow more bushy. As I have done for years I bought one basil in the supermarket at the end of February. Right now I have more than two dozen healthy plants in pots and about a dozen in water developing roots. They will go out into my garden in about 6 weeks when there is no more frost, and by the end of the season I expect to have harvested about 6-7 pounds of fresh basil. All from a single store bought pot of basil. When out in the garden you have to harvest a lot all the time to make sure the plants do not begin to flower.
@edpilz9538 I heard they come from the soil. People used to dump their dish water over their rose bushes to kill aphids. An option that may work is to dilute dish soap in water and put it in a spray bottle. Then spray the soil. Keep it off the plant. If it gets on the plant, just rinse it off. I sprayed my zucchini plants as I had a lot of squash bugs and earwigs. I had to redo it a few days in a row. The bugs come out of everywhere and died. I then rinsed off the soap after I was done spraying all my plants. I am going to spray my soil to get rid of earwigs before I plant this year. I hope it works. I get them really bad..
I kept a plant like this for several months, on my sunny kitchen windowsill. The key is to give it plenty of water and FEED it. I started with BabyBio and then went on to Growmore. This is basically hydroponic gardening. I harvested leaves every so often as required. It's best to cut each stem down to about halfway. The plant will produce new shoots soon after cutting and grow stronger. Don't let it run to flowering. I didn't have to buy another for months and had plenty of Basil. Even blended some up with olive oil and froze it in ice-cube bags.
You can probably plant them a bit deeper than that, particularly since they've had their original root system quite badly compromised. Basil will root from the stems if they're set a little lower in the soil, a bit like tomatoes.
I got a basil plant from the store the other week and wanted to propagate the strongest contenders in water. Yesterday while checking why they were looking terrible I noticed spidermites…needless to say I threw everything away and thanked the stars I didn’t sit it next to the rest of my collection.
It helps to see how it should be done so the plants don't get too damaged from the repoting, also the advice is useful, I think it's worth watching tbh. ✌️💚
I know that the plants need to have their own space but after living together I'd think they would appreciate being placed nearby their siblings after separation so that they can occasionally say hello to each other.
This applies to ALL store bought herbs! Also, once they have established in their new individual pots, they can be transferred to a warm sunny & sheltered spot in your boarders, they prefer to be out in the natural environment. But only in the summer in the UK
I often send your video to my 16 year old granddaughter, who is interested in indoor plants because she is in cold Minnesota, USA. You make fun easy to understand videos! Thank you!
Used to work in a glasshouse that grew these. Some of the thyme pots had 70 seeds in them. All done by machines really took the fun out of growing. Also lots of fungus gnats and spiders!
@@arthuurwong49I had just started to wonder before seeing your comment! Wether or not small batches could achieve the same by using a microwave! Any idea?
My friend has a business growing Basil pots for supermarkets, they basically just want to give you plentiful young fresh Basil to provide you with several meals. It's really not intended to grow as such, just be that bit fresher than dried basil in bags. Just thought I'd explain why the growers pack too many in to one pot, it's for your benefit not gardening. But it's pretty obvious, really! Love this video, I grow my own basil and mint from seed, cut the tops and grow them on in water, they are so easy. I love fresh herbs! ♥ Great video.
I bought a 'basil bowl,' which is a 12 or 14 inch round pot with at least 30 stems, it was one dollar more than buying the plastic box with 12 oz of Basil in it.
I sent this to my mom. She brought home a grocery store basil plant and it wilted within hours of bringing it home. She does not have kitchen window, so she placed it under a bright light on her counter top. Hopefully she finds this video helpful and get her a proper grow lamp.
If she has a huge planter, she can plop them in and leave it outside by the door. Mine was on the deck last summer. I couldn't eat it all, but love the smell.
I haven't finished this video yet, but I'm not convinced that a grow light would really make the difference. I've seen these plants in the middle of the veg section at a walmart and they look mostly fine. (I'm also not convinced that there's a real difference between normal LEDs and the kind of grow lights that non-commercial growers can afford, but that's just me being superstitious with no science!)
The one thing he didn't mention is that you can replant all the basil into one much larger pot. That amount should do good in a 10 inch pot. The thing is that you need to quickly remove them from the starting pots into a larger, more appropriate pots. Plants in starting pots are often root bound by the time you get them. Root bound plants strangle themselves to death unless you move them to an appropriately sized pot.
The most productive basil I had came from the grocery store. I have a medium sized planter that sits by the steps to my front porch, I mixed the soil with blood meal, and transplanted 5 of the store bought groups into that, and had two foot high basil plants the whole season right up to the freezing weather. That was the supply for all of my cooking, including a lot of Thai and Vietnamese food
I think I’ve said this before…Do you have a camera in my house? I think you just know your audience very well! 😆 My grocery store basil lasted about a month or so before it finally gave up! I can’t wait to try this now! Thanks!
I realised this fact last year after repeated losses of my herb plants from Walmart. So glad you're sharing the info here for others having this problem! 🤗👍💖
There's the root crowding issue, but not only this, the fine-grained compost or fine-grained coir holds onto water for too long, meaning that rootzone oxygen gets depleted pretty quickly, and the basil often succumbs to root rot and stem rot (from my own experience). If you carefully tease apart the basil (or, if you wish, you can instead snip off each stem with scissors and re-root as individual cuttings in a jar of fresh water, or in moist perlite, or an aeroponics/hydroponics cloner) then pot-up individually in a mix containing a large excess of coarse perlite and perhaps some coarse sand or potting grit, the root rot and stem rot no longer occurs. Peat, which has been sitting in an acidic bogland for many years, gets acted on by bacteria and fungi more slowly than fine compost or fine coir, so it lasts longer and does not encourage bacterial or fungal overgrowth that can go on to attack living root tissue under certain conditions (stagnant, waterlogged, anaerobic conditions). Be sure to add a large excess of coarse perlite for optimum root oxygenation.
I use seeds, no special requirements, follow package directions, most economical way to grow. The grow like hell in warm weather, be ready to use frequently and/or make a batch of pesto. Pesto may be frozen.
So I had a bunch of murderers in that pot on my kitchen table, I thought the darn thing froze on the way here. I have two guys still standing but they don't look too good. They'll probably end up having a dual
This video is so timely, I have a basil plant that I've successfully been keeping alive for a couple of months now, but I was worrying it wouldn't last much longer. I'll try these techniques!
I've found transplanting the larger basil plants not to be very successful. What I did was cut stems about 7cm from the top, pick off nearly all the leaves ( they can be used fresh or dried if you have no immediate use for them) leaving only a few tiny leaves at the top and putting those stems into a narrow glass with water. They will develop roots within a week or two and can be planted out. I plant them into pots on my kitchen window sill for use during cooler months and plant them in the garden in warmer months for larger, stronger plants. It's mid Autumn here in Aust. my basil outside is still thriving but I do pick out all the flower heads because I want the energy to go into the leaves, not into seed production. In another month or so, I'll take cuttings to grow inside for fresh basil and give away fresh basil as well as dry some. I've not bought basil in many years.
So after doing basil non stop with seeds and mad lot of propagations I will add that you can absolutely increase the soil line upwards with basil. Basil is easy, waiting when you first start to not eat it all is the hard part. Also, when you have so many basil leaves harvested and dont want to waste them (topping to prevent bolting/flowering), you can freeze them without issue. Just rinse the leaves with cold water and bag and freeze the leaves for a treat any time you want them and they last in the freezer for months!
Just wanted to thank you for all your valuable tips. I tried growing basil for a few years now, and it eventually dies on me. I followed your tips on dividing the store bought basil plus I cropped it and grew more in water filled jars and in a few months I have two large pots brining over with basil all very healthy. Also I followed your tips on when and where to trim the basil plant, and that has also contributed to bushy wide propagating plants. I harvest about every two weeks and I either oven dry the basil or turn it into pesto. I have a large mason jar filled with dried basil. Your wise advice has made all the difference in my basil growing success. Thank you again I am very grateful I stumbled upon your channel.
I've lost SO much money on grocery store-bought basil. This video and the one on propagating the tops of leggy plants have motivated me to try again. Your encouragement is much appreciated.
I grow herbs aquaponically in my fish tank, naturally I don't want soil floating around with the fish so I rinse it all out wit tepid water then use cindered clay balls in the plants with just enough in the water to feed. Rinsing the dirt out of the roots lets you break up the plants with minimal damage to the root system, stronger plants mean they recover faster and start producing that much quicker
I can't believe I'm just learning this now. Thank you! I bought a basil plant, took your advice, and now I have a dozen beautiful plants weeks later. I have too much actually and will be giving some away of them. Amazing!
5:33 Please consider changing it for organic in the future. We all benefit from a clean tummy and earth 🙏 Basil is a natural pest control btw. _A HUGE_ thank you for the video however. Truly helpful ☀
Thank you for doing this video. This happens to me all the time, I was wondering what I was doing wrong, it drove me crazy. I will definitely follow your advice and seperate the plants and whatever I don’t pot up I’ll use for margherita pizza.🍕
I recently started raising a bunch of herbs and veggies from seed in Perlite. Kinda eliminates the water/ nutrient fight ^^ keeps everything more space efficient
I watched your video specifically to see if I was right on why the plant dies when you bring it home from the store and I was correct. But anybody that knows anything about house plants would not bring it home and simply set it in front of a window. They would realize the plant first of all is potbound which means you have to transplant it into a little bit larger pot with good dirt and most likely prune/divide if necessary as well. This will make your plant successful and grow and stay a healthy plant.
After I saw your video, I went and did the same steps with a Gardenia plant that I bought two weeks ago, that was getting wilted. There were eleven plants rooted together, I separated them yesterday and today they are alive and healthy….thank you so much for
I replanted mine immediately under my tomato plants in my poly tunnel without thinning - 68 pence lasting all year - less pests & amazing scented poly tunnel🙂
Thank you for actually showing how it's done not just describing the process. I was gifted a basil plant a few days ago and it looks fantastic but I wondered if the 15 or so plants in the one small pot was way too much. It's my intent to keep these guys growing so I'm headed off for supplies! 😃 Thank you also for all your time and effort in creating this video.
Thank you for informing people how plants work. They have bought 6 or 8 baby plants and don't know how to raise them - it's a bit like the care of children in modern societies, keeping them inside watchin watching, with out suprevision, TV or the internet- no personal imagining, running or playing. Sort of sad really. I never once was puzzled about replanting young plants into their own pot, but I grew up in different times - people simply don't know much anymore even though such information, about pretty much EVERYTHING in on the amazing internet - and here you are! The internet is like a great reference library, but most seem to be drawn to the Smut, Gossip and Rubbish Section instead. Regards, happy re-planting.
I always wondered why the basil plant I brought home from the grocery store always withered up and died in a short period of time. Didn't know what I was doing wrong and thank you so much for this video.
I am currently successfully rooting store basil from a box in a mason jar! If you are growing from a cutting, make sure to change the water about every other day. It does need that level of babying, at least until it gets some good roots to it. Hopefully I can keep it going until May so I can put it outside.
Then how long in the pots. I know and have learned from watching the basil.its good and do plant them outside when there is summertime and no cold nights under 10degrees
A little detail I’ve noticed is some brands use a sort of soil binding or glue before shipping their root bound plants just to keep people from repotting so remember to check the soil before buying.
Perfect timing for me seeing this video, i get mother's day gifts for our moms at my church which usually means herbs and flowers i harvest and propagate been my garden and whatever i can find in stores. This is a great idea how to get many plants and start them off right from one purchase at the store!
Crowding the pots is just part of the problem, and they definitely need to be potted up after we bring them home from the supermarket. But root crowding isn't the only reason why all of the basil flags and fails at once: It's often actually caused by bacterial or fungal infestations that get into the plants. One of the most common is Fusarium Wilt, caused by fungus that invade the basil plant, blocking its vascular system (the "plumbing" that delivers water and nutrients from the roots to the stems and leaves). Fusarium spores (the "seeds" of the fungus) can be in the growing mix the plants come in, or introduced after purchase. If your basil wilts all at once, despite still having adequate root space and moisture, it's probably Fusarium wilt!
My problem is aphids. Hate them. Had 3 pots going last year, and they decimated them. Also, I usually take cuttings straight away, then propagate in water.
Bravo, someone got this correct. I Plant basuk seeds when it is very warm outside - July, spaced well apartr, pinch the tops, it will bush out. He is correct store basil is mean to be used almost right away.
I just LOVE your sense of humour in your videos! And you learn stuff from your sound garden knowledge. Good on you! A happy TH-cam subscriber. All the best Caroline 🌿🌿🌿
I put mine in a new large pot. That dang thing blew up into a huge plant and I couldn't keep up with the Basil. I was giving it away. Making pesto. Also dried out a bunch and made seasoning.
I just discovered this today as a matter of fact by accident as I was pulling it out of the soil because I had given up due to it's very sad appearance. upon seeing how packed it was in the little pot I realize, "oooooooooooooooh, now I see what the problem has been!" and then came online to see what can I do to save the bedraggled leaves. this is great for next time and all those individual plants give me hope..........so thanks. as well, at some point I too would like to have my own online videos so thank you for how you advertised what you did. I have NO idea on how to do it so thank you for that too! very nice instructional video and I love the faces you made during your cutting process. subscribed~
Chop the roots at the bottom, soak the pot in water, separate the plants including the seedlings and replant separately in a compost and soil bed large enough to contain all the plants and provide enough nutrients to all the plants equally. Cove the bed with a small green house or place the bed in a shed in your garden or in your balcony if you do not have a garden. And if you have a double glazing room extention, then you are sorted.
I've always wondered this too. I thought it was because they didn't get enough light in my kitchen window. I ended up getting hydroponics system instead. Now my basil is going nuts, and I can't use it fast enough. When friends and family visit, they call it a jungle. 🥰🌱
@Cerceify wow!!!! That's a whole lot of pesto!! Also, cashews are a GREAT substitution for the pine nuts, which are now $25 a bag. 🤦🏽♀️ The cashews though, make the pesto really creamy. It's so good.
Just found you and really enjoyed this Video. It explains everything about buying a Basil plant. Thought it was me, so much that I refuse to but basil plants and now grow by seed. But now I know. Going to watch some past videos because I am a new houseplant mom and have tons of questions . take care
Pinch the tops off at the same time as repotting!! You can already see the beginnings of the secondary shoots at every leaf base. Not so much work for the disturbed root system to accommodate/support and regular pinching back will increase the bushiness/size of the plants.. EDIT - I posted before the end of your vid - I see you have done the Chelsea Chop.
I've found that when separating roots from multiple plants in a small container, it's easier if you wash the existing soil off with water. I also use a sand-compost mix for seed-starting/potting soil mix and it's better than anything I've ever purchased from the store, BUT, it needs to be high quality compost and if you use beach sand, you must wash all the salt out of it. (I'm far away from the ocean in the desert, so that's not an issue for me.) When I say high quality compost, I mean compost that got up to between 131f-160f/55C-71C during the initial composting process and is biologically active. I get mushrooms in my seed starting trays, and what I'm getting there is beneficial to the plants. The bacteria from the compost are also beneficial. When I put the plants into the ground, that goes with them.
In past years I have put the supermarket basil plant in the kitchen window for one week in order to recover from the trauma of being forced. Then I transfer the whole thing to a very large pot to allow for root growth. It works well. I might try this year dividing it into seperate pots though my problem is I don't really have room for ten!
Thank you, The mystery is solved. I used to think because the supplier grew them under fluorescent lighting? Now, I will do this next time I buy one. MountainAngel USA
Oh my gosh! I thought it was just that I couldn't grow these grocery store plants! Thank you for explaining what I was doing wrong! I'll try yet again....
My basil always lives and has no problem because in the summer they immediately go in a huge planted in the yard. They love living outside and are ZERO maintenance. We can’t eat it as fast as it grows, and eventually flowers.
I repotted my basil and plucked out the weakest plants as I went and I now have about 4 of them which are doing much better than the entire bunch was originally
I am in Australia and do similar, except I dont seperate the plants, just plant the whole lot n a large pot outside the kitchen. Works fine thanks for the video. Cheers.
We don't get that many stems with our grocery store basil, but it still does the same thing. Even after transplantation. Plus, a decade ago I got an infestion of little flying midge-y things in my house that came in on some Miracle-Gro soil and I have never been able to rid my home of them no matter what I have tried. I finally gave up.
My basil grew into a monster in less than two months after buying it; I've re-homed it into a larger pot three times whenever it got rootbound (even now in its 12-inch pot). I plan to replant it near my garden but it will have to wait due to winter coming. I might have to re-watch your video on how to prune roots. Unfortunately, I've made the novice mistake of letting the basil bolt several times by not pruning it enough; it is currently leggy and woody. I have been clipping off its flower bunches and more recently started pruning it. I'm now hoping to start over (not literally) with a new cutting (the rest will be used).
Thank you so much for this! I, too, am tired of wasting money on basil plants that die quickly. Can't wait to try this technique. You are informative - and hilarious!
Wow I’m grateful for your video ! I spend so much in basil plants look perfect in grocery store within a day they are disgusting and I follow the directions … remove plastic sleeve, leave on counter etc
I divided my store bought basil last year, and it was practically coming out my ears all summer. Plus, paired with tomato plants, it kept ugly tomato worms away. Now, if I could learn how to keep rosemary plants alive, I'd be super happy.
Great video! Another mistake that many make is immediately putting a store-bought plant next to your houseplants. This is a very easy way to spread diseases and pests like aphids and fungus gnats into all of your plants. Instead, put your new plants in an entirely separate room from your current plants (or, as far away as you can if you only have one room with light) and keep them there for 40 days. Keep an eye on them, inspect for pests each time you water. Any pests that may have had eggs in the soil will have shown themselves by day 40, so if you don't see anything by then, it's safe to bring your new plants around your others plants!
I did a variation of the "infinite basil" trick last summer, where I kept taking cuttings from it and multiplied my basil plant until I had enough that I could harvest almost daily. Had to get rid of it all when winter rolled around though, it just couldn't take the temperature and humidity levels! Salvaged what I could by drying it out though, worked wonders.
I had the "drying to death" issue two times in a row in the same summer. The next one, I just put them all together in a bigger pot. That work perfectly fine, I had to cut some after 6 month due to basil making flower (i did read that leaves are less tasty after that) and the small one are still in good shape 10 months after the "repoting".
First thing I did when o got home was to transplant them to a bigger pot. Initially they withered but after 3 days they started getting better and so far are doing fine.
One thing I would add is NEVER handle the plant by the centre stem , hold by a leaf instead. Yes the leaf might tear but you pick the leaves anyway where as handling by the stem can damage the growth and possible health of the plant. It is the main artery after all so needs protection at this vulnerable stage. Good video as most don't realise what they can do. You can also help yourself by trying to find the most compact plant on the shelf too . I do that generally anyway when buying anything at the garden centre.
a video like this for strawberries would be awesome. i grow them in the garden just fine but i try to do indoor ones on my plant wall and they fail each time.
Hello! I quite enjoyed this video. Would be fun to see what these rep-potted basils look like a month down the road. Combining this video with your other on sprouting clippings doubles the amount of basil plants from one store-bought pot.
Don't throw out the wilted leaves, cut them off the stem then put them on a baking sheet and pop them into the oven at it's lowest temp until the leaves are dried. Now you've got dehydrated basil. Cut the leaves into small pieces and put into a spice jar and keep for later use.
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That type of pot is called a starting pot. Its not designed for long term growth of the plants but to start them. These are cheap pots designed to be tossed when you replant them into a garden or larger pot. If you look at the plants as the pot is being removed you can tell that they are getting rootbound.
Thank you!
I started a whole package of Basil seeds now have a lot of baby Basil! 😮 Going to be giving most of them to family, neighbors and if you need any? 😂🤦🏻♀️
@@iamrenzotoo that's clearly the basic gist of this document. I can't speak for the amount of pages it has, though.
A lil tip for dividing without damaging as much of the roots is to soak them in water before pulling apart!
Thanks, and I wish I'd read the comments before doing this...
I'm gonna try that tip out next time I pick one of these up
from the sounds of it,he is more interested to flog his sponsors, where both of them are making money, then to show REAL tips.
You just take a big or bigger pot, separate the basil ,and stick them all, check the two left on the left back of his square tray.And it is obvious that also the smaller plants will grow big ,when given enough space. so,no need to throw them away.
Yes, I was about to post the same comment!
Thank you ✔️
I did this last spring and am still enjoying basil 10 months later
Nice!
My basil survived for like 2 years, then I had to leave home for 3 months and my brothers forgot to water it for 2 weeks lmao. Oh well
How do you keep it so long????
Repotted a few times, separating the plants and cutting the whole stem not just leaves when I wanted to use some.@@ra0333
@@ra0333 Use it. Keep it from going to seed.
I gently swish the root ball in a bucket of water letting the water rinse out the soil between the roots and relaxing the entanglement. They untangle and separate more easily. Works great for large root balls of perennials that you need to divide in the garden. a hose with low stream of water, wriggling the stems and they'll pull apart with minimal tearing.
Great tip!! Thank you
Love to use fresh basil the plant is cheaper than the package of fresh basil
I always loosen roots like this by soaking in eater. Seems to help the seedlings from going into shock as well
Basil is often sold in seed-starting mixes. Seed-starting mix is not soil. It is a sterile medium used for, you guessed it, starting seeds. As well as the plants being overcrowded, they are no longer getting liquid plant food to keep them alive. As the video demonstrated, repotting in nutrient-rich potting soil with more space is the way to go. PS: Provide your plants with plenty of airflow.
If you plant the seedlings next to tomato plants, you will have less aphids. They love growing together.❤
I will try planting some next to my Rose of Sharon (always infested with aphids and ants).
Next to broad beans
And go teogether on the plate perfectly.
Tomato and Basil were always destined for each other
or grow the wild varieties of tomatos and simply select for the individuals with a natural pest resistance...once selected for hardiness, you then breed other varieties into your new variety to create your own landrace
I can relate to that basil plant. Some of us just like our space
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You should move to Finland. For space.
Me too
@@samithesmooth2970 say less
an 80y old gardener gave me the best tips.
--Remove the pot and check the root ball on all seedlings and plants before you buy
-- Buy the youngest healthy seedlings before they become big and root bound. They will be less disturbed when re-potting and recover much faster.
-- Once a young plants growth is checked (root disturbance, water, light, temperature, wind ) it will never reach its full potential.
Stephen from Kopu New Zealand
Good ideas! I usually end up looking for the best looking big plant but then they are root bound and struggling!
Thanks mate. We transplant ours pretty much straight away into 10ltr pots with varying success. Will follow your advice. Gordon from Tauranga
Will you explain what you mean by the last tip? (When a young plants growth is checked it will never reach its full potential)....what do you mean by that exactly??
@@cassthompson3386 I think it means the growth is stunted. It can't get bigger and better. Hope this helps.
@@rowanrobbins Ooh ok. Thank you! 😊
I have just been given a store bought basil plant and your video has come just in time to rescue it from impending doom 😅
My sister just brought home a basil plant and it wilted today! I can’t believe this video just popped up. Sometimes I think my phone eavesdrops on me 😂😮
I didn't realise how dumb I am........I've lost so many. SMH😂
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To at Carolyn Hamilton of course your phone eaved drops on you
Our phones ,laptops an TV all eavesdrop on us
The actual instructions begin at 3 mins 40 secs. Great facial expressions! Thank you for this very helpful video.
Thanks! Next time you can just write 3:40 an people can click on it to jump there
Thank god for you
@@iansberg850 yep 30 seconds of useful content in a 10 minute video
Thanks!
This was just the video I needed . Can’t count how many pots of supermarket basil I have bought over the years and they just wilted . New subscriber here from Canada ❤
Glad it was helpful!
Just make sure you soak and wash off the soil to detangle instead of dry ripping them apart. Far less damaging to the roots.
I used to divide store bought basil like you do, but it does not give me optimal results, as it sets the plants back too much. It is better to just take cuttings.
Instead of dividing I immediately re-pot the store bought basil in a new larger container without dividing, water with nutrient added to the water and place where there is a lot of light. After about a week, when the leaves have a more healthy dark color, I top all the plants but leave at least one or two pairs of leaves on each plant. The cuttings are put into water, and after about a week each cutting can be planted in it's own pot. The original store bought plants will each make two new shoots for each cut, which can be cut the same way about three weeks later. I also cut the top of the cuttings I put into new pots when they start growing to make them do more shoots and grow more bushy.
As I have done for years I bought one basil in the supermarket at the end of February. Right now I have more than two dozen healthy plants in pots and about a dozen in water developing roots. They will go out into my garden in about 6 weeks when there is no more frost, and by the end of the season I expect to have harvested about 6-7 pounds of fresh basil. All from a single store bought pot of basil. When out in the garden you have to harvest a lot all the time to make sure the plants do not begin to flower.
Thanks for the advice. I’ll give this a try. 🤗
😂good job!
Ano přesně tak to dělávám už léta a jak píšete, je třeba ihned zaštipovat květy. Jakmile rostlina začne kvést, zdřevnatí jí stonek a je konec 😉👋🇨🇿
How do you deal with the aphids in the garden? I always get aphids and it destroys my crop. I seem to only be able to grow inside.
@edpilz9538 I heard they come from the soil. People used to dump their dish water over their rose bushes to kill aphids. An option that may work is to dilute dish soap in water and put it in a spray bottle. Then spray the soil. Keep it off the plant. If it gets on the plant, just rinse it off. I sprayed my zucchini plants as I had a lot of squash bugs and earwigs. I had to redo it a few days in a row. The bugs come out of everywhere and died. I then rinsed off the soap after I was done spraying all my plants. I am going to spray my soil to get rid of earwigs before I plant this year. I hope it works. I get them really bad..
I kept a plant like this for several months, on my sunny kitchen windowsill. The key is to give it plenty of water and FEED it. I started with BabyBio and then went on to Growmore. This is basically hydroponic gardening. I harvested leaves every so often as required. It's best to cut each stem down to about halfway. The plant will produce new shoots soon after cutting and grow stronger. Don't let it run to flowering. I didn't have to buy another for months and had plenty of Basil. Even blended some up with olive oil and froze it in ice-cube bags.
You can probably plant them a bit deeper than that, particularly since they've had their original root system quite badly compromised. Basil will root from the stems if they're set a little lower in the soil, a bit like tomatoes.
A very experienced japanese lady tought me to always cut with scissors the top of the plant, in order to not allow it to grow tall but thicker.
I got a basil plant from the store the other week and wanted to propagate the strongest contenders in water. Yesterday while checking why they were looking terrible I noticed spidermites…needless to say I threw everything away and thanked the stars I didn’t sit it next to the rest of my collection.
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Re-pot the individual plants into their own pots. You're welcome.
Dude, you're supposed to take 10 minutes to say it
Lol, i bought something called a 'basil bowl' which seems to have something like 30+ seedlings in it, I may have to replace my lawn with Basil.
It helps to see how it should be done so the plants don't get too damaged from the repoting, also the advice is useful, I think it's worth watching tbh. ✌️💚
Hahaha, THANKS.. Short and Sweet 😊
So much padding around the content holy crap he's bleeding us dry!
I could not get here fast enough to see WHY, oh WHY, oh WHY about the basil plants! 😂. Thank you so much love, much apppreciated!!!
You bet!
I know that the plants need to have their own space but after living together I'd think they would appreciate being placed nearby their siblings after separation so that they can occasionally say hello to each other.
The Basil thanks you, the little ones do suffer separation anxiety 🤣💕🪴😉
My first garden last year was tight after everyone grew, so it needed more room this year. I had to give those across the yard company.
They will say hello to each other in your tummy.
This applies to ALL store bought herbs! Also, once they have established in their new individual pots, they can be transferred to a warm sunny & sheltered spot in your boarders, they prefer to be out in the natural environment. But only in the summer in the UK
I often send your video to my 16 year old granddaughter, who is interested in indoor plants because she is in cold Minnesota, USA. You make fun easy to understand videos! Thank you!
That is awesome!
There were more than 20 plants in the wee container a neighbor kindly gave me. Thanks to you, we’ll have many more plants to share!
Used to work in a glasshouse that grew these. Some of the thyme pots had 70 seeds in them. All done by machines really took the fun out of growing. Also lots of fungus gnats and spiders!
Yuck!! Not as worried about the spiders, but how did you get rid of the gnats?
Put soil in a big oven proof pot or roaster at 350 degrees in the oven covered for 15 minutes to get rid of bugs & soil borne diseases & critters😊
@@arthuurwong49I had just started to wonder before seeing your comment! Wether or not small batches could achieve the same by using a microwave! Any idea?
My friend has a business growing Basil pots for supermarkets, they basically just want to give you plentiful young fresh Basil to provide you with several meals. It's really not intended to grow as such, just be that bit fresher than dried basil in bags. Just thought I'd explain why the growers pack too many in to one pot, it's for your benefit not gardening. But it's pretty obvious, really! Love this video, I grow my own basil and mint from seed, cut the tops and grow them on in water, they are so easy. I love fresh herbs! ♥ Great video.
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I bought a 'basil bowl,' which is a 12 or 14 inch round pot with at least 30 stems, it was one dollar more than buying the plastic box with 12 oz of Basil in it.
I sent this to my mom. She brought home a grocery store basil plant and it wilted within hours of bringing it home. She does not have kitchen window, so she placed it under a bright light on her counter top. Hopefully she finds this video helpful and get her a proper grow lamp.
Great stuff 👍
If she has a huge planter, she can plop them in and leave it outside by the door. Mine was on the deck last summer. I couldn't eat it all, but love the smell.
@@pinkyssj4I put basil outside last year, in a big planter facing south, and I can vouch for this! I got SO MUCH basil!
I haven't finished this video yet, but I'm not convinced that a grow light would really make the difference. I've seen these plants in the middle of the veg section at a walmart and they look mostly fine. (I'm also not convinced that there's a real difference between normal LEDs and the kind of grow lights that non-commercial growers can afford, but that's just me being superstitious with no science!)
The one thing he didn't mention is that you can replant all the basil into one much larger pot. That amount should do good in a 10 inch pot. The thing is that you need to quickly remove them from the starting pots into a larger, more appropriate pots. Plants in starting pots are often root bound by the time you get them. Root bound plants strangle themselves to death unless you move them to an appropriately sized pot.
The most productive basil I had came from the grocery store. I have a medium sized planter that sits by the steps to my front porch, I mixed the soil with blood meal, and transplanted 5 of the store bought groups into that, and had two foot high basil plants the whole season right up to the freezing weather. That was the supply for all of my cooking, including a lot of Thai and Vietnamese food
Sounds great
They also like afternoon shade mine were huge also❤ I love basil it smells wonderful on the back porch.
I think I’ve said this before…Do you have a camera in my house? I think you just know your audience very well! 😆 My grocery store basil lasted about a month or so before it finally gave up! I can’t wait to try this now! Thanks!
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I realised this fact last year after repeated losses of my herb plants from Walmart. So glad you're sharing the info here for others having this problem! 🤗👍💖
There's the root crowding issue, but not only this, the fine-grained compost or fine-grained coir holds onto water for too long, meaning that rootzone oxygen gets depleted pretty quickly, and the basil often succumbs to root rot and stem rot (from my own experience). If you carefully tease apart the basil (or, if you wish, you can instead snip off each stem with scissors and re-root as individual cuttings in a jar of fresh water, or in moist perlite, or an aeroponics/hydroponics cloner) then pot-up individually in a mix containing a large excess of coarse perlite and perhaps some coarse sand or potting grit, the root rot and stem rot no longer occurs.
Peat, which has been sitting in an acidic bogland for many years, gets acted on by bacteria and fungi more slowly than fine compost or fine coir, so it lasts longer and does not encourage bacterial or fungal overgrowth that can go on to attack living root tissue under certain conditions (stagnant, waterlogged, anaerobic conditions). Be sure to add a large excess of coarse perlite for optimum root oxygenation.
AND prune it back! It gets too leggy vs bushy. Eat Italian all week!
I use seeds, no special requirements, follow package directions, most economical way to grow. The grow like hell in warm weather, be ready to use frequently and/or make a batch of pesto. Pesto may be frozen.
So I had a bunch of murderers in that pot on my kitchen table, I thought the darn thing froze on the way here.
I have two guys still standing but they don't look too good. They'll probably end up having a dual
This video is so timely, I have a basil plant that I've successfully been keeping alive for a couple of months now, but I was worrying it wouldn't last much longer. I'll try these techniques!
I've found transplanting the larger basil plants not to be very successful. What I did was cut stems about 7cm from the top, pick off nearly all the leaves ( they can be used fresh or dried if you have no immediate use for them) leaving only a few tiny leaves at the top and putting those stems into a narrow glass with water. They will develop roots within a week or two and can be planted out. I plant them into pots on my kitchen window sill for use during cooler months and plant them in the garden in warmer months for larger, stronger plants. It's mid Autumn here in Aust. my basil outside is still thriving but I do pick out all the flower heads because I want the energy to go into the leaves, not into seed production. In another month or so, I'll take cuttings to grow inside for fresh basil and give away fresh basil as well as dry some. I've not bought basil in many years.
I love how your basil pots say "put it in your pasta!" as if you were buying it for decoration.
Why did I get to that conclusion by myself ?? Genius ! Thank you.
I stopped buying basil and now I'm excited for my next grocery trip
So after doing basil non stop with seeds and mad lot of propagations I will add that you can absolutely increase the soil line upwards with basil. Basil is easy, waiting when you first start to not eat it all is the hard part. Also, when you have so many basil leaves harvested and dont want to waste them (topping to prevent bolting/flowering), you can freeze them without issue. Just rinse the leaves with cold water and bag and freeze the leaves for a treat any time you want them and they last in the freezer for months!
Just wanted to thank you for all your valuable tips. I tried growing basil for a few years now, and it eventually dies on me. I followed your tips on dividing the store bought basil plus I cropped it and grew more in water filled jars and in a few months I have two large pots brining over with basil all very healthy. Also I followed your tips on when and where to trim the basil plant, and that has also contributed to bushy wide propagating plants. I harvest about every two weeks and I either oven dry the basil or turn it into pesto. I have a large mason jar filled with dried basil. Your wise advice has made all the difference in my basil growing success. Thank you again I am very grateful I stumbled upon your channel.
Excellent!
I tend to always pot on my basil plants and end up sharing with friends.
I've lost SO much money on grocery store-bought basil. This video and the one on propagating the tops of leggy plants have motivated me to try again. Your encouragement is much appreciated.
My pleasure 😊
I grow herbs aquaponically in my fish tank, naturally I don't want soil floating around with the fish so I rinse it all out wit tepid water then use cindered clay balls in the plants with just enough in the water to feed. Rinsing the dirt out of the roots lets you break up the plants with minimal damage to the root system, stronger plants mean they recover faster and start producing that much quicker
What fish food do you use?
Love the comment Basil loves the single life
I can't believe I'm just learning this now. Thank you! I bought a basil plant, took your advice, and now I have a dozen beautiful plants weeks later. I have too much actually and will be giving some away of them. Amazing!
Great stuff 👍
5:33 Please consider changing it for organic in the future. We all benefit from a clean tummy and earth 🙏 Basil is a natural pest control btw. _A HUGE_ thank you for the video however. Truly helpful ☀
Fantastic! I have a green thumb and was depressed I lost my basil more than once. Thank you!
You bet!
Thank you for doing this video. This happens to me all the time, I was wondering what I was doing wrong, it drove me crazy. I will definitely follow your advice and seperate the plants and whatever I don’t pot up I’ll use for margherita pizza.🍕
Great stuff 👍
I recently started raising a bunch of herbs and veggies from seed in Perlite. Kinda eliminates the water/ nutrient fight ^^ keeps everything more space efficient
Best plant tip EVER!!! I now have twenty basil plants, all from one supermarket bought basil plant. And they look spectacular!! Thank you!! ❤❤❤❤❤
Wonderful!
I watched your video specifically to see if I was right on why the plant dies when you bring it home from the store and I was correct. But anybody that knows anything about house plants would not bring it home and simply set it in front of a window. They would realize the plant first of all is potbound which means you have to transplant it into a little bit larger pot with good dirt and most likely prune/divide if necessary as well. This will make your plant successful and grow and stay a healthy plant.
After I saw your video, I went and did the same steps with a Gardenia plant that I bought two weeks ago, that was getting wilted. There were eleven plants rooted together, I separated them yesterday and today they are alive and healthy….thank you so much for
Great job!
I replanted mine immediately under my tomato plants in my poly tunnel without thinning - 68 pence lasting all year - less pests & amazing scented poly tunnel🙂
Thank you for actually showing how it's done not just describing the process. I was gifted a basil plant a few days ago and it looks fantastic but I wondered if the 15 or so plants in the one small pot was way too much. It's my intent to keep these guys growing so I'm headed off for supplies! 😃 Thank you also for all your time and effort in creating this video.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for informing people how plants work. They have bought 6 or 8 baby plants and don't know how to raise them - it's a bit like the care of children in modern societies, keeping them inside watchin watching, with out suprevision, TV or the internet- no personal imagining, running or playing. Sort of sad really.
I never once was puzzled about replanting young plants into their own pot, but I grew up in different times - people simply don't know much anymore even though such information, about pretty much EVERYTHING in on the amazing internet - and here you are! The internet is like a great reference library, but most seem to be drawn to the Smut, Gossip and Rubbish Section instead. Regards, happy re-planting.
😂😂🙌🙌🙌 I have lost HUNDREDS of these grocery store basil plants!!!!! THANK you!!!
Happy to help!
I always wondered why the basil plant I brought home from the grocery store always withered up and died in a short period of time. Didn't know what I was doing wrong and thank you so much for this video.
Thanks! My supermarket-bought basil kept dying last year, now I'll surely follow your advice and hopefully it will last longer
I am currently successfully rooting store basil from a box in a mason jar! If you are growing from a cutting, make sure to change the water about every other day. It does need that level of babying, at least until it gets some good roots to it. Hopefully I can keep it going until May so I can put it outside.
Then how long in the pots. I know and have learned from watching the basil.its good and do plant them outside when there is summertime and no cold nights under 10degrees
A little detail I’ve noticed is some brands use a sort of soil binding or glue before shipping their root bound plants just to keep people from repotting so remember to check the soil before buying.
Perfect timing for me seeing this video, i get mother's day gifts for our moms at my church which usually means herbs and flowers i harvest and propagate been my garden and whatever i can find in stores. This is a great idea how to get many plants and start them off right from one purchase at the store!
Great stuff 👍
Crowding the pots is just part of the problem, and they definitely need to be potted up after we bring them home from the supermarket. But root crowding isn't the only reason why all of the basil flags and fails at once: It's often actually caused by bacterial or fungal infestations that get into the plants. One of the most common is Fusarium Wilt, caused by fungus that invade the basil plant, blocking its vascular system (the "plumbing" that delivers water and nutrients from the roots to the stems and leaves). Fusarium spores (the "seeds" of the fungus) can be in the growing mix the plants come in, or introduced after purchase. If your basil wilts all at once, despite still having adequate root space and moisture, it's probably Fusarium wilt!
Excellent Basil rescue service thank you!
My problem is aphids. Hate them. Had 3 pots going last year, and they decimated them. Also, I usually take cuttings straight away, then propagate in water.
Bravo, someone got this correct. I Plant basuk seeds when it is very warm outside - July, spaced well apartr, pinch the tops, it will bush out. He is correct store basil is mean to be used almost right away.
Thank you Richard that’s great too know.
Could I do the same with coriander?
Yep
I just LOVE your sense of humour in your videos! And you learn stuff from your sound garden knowledge. Good on you! A happy TH-cam subscriber. All the best Caroline 🌿🌿🌿
Legend!
I put mine in a new large pot. That dang thing blew up into a huge plant and I couldn't keep up with the Basil. I was giving it away. Making pesto. Also dried out a bunch and made seasoning.
I just discovered this today as a matter of fact by accident as I was pulling it out of the soil because I had given up due to it's very sad appearance. upon seeing how packed it was
in the little pot I realize, "oooooooooooooooh, now I see what the problem has been!" and then came online to see what can I do to save the bedraggled leaves. this is great for next time and all those individual plants give me hope..........so thanks. as well, at some point I too would like to have my own online videos so thank you for how you advertised what you did. I have NO idea on how to do it so thank you for that too! very nice instructional video and I love the faces you made during your cutting process. subscribed~
Thank you 😊
Chop the roots at the bottom, soak the pot in water, separate the plants including the seedlings and replant separately in a compost and soil bed large enough to contain all the plants and provide enough nutrients to all the plants equally.
Cove the bed with a small green house or place the bed in a shed in your garden or in your balcony if you do not have a garden. And if you have a double glazing room extention, then you are sorted.
I've always wondered this too. I thought it was because they didn't get enough light in my kitchen window. I ended up getting hydroponics system instead. Now my basil is going nuts, and I can't use it fast enough. When friends and family visit, they call it a jungle. 🥰🌱
@Cerceify wow!!!! That's a whole lot of pesto!! Also, cashews are a GREAT substitution for the pine nuts, which are now $25 a bag. 🤦🏽♀️
The cashews though, make the pesto really creamy. It's so good.
Just found you and really enjoyed this Video. It explains everything about buying a Basil plant. Thought it was me, so much that I refuse to but basil plants and now grow by seed. But now I know. Going to watch some past videos because I am a new houseplant mom and have tons of questions . take care
Glad it was helpful!
Pinch the tops off at the same time as repotting!! You can already see the beginnings of the secondary shoots at every leaf base. Not so much work for the disturbed root system to accommodate/support and regular pinching back will increase the bushiness/size of the plants.. EDIT - I posted before the end of your vid - I see you have done the Chelsea Chop.
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I've found that when separating roots from multiple plants in a small container, it's easier if you wash the existing soil off with water. I also use a sand-compost mix for seed-starting/potting soil mix and it's better than anything I've ever purchased from the store, BUT, it needs to be high quality compost and if you use beach sand, you must wash all the salt out of it. (I'm far away from the ocean in the desert, so that's not an issue for me.) When I say high quality compost, I mean compost that got up to between 131f-160f/55C-71C during the initial composting process and is biologically active. I get mushrooms in my seed starting trays, and what I'm getting there is beneficial to the plants. The bacteria from the compost are also beneficial. When I put the plants into the ground, that goes with them.
In past years I have put the supermarket basil plant in the kitchen window for one week in order to recover from the trauma of being forced. Then I transfer the whole thing to a very large pot to allow for root growth. It works well. I might try this year dividing it into seperate pots though my problem is I don't really have room for ten!
Good advice. Basil grows from seed very easily too.
Lol. Poor baby needs repotting. What a great load of basil you get with 10 stems! I love lemon basil best.🎉❤
Thank you, The mystery is solved. I used to think because the supplier grew them under fluorescent lighting? Now, I will do this next time I buy one. MountainAngel USA
Lovely tutorial. Yes, I stopped buying basil like that for the same reason. Didn't realise the solution was so easy. Thanks for sharing.
Glad it was helpful!
Oh my gosh! I thought it was just that I couldn't grow these grocery store plants! Thank you for explaining what I was doing wrong! I'll try yet again....
You’ve got this ✊
I always expect to get one week of fresh herbs from these supermarket pots. This video is a big surprise thank you.
Yeah, I did that. Still no plant survived. I'm trying to grow from seeds this year.
My basil always lives and has no problem because in the summer they immediately go in a huge planted in the yard. They love living outside and are ZERO maintenance. We can’t eat it as fast as it grows, and eventually flowers.
I repotted my basil and plucked out the weakest plants as I went and I now have about 4 of them which are doing much better than the entire bunch was originally
the new pot is MUCH larger than the original was, so they all have some room to spread out their roots
Very good
I am in Australia and do similar, except I dont seperate the plants, just plant the whole lot n a large pot outside the kitchen. Works fine thanks for the video. Cheers.
We don't get that many stems with our grocery store basil, but it still does the same thing. Even after transplantation. Plus, a decade ago I got an infestion of little flying midge-y things in my house that came in on some Miracle-Gro soil and I have never been able to rid my home of them no matter what I have tried. I finally gave up.
I bought a Basil plant and placed it in a cup of water and kept the water topped up, its still going strong after 7 week!
I love your commentary on this video. I have had a terrible time with my Basil.
Thank you very much for your video and I appreciate you. Blessings.
Glad it was helpful!
My basil grew into a monster in less than two months after buying it; I've re-homed it into a larger pot three times whenever it got rootbound (even now in its 12-inch pot). I plan to replant it near my garden but it will have to wait due to winter coming. I might have to re-watch your video on how to prune roots.
Unfortunately, I've made the novice mistake of letting the basil bolt several times by not pruning it enough; it is currently leggy and woody. I have been clipping off its flower bunches and more recently started pruning it. I'm now hoping to start over (not literally) with a new cutting (the rest will be used).
Thank you so much for this! I, too, am tired of wasting money on basil plants that die quickly. Can't wait to try this technique. You are informative - and hilarious!
You bet!
Wow I’m grateful for your video ! I spend so much in basil plants look perfect in grocery store within a day they are disgusting and I follow the directions … remove plastic sleeve, leave on counter etc
Glad it was helpful!
@@SheffieldMadePlants thank you !
I divided my store bought basil last year, and it was practically coming out my ears all summer. Plus, paired with tomato plants, it kept ugly tomato worms away. Now, if I could learn how to keep rosemary plants alive, I'd be super happy.
Ah yes i struggle with that too
Planted a rosemary close to the house in a dry spot did very well for 6yrs until someone bleached the walkway it was next to
Great video! Another mistake that many make is immediately putting a store-bought plant next to your houseplants. This is a very easy way to spread diseases and pests like aphids and fungus gnats into all of your plants.
Instead, put your new plants in an entirely separate room from your current plants (or, as far away as you can if you only have one room with light) and keep them there for 40 days. Keep an eye on them, inspect for pests each time you water. Any pests that may have had eggs in the soil will have shown themselves by day 40, so if you don't see anything by then, it's safe to bring your new plants around your others plants!
I did a variation of the "infinite basil" trick last summer, where I kept taking cuttings from it and multiplied my basil plant until I had enough that I could harvest almost daily. Had to get rid of it all when winter rolled around though, it just couldn't take the temperature and humidity levels! Salvaged what I could by drying it out though, worked wonders.
Great stuff 👍
We do this and from May onwards put a couple in the garden too. They grow huge in the ground.
I had the "drying to death" issue two times in a row in the same summer. The next one, I just put them all together in a bigger pot. That work perfectly fine, I had to cut some after 6
month due to basil making flower (i did read that leaves are less tasty after that) and the small one are still in good shape 10 months after the "repoting".
First thing I did when o got home was to transplant them to a bigger pot. Initially they withered but after 3 days they started getting better and so far are doing fine.
One thing I would add is NEVER handle the plant by the centre stem , hold by a leaf instead. Yes the leaf might tear but you pick the leaves anyway where as handling by the stem can damage the growth and possible health of the plant. It is the main artery after all so needs protection at this vulnerable stage. Good video as most don't realise what they can do. You can also help yourself by trying to find the most compact plant on the shelf too . I do that generally anyway when buying anything at the garden centre.
a video like this for strawberries would be awesome. i grow them in the garden just fine but i try to do indoor ones on my plant wall and they fail each time.
What’s your airflow like?
Its quite low. I have thought about adding a small fan in the area and mixing up a faster draining soil mixer when I try again this year
Hello! I quite enjoyed this video. Would be fun to see what these rep-potted basils look like a month down the road. Combining this video with your other on sprouting clippings doubles the amount of basil plants from one store-bought pot.
To answer, YES! I'm tired of being a Plant Killer! Thank you for your guidance!
Don't throw out the wilted leaves, cut them off the stem then put them on a baking sheet and pop them into the oven at it's lowest temp until the leaves are dried. Now you've got dehydrated basil. Cut the leaves into small pieces and put into a spice jar and keep for later use.
Yup. Texas here. Mine goes straight out into the garden. I cut the tops off, and I'm rooting those too. I gotta get 'em growin' before the heat hits.