How to harvest basil so it keeps growing - How to prune basil for an abundant harvest
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- Discover how to harvest basil so it keeps growing!
Are you nervous about harvesting your herbs? Discover how to harvest basil leaves without killing the plant. Not only will your plant not die from harvesting - pruning your basil correctly will help it produce an abundant harvest all season long.
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Excellent instructions! Thank you!
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Thick N Bushy like mine is 😂 for real tho I appreciate the video and it definitely helped trim my bushy basil.
This year we have some thigh high basil 😳
Thank you!!
Will the entire bail plant need to be harvested before winter and will it need to be replanted/ seeded/propagated again?
Basil is very cold tender, so you will want to harvest whatever you desire before first frost. You can take cuttings and propagate them inside. Pot up the cutting once it has some roots and keep it inside with a grow light for the winter. Basil seeds are tiny, take a long time to sprout, and are very slow to grow, but you can start new ones from seed.
Which Country are you in? As at night we get down to 15 C and in the day around 25 C.
What do u do with all the Cuttings?
I dry the extra basil and compost the stems.
Thank you
Ok...what am I doing wrong....first timer here...got a small pot from the Nursery with 6 stems in it. After 2 weeks repotted the WHOLE plant in an 8 inches high pot. Some video suggested to cut the Coteyledons and I did and now ALL 6 stems are about 9 inches high, bare looking and so stiff and lifeless! All leaves are bitter to taste...as I didn't cut the flowers at the right time.....shall I replant the 6 stems in 6 DIFFERENT pots or throw them out? Cheers from Toronto....
When you say stems, do you mean stalks from the same root? Or six different plants? If they're separate plants, there are probably too many in one pot. If they're all stems from the same root, don't cut them apart and plant them in separate pots. Parsley has a deep tap root (it's related to a carrot) and doesn't usually like being transplanted. How much light and water is your plant receiving? Parsley needs plenty of light and water. It needs plenty of water, but make sure the soil doesn't stay soggy. Finally, how long have you had the plant? It can take plants a few weeks to settle in after repotting. It will seem like they're not doing much, then all of a sudden they start growing a lot. Your summer weather in Ontario should be fine for parsley. I really hope that's helpful!
@@appalachianwoodhomestead Thanks for your quick reply. It is not parsley, it is sweet basil. No idea if the 6 stems or shoots are separate or from one ball, as I just took the 3 inches diameter nursery plant and repotted it in an 8 inch diameter by 8 inches deep pot. It is out in the balcony 24/7 & gets full sun from 1 p.m.till 9 p.m. I water it every 3 days or so. Please advise.
@@Elvis-dw7ux I'm sorry! I thought this comment was on the parsley video for some reason. Your weather should be fine for basil, too. It also needs full sun and ample water, which is why the parsley and basil were together in one container in the video. Unfortunately, if the plant flowered then the leaves are likely going to be tough and less tasty. I'm not sure how successful you will be at getting your plant to be tasty and vigorous if it's already flowered. Basil is a fairly short-lived plant. If you have at least three sets of leaves, you can help your plant bush up by punching back at a leaf node (as shown in the video). Basil *does* root and transplant fairly easily if you want to. You can cut off a stem, take off all but the last leaves, and try rooting it in a glass of water. Submerge as many leaf nodes as you can, but don't let the leaves get wet. Change the water every couple of days and you should see roots in about two weeks (or less). You can then pot the newly rooted stem up to see if your can get better growth. This is also an easy way to get several plants from one plant, if you want more basil plants. Make sure you remove flower heads as soon as they start to form. Flowering basil is good for pollinators, though, so you could let this basil flower to keep your local bees and butterflies happy. It won't bring you tasty basil, but it will benefit other plants you or your neighbors are growing. I'm sorry, I don't know if that's particularly helpful, but I hope it helps a little bit.
@@appalachianwoodhomestead Great - will try all of the above and let you know!
Good stuff! Thank you. Funny to see the vid rudely interrupted by your offspring! :-)
You need to zoom in where you are actually cutting.
#growingtips
All I'm seeing is the plant
The way you day basil made me instantly turn this video off.