If you're just starting out gardening in 2020, this inexpensive set of tools from Amazon can get you and your Basil up and running this spring! I know there is a fevered and renewed interest in gardening and many of you are seasoned vets. But remember that there's a whole population out there that hasn't gardened before. Let's help them out and encourage as much as possible! Affiliate links below: Amazon USA: amzn.to/2xXLfbG Amazon Canada: amzn.to/3aoN1AN Amazon U.K.: amzn.to/2XrQA5A The 10x20 nursery trays are a gardener's NECESSITY. Use the Amazon Afilliate links below to find the right ones! Amazon USA: amzn.to/2JFB4uM Amazon Canada: amzn.to/2wQCeBd Amazon U.K.: amzn.to/2xepyEi
Grow Lemon trees right from the seeds of a store-bought Lemon! Anyone can do it, especially people who rescue Basil plants!: th-cam.com/video/8RhDRgwixgA/w-d-xo.html
Happens to mine every year, figured it was just the life cycle...if I could afford the set up to grow herbs like basil, rosemary year-round? Whoa! My dream!
I rescued some basil from Walmart a couple months ago. It was so root bound. I put it in a larger pot and removed most of the wilted leaves. It is doing great now.
Thanks Jeff as always your advice is great. Any garden question I have you always have the answer. Grew some basil earlier and it was successful. Now the weather has become much colder the basil doesn't like the walk-in greenhouse anymore. So this advice is great, I will repot them and try them in the cold frame I have insulated it to make a warmer and it receives good light so I will see what happens.
Great tips. I grow basil in pots from seed indoors. Not all my plants made it. After watching your video I knew exactly what I was doing wrong. My little basil seedlings are now outdoor in my garden, doing much better after I have divided them. It seems that if we don’t divide the plants, change the soil and fertilize properly, they won’t make it. Thanks for the great tips 👍🌱😊
Yessss Giuliana, that's exactly it! For some reason, they just "use up" their pots. Its crazy because they don't appear to be root bound or anything....But sure enough, get the plants some more space and into more new soil and they just bounce back, every time! And faster than starting a new batch of seeds!
The Ripe Tomato Farms ... Isn’t that interesting? You know, since I love to garden - your advice means a lot to me. I love your videos. Keep sharing your wonderful wealth of knowledge. Cheers, Giuliana 👩🏻🌾
I was hoping for some advice for a mature basil plant. I live in Hawaii where Basil grows as a perennial. I think I need to cut it back hard, but don't know how to do that. Great video though! I love the energy and positivity!
Very easy to cut back. Always make sure to leave at least 2 nodes (axis where leaves pop out) on every shoot. Basil will pop back like crazy. Actually, be warned about that....whenever you prune, it'll come back even thicker.
Gréât vidéo, I did exactly what was shown in thé vidéo split it in two plants And placed in new healthy earth and it is doing great! Did not think this would work, and now I am doing the same with my Thai basil plants. So awesome to keep plants alive and propagate them
The Ripe Tomato Farms indeed it is now I am just hoping the Thai Basil will react the same. As for my basil plants, I just took some cuttings for propagation and put them in water. I am anxious to see how that goes. I am new to all this homestead gardening but am really having fun. Cheers and keep making these informative and great videos
Same here Robin (Canada)! Its like the plants are put into this perlite mixture and are only designed to look good and last until you get them home! Before I started my own seeds, I would quickly top the grocery store basil and start all new cuttings...first thing I did every spring!
I used a similar technique as the second one with 47p worth of basil I bought from Lidl, a supermarket in the UK. I got 23 healthy plants from it, and have been cropping all summer. Most have started to look a bit sad now, September, so I harvested most and dehydrated the leaves for winter use. I've kept 3 basil plants in large containers, fingers crossed they survive the winter (in a greenhouse)
I'm new to this! What do you mean by "top" the basil to stimulate growth?😄 Do you water them everyday btw, you didn't mention anything about that, maybe you take for granted that it's obvious?😁For a newbie like me, nothing is obvious.🤣🌺
I purchased large pots of Basile in June and still growing but some stems became brown and I had to cut them !! Why is that ? I live in canada and had lots of rainy days. Is that the reason ? Should i separate the tall stems and relocate them ? I really like to bring them inside and save them for winter. Thank you 🙏
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Great video! Two questions, when you transplant basil to your garden should you group plants close together or keep separate. And do you have a video about topping the basil plants and how it’s beneficial? Lastly ,I have Greek Basil in the garden and it is a handful to keep control of. Thanks and have a great day in the garden!!
Hey Mike, for me, I intersperse Basil around my tomatoes and peppers....in the understory. I plant them as the size of the big ones in this video. They sort of spread, but mostly keep to themselves. For topping, just make sure to leave 2 leaf nodes on the plant. I have a topping video in the works right now...going to take a month to finish it off though as I want to show the before and after. Cheers man!
I DEFINITELY need to go to more and participate in more! Before TH-cam I always did them, then Saturdays and Sundays became my only day to film....now, I film every day and edit even more. I want to get back to that lifestyle though!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms trying to grow peppers here indoors for my first time. Loving your videos and learning so much. My dream is to supply vic with year round hot peppers. Man has to dream.
I have had success by first putting the individual stems in water for about two weeks. I call this the root strengthening phase. The stringer stems with more vigorous root growth will be ready to transplant in a week while the smaller less developed ones may take a fee wks to develop strong enough roots to thrive once transplanted. With a bit of patience you will eventually have a basil forest!
I'm new and just subscribed. I put my 2 store bought basil plants in my little herb bed. They struggled for weeks. I kept pruning and caring for them and they got a little better. One is growing, slow but growing. The other just stopped growing and looks pittiful. Should I dig it out and pot it? The other herbs on the bed are doing good. I know it's late but I may start some from seed. I wish I had space to plant more. I used to have a huge garden, now only my herb bed and a couple of tomato plants. I love gardening. Your videos give me spring fever every minute.
Hey Claudia, thanks for stopping by! Weird that one didn't do well...maybe a bit of transplant shock? Depending on how your tomato plants cover the soil, you could plant the Basil seeds with them and grow them companion-style!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms hi again! Thank you for your many tips. I'm back to learn more! I'm finally getting a little bit bigger space this year. I'm still struggling with basil but I think it may be the place I was getting the plants from. I am planting some from seed this time and see if that makes a difference. I love love love basil and got various types of basil seeds. I'll put some in grow bags, some in pots and some in the garden. Wish me luck!
Can I use Fox Farms Ocean Forest potting soil for Basil or would it be too hot for cuttings or transplants? Would Light Warrior be better to start off then transplant to Ocean Forest later? Thanks!
Thanks so much! I learned a lot about rescuing basil. I learned a lot about the basil root system. I brought 2 basil plants home from Trader Joe’s and they promptly “fainted.” I’m wondering if they are root bound? I keep watering them. Some sort of shock? I will check your soil mix. My friend brought me garden soil instead of potting soil. I hope that’s ok, as I’m not going into stores.
Hey Judy, thanks for watching! Weird about your new plants crashing like that. I would soak the root ball and see if you can get them to come back to life.
The Ripe Tomato Farms thanks! I took one of them out of the pot. Very rootbound! AND the insects are beginning to eat them. I took them out of the sun and flowerbed. Put them in the shaded patio. I don’t have time to split and repot today. Boy, your video came at the right time! So They are sitting in water for two hours. One of them is starting to perk up! If the other one doesn’t perk up, I will harvest that one for pesto and split the better one.
@@judysbakeryandtestkitchen1654 right on Judy! Also, some of the bigger, nicer shoots you can get down and put in water....get them to root to new plants. That way you'll be swimming in Basil in a month's time!
Lol! My boughten basil plants suffered extreme slug damage on the stems overnight, about 2 weeks ago. I took cuttings (mostly the whole plant) and stuck them in water. They now have roots and await planting in soil. I like your tip to use a wet paper towel to keep roots wet. (A serious concern in Phoenix, AZ.) I'll be using that one with future transplants of all types! Thanks!
I bought some at Fred Meyer, after the ones I got last year were so abundant that I had to give it away in bouquets. This year, the leaves didn’t wilt but turned brown from the ground up. (Well drained and in the same kind of soil with nutrients already added.) Something wrong with the plants? Or bugs? (I grew up on a farm and had my own vegetable patch at age 5. I’ve never seen anything like this.)
I just transplanted mine from it’s starter container to a bigger one and mixed the old potting with new fertilizer. Why get rid of the old potting? The mix I have might be too strong so I tried to dilute it with the old mix. I just think my let’s stunted growth. Trying to give it less water and less direct sunlight for now. Any advice?
Like surprised by everything or everything is a question... I can't decide which. 😂 It made me laugh all the way through 😄 Good on him though. Great video!
I like to take my container basil and with scissors cut off the dead and yellowing leaves.Dont know if it helps growing but they sure look nice,and I think they like the attention. :)
Do you have any advice about basil that has become tough and stemmy? that is the problem with my basil. The leaves are getting smaller and thinner as well
Hey Lisa, usually that's a water factor. Either too little and the plants are dehydrated, or too much and its washed the nutrients away from the roots.
My basil's leaves are so rough aren't they supposed to be soft? What do I do in this case? Rn I am trying to keep them away from the sun and giving them water but I just wanna know If I am doing it right .... I searched Google and youtube but I saw no answer...
Great information! I'd encourage you to stop ending every single statement as if you are asking a question. It's very hard to listen too for a long period of time.
I brought home two basil and mint plants from the supermarket but left them in the container they wilted. I tried watering them, but it didn't work, now they're gone black, this is the second lot of basil plants I have brought that have gone like this! what am I doing wrong? and how can I fix this? I keep my plants in the kitchen
Depends on your soil and how rich it is. If in doubt, just give them a little squirt of liquid seaweed extract or other organic source. More than enough. :)
Hey Khalid....definitely not special soil outside of a good organic potting mix. But if its too hot, they'll not enjoy life. If they are constantly wilting, give them more shade as well as less wind.
Ok what if it's Basil in the ground? I got horrible black spots and yellow leaves on a 5 foot tall Basil in the back yard I'm so sad not sure how to save it or if I can :(
All my basil and mints leaves were all eaten by bugs!!!😠 I don't know what kind of bugs, please advise me how to safe my herbs? Thanks.😢 Oh, another question, which season should I start growing mints, basil and others herbs?
Hey Toune, sorry to hear about your pest damage. Hard to tell what sort of precautions to take without knowing what kind of bugs they were. As for season to plant, spring is always ideal. Cheers!
Just curious, how are your onion root cuttings doing? Mine unfortunately died, (as did the beet root tops I told you about, but some of them took a lot longer - the last one this week.) I'm wondering if it is because I put them both into pots with potting soil? I chose to do that so that I could keep them on the edge of my porch, where they would get more immediate attention, like more even watering. (Desert climate, and all.)
Hey Melissa, sorry to hear about the Beet tops! I haven't harvest my first Beets to give this a try yet. Soon. My Onions have been good..not amazing like in year's past, but still good. Few casualties here and there, but nothing out of the ordinary. I do know that the Onions we grow here do not like big increases in temperature quickly....they really respond negatively to that.
My problem is the basil stem is browning, becoming wood-like to the touch (lignified). I read it's an fungal infection, but I might try to transplant it soon.
Hey Nikki, that sounds like a common fungus that attacks Basil. If you have a multi-stemmed plant, try to remove some of those affected stems to stop the spreading.
Unfortunately,it is the main stem that is affected. From the root going up. I can't say it's bolting since it's extremely young. Will hydrogen peroxide and transplanting help it?
I have a problem with my basil: I bought a basil plant in the supermarket and I started to give it enough water everytime. After it started to have more and more yellow leaves, I moved the plant to a bigger pot. I did this twice. But the current pot is one that barely fits in my Windowsill. The plant grew absolutely huge in a no time in that pot. And now I have been struggling for a while to keep the plant healthy since it yet again outgrew its own pot. It started to lose a lot of leaves and it just doesn't stop blossoming. Every time I cut off a branch with blossoms, it gets a new one. Right now I literally cut off half the size of the plant and it does okayish now. But I don't expect the plant to do this will for long since the roots are still coming out of the drainage holes. I can't move the plant to a bigger pot because that won't fit in my windowsill, and I can't put it into my garden because I live in the Netherlands and the plant probably won't like the climate here. What solution do you have?
Thank you for your video!!! What can I do if I have my basil in a raise bed? Not in pot and I have 3 kinds of basil, and my Opal Basil the leaves are getting yellow and falling off😞
Hey Natalia! If yours is already planted, what I usually do is mulch with some compost or more potting soil. That is, give the Basil more good earth to grow into. Hopefully the roots find it, even the surface roots, and that can sometimes bring them back from the brink!
Mine is wilting terribly I'm thinking of soaking it in water and mixing fertilizer in the water. Would this work? Your voice is nice you should be a teacher😊
Ok I have a problem...my basil is out of control (very BIG) and I need to cut it back for its own safety and health..the main stalk coming out of the ground is about 1.5 inches in diameter and stand at 3ft tall . Im afraid of killing it ...its healthy looking and strong but winter is coming and I planted it at the beginning of summer
Good news.....you're in luck. Basil loves to be pruned. Cut down each stalk to leave 2 growing nodes, and watch the plant come back and explode even more. Its how Basil works.
Interesting, but I'd need that sort of thing more for Coriander, Rosemary, and Sage. Also, aren't most types of Basil annual, like Coriander? PS: my Coriander has too weak stems to grow up and tends to break on its own weight and my Rosemary doesn't want to recover from my pruning (for food use). The worst was Sage. It is very vulnerable to mildew, and once the earth gets too dry, I have to soak it, then it dies of rot...
Me when my basic get tired of me ,I make it to dry up and make a new one out of grains ...that's it and I still got the dry one to use waiting for a green one to come up ....
100% definitely and always Gary! Even without soaking from below you need those holes for drainage. Basil will quickly rot if the water is left in the bottom of the pot.
go around the plant once it has grown say 4-5 layers of leaves (vertically, going up the stem) and cut the top layer or two of leaves to eat by snipping the stem, the plant now grows back from that point with DOUBLE the number of leaves and you can keep doing this after it regenerates and make your basil very bushy.
If you're just starting out gardening in 2020, this inexpensive set of tools from Amazon can get you and your Basil up and running this spring! I know there is a fevered and renewed interest in gardening and many of you are seasoned vets. But remember that there's a whole population out there that hasn't gardened before. Let's help them out and encourage as much as possible! Affiliate links below:
Amazon USA: amzn.to/2xXLfbG
Amazon Canada: amzn.to/3aoN1AN
Amazon U.K.: amzn.to/2XrQA5A
The 10x20 nursery trays are a gardener's NECESSITY. Use the Amazon Afilliate links below to find the right ones!
Amazon USA: amzn.to/2JFB4uM
Amazon Canada: amzn.to/2wQCeBd
Amazon U.K.: amzn.to/2xepyEi
Grow Lemon trees right from the seeds of a store-bought Lemon! Anyone can do it, especially people who rescue Basil plants!: th-cam.com/video/8RhDRgwixgA/w-d-xo.html
I love how enthusiastic he is! Get's me excited to go ahead and try exactly what he did! Thanks man!
Thanks John, appreciate the support! :-)
I saved my basil by confronting my inner demons.
Or unleash them and make your Basil so afraid of you it has to grow good.
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Best video I've seen on this subject - that's today's Basil rescue mission sorted - thank you 🌿
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Cheers Sean, happy growing!
Happens to mine every year, figured it was just the life cycle...if I could afford the set up to grow herbs like basil, rosemary year-round? Whoa! My dream!
Indoors I think if you have a sunny window it's amazing what you can grow!
Basil: *dies*
Sunny, with two pots filled with soil: it’s alright guys I got this
YOU DID NOT😭
I rescued some basil from Walmart a couple months ago. It was so root bound. I put it in a larger pot and removed most of the wilted leaves. It is doing great now.
So awesome Angelina! Love the neglected store-bought plant rescue! Such a good feeling! :-)
I love hearing the enthusiasm in your voice!
Thanks Dula, appreciate that! :-)
Thanks Jeff as always your advice is great. Any garden question I have you always have the answer. Grew some basil earlier and it was successful. Now the weather has become much colder the basil doesn't like the walk-in greenhouse anymore. So this advice is great, I will repot them and try them in the cold frame I have insulated it to make a warmer and it receives good light so I will see what happens.
Thank you. You are a Great teacher. God had given you, bless hands to plant all kinds of plants.
Thank you so much Teresa, happy growing!
Great tips. I grow basil in pots from seed indoors. Not all my plants made it. After watching your video I knew exactly what I was doing wrong. My little basil seedlings are now outdoor in my garden, doing much better after I have divided them. It seems that if we don’t divide the plants, change the soil and fertilize properly, they won’t make it. Thanks for the great tips 👍🌱😊
Yessss Giuliana, that's exactly it! For some reason, they just "use up" their pots. Its crazy because they don't appear to be root bound or anything....But sure enough, get the plants some more space and into more new soil and they just bounce back, every time! And faster than starting a new batch of seeds!
The Ripe Tomato Farms ... Isn’t that interesting? You know, since I love to garden - your advice means a lot to me. I love your videos. Keep sharing your wonderful wealth of knowledge. Cheers, Giuliana 👩🏻🌾
@@giulianag.5272 Thanks so much, too nice of you to say! I'm really glad it helps. All the best this year! :-)
I was hoping for some advice for a mature basil plant. I live in Hawaii where Basil grows as a perennial. I think I need to cut it back hard, but don't know how to do that. Great video though! I love the energy and positivity!
Very easy to cut back. Always make sure to leave at least 2 nodes (axis where leaves pop out) on every shoot. Basil will pop back like crazy. Actually, be warned about that....whenever you prune, it'll come back even thicker.
Same here. I have a big basil plant I purchased and planted with my tomatoes. Idk if it doesn't like the sun or what but it's looking bad! 🤔
Gréât vidéo, I did exactly what was shown in thé vidéo split it in two plants And placed in new healthy earth and it is doing great! Did not think this would work, and now I am doing the same with my Thai basil plants. So awesome to keep plants alive and propagate them
So awesome Josee! Its amazing how the respond to simply some new soil!
The Ripe Tomato Farms indeed it is now I am just hoping the Thai Basil will react the same. As for my basil plants, I just took some cuttings for propagation and put them in water. I am anxious to see how that goes. I am new to all this homestead gardening but am really having fun. Cheers and keep making these informative and great videos
I love basil. Here in holland you can buy basil plants just in a supermarket but it always dies so this video helps me a lot
Same here Robin (Canada)! Its like the plants are put into this perlite mixture and are only designed to look good and last until you get them home! Before I started my own seeds, I would quickly top the grocery store basil and start all new cuttings...first thing I did every spring!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Same here whit perlite
I used a similar technique as the second one with 47p worth of basil I bought from Lidl, a supermarket in the UK. I got 23 healthy plants from it, and have been cropping all summer. Most have started to look a bit sad now, September, so I harvested most and dehydrated the leaves for winter use. I've kept 3 basil plants in large containers, fingers crossed they survive the winter (in a greenhouse)
Honestly, this is like gnarly dude.
I'm new to this! What do you mean by "top" the basil to stimulate growth?😄 Do you water them everyday btw, you didn't mention anything about that, maybe you take for granted that it's obvious?😁For a newbie like me, nothing is obvious.🤣🌺
I purchased large pots of Basile in June and still growing but some stems became brown and I had to cut them !! Why is that ? I live in canada and had lots of rainy days. Is that the reason ? Should i separate the tall stems and relocate them ? I really like to bring them inside and save them for winter. Thank you 🙏
Hi mate, thanks for the great video on Basil, you explain things really clearly.. cheers from Bendigo, Australia.
Thanks so much Denis, very appreciated!
Just wanted to say thank you! It worked like a charm.
Outstanding Raymond, that's great to hear!
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The omori reference tho-
Basil fr did the neutral ending
Great video! Two questions, when you transplant basil to your garden should you group plants close together or keep separate. And do you have a video about topping the basil plants and how it’s beneficial? Lastly ,I have Greek Basil in the garden and it is a handful to keep control of. Thanks and have a great day in the garden!!
Hey Mike, for me, I intersperse Basil around my tomatoes and peppers....in the understory. I plant them as the size of the big ones in this video. They sort of spread, but mostly keep to themselves. For topping, just make sure to leave 2 leaf nodes on the plant. I have a topping video in the works right now...going to take a month to finish it off though as I want to show the before and after. Cheers man!
The Ripe Tomato Farms does the topping prevent the basil from going to seed?
@@MichaelRei99 Yup, topping can stall (never prevent) bolting (flowering) and also promote more branching and vegetative growth. :-)
The Ripe Tomato Farms get that video done !!! I need to see it!!!
Thank you for Showing this Video,I already try it,and its work so much,
Right on, glad it helped!
Sidney is a great town, I'm going to look out for you at the farmers markets now!!
I DEFINITELY need to go to more and participate in more! Before TH-cam I always did them, then Saturdays and Sundays became my only day to film....now, I film every day and edit even more. I want to get back to that lifestyle though!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms trying to grow peppers here indoors for my first time. Loving your videos and learning so much. My dream is to supply vic with year round hot peppers. Man has to dream.
I hope this helps me germinate basil this growing season.
Best of luck!
I have had success by first putting the individual stems in water for about two weeks. I call this the root strengthening phase. The stringer stems with more vigorous root growth will be ready to transplant in a week while the smaller less developed ones may take a fee wks to develop strong enough roots to thrive once transplanted. With a bit of patience you will eventually have a basil forest!
I'm new and just subscribed. I put my 2 store bought basil plants in my little herb bed. They struggled for weeks. I kept pruning and caring for them and they got a little better. One is growing, slow but growing. The other just stopped growing and looks pittiful. Should I dig it out and pot it? The other herbs on the bed are doing good. I know it's late but I may start some from seed. I wish I had space to plant more. I used to have a huge garden, now only my herb bed and a couple of tomato plants. I love gardening. Your videos give me spring fever every minute.
Hey Claudia, thanks for stopping by! Weird that one didn't do well...maybe a bit of transplant shock? Depending on how your tomato plants cover the soil, you could plant the Basil seeds with them and grow them companion-style!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms hi again! Thank you for your many tips. I'm back to learn more! I'm finally getting a little bit bigger space this year. I'm still struggling with basil but I think it may be the place I was getting the plants from. I am planting some from seed this time and see if that makes a difference. I love love love basil and got various types of basil seeds. I'll put some in grow bags, some in pots and some in the garden. Wish me luck!
Wow, thank you so much. I'm going to start this today.🌱🌱🌱
Right on, hope it helps your Basil!
I don’t wanna put my basil to sleep, I wanna save it. I will try, thanks.
You gotta try!
Can I use Fox Farms Ocean Forest potting soil for Basil or would it be too hot for cuttings or transplants? Would Light Warrior be better to start off then transplant to Ocean Forest later? Thanks!
I will definitely try this ! I love basil 🌿
Right, thanks for watching! Basil is the best!
Thank you so much for your passion and patience to explain it all to us!!
Cheers! Thanks so much for watching and for the support!
Thanks so much! I learned a lot about rescuing basil. I learned a lot about the basil root system.
I brought 2 basil plants home from Trader Joe’s and they promptly “fainted.” I’m wondering if they are root bound? I keep watering them.
Some sort of shock?
I will check your soil mix. My friend brought me garden soil instead of potting soil. I hope that’s ok, as I’m not going into stores.
Hey Judy, thanks for watching! Weird about your new plants crashing like that. I would soak the root ball and see if you can get them to come back to life.
The Ripe Tomato Farms thanks! I took one of them out of the pot. Very rootbound! AND the insects are beginning to eat them.
I took them out of the sun and flowerbed. Put them in the shaded patio.
I don’t have time to split and repot today. Boy, your video came at the right time! So They are sitting in water for two hours. One of them is starting to perk up!
If the other one doesn’t perk up, I will harvest that one for pesto and split the better one.
@@judysbakeryandtestkitchen1654 right on Judy! Also, some of the bigger, nicer shoots you can get down and put in water....get them to root to new plants. That way you'll be swimming in Basil in a month's time!
Lol! My boughten basil plants suffered extreme slug damage on the stems overnight, about 2 weeks ago. I took cuttings (mostly the whole plant) and stuck them in water. They now have roots and await planting in soil. I like your tip to use a wet paper towel to keep roots wet. (A serious concern in Phoenix, AZ.) I'll be using that one with future transplants of all types! Thanks!
Oh man, slugs are the worst! I swear they could live on pesto! Glad you were able to restart the plants with some cuttings...smart!
My basil grow tall and skinny and a part of their stems turn black. Help!
Thks. Do those white containers have a hole in bottom for water from tray to moisturize soil?
Definitely Irma. Always drain holes. All herbs will die with wet roots.
I bought some at Fred Meyer, after the ones I got last year were so abundant that I had to give it away in bouquets. This year, the leaves didn’t wilt but turned brown from the ground up. (Well drained and in the same kind of soil with nutrients already added.) Something wrong with the plants? Or bugs? (I grew up on a farm and had my own vegetable patch at age 5. I’ve never seen anything like this.)
I just transplanted mine from it’s starter container to a bigger one and mixed the old potting with new fertilizer. Why get rid of the old potting? The mix I have might be too strong so I tried to dilute it with the old mix. I just think my let’s stunted growth. Trying to give it less water and less direct sunlight for now. Any advice?
Instructions unclear, now my Basil is screaming
What's it saying?
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Help me sunny
You’re voice is so relaxing 😌 thanks for this video 🌱
Thanks so much Sherina, happy growing!
Another awesome video. I have a potted basil that I need to do this with. Thanks for sharing, I always appreciate your approach.
Thanks so much for watching! Best of luck with the Basil!
Your voice reminds me of Jonah Hill. Good video.
except he talks like THIIIIIIIIIS?
Like surprised by everything or everything is a question... I can't decide which. 😂
It made me laugh all the way through 😄
Good on him though. Great video!
@@ln2182 exactly, he has good info but his cadence is so annoying to me.
My basil is almost knee-high it seems withering even watered, can I still repot it? Thanks
If it's that tall, I'd top it down to two or three leaf nodes and let it branch out.
Should you throw out old putting soil or can you keep re-fertilizing forever??
wow, you’re talented
Thanks!
Cool video and explain it perfectly thanks . I have lots growing my garden Good luck growing
Thanks, and thanks for watching!
I like to take my container basil and with scissors cut off the dead and yellowing leaves.Dont know if it helps growing but they sure look nice,and I think they like the attention. :)
I do too! I think it helps...and cleans it up!
Do you have any advice about basil that has become tough and stemmy? that is the problem with my basil. The leaves are getting smaller and thinner as well
Hey Lisa, usually that's a water factor. Either too little and the plants are dehydrated, or too much and its washed the nutrients away from the roots.
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My basil's leaves are so rough aren't they supposed to be soft? What do I do in this case?
Rn I am trying to keep them away from the sun and giving them water but I just wanna know If I am doing it right ....
I searched Google and youtube but I saw no answer...
I just love your videos!
Thanks so much for watching and for the support Sam!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms welcome
Great information! I'd encourage you to stop ending every single statement as if you are asking a question. It's very hard to listen too for a long period of time.
Yes. Agree
how long do you leave the basil sitting in the water..? thank you
I brought home two basil and mint plants from the supermarket but left them in the container they wilted. I tried watering them, but it didn't work, now they're gone black, this is the second lot of basil plants I have brought that have gone like this! what am I doing wrong? and how can I fix this? I keep my plants in the kitchen
Stop leaving them in the container and repot them right away in fresh, moist soil. Don't over water.
Thank u for showing the methods. My transferred basil never survives!!! I will try your method.
Best of luck you guys!
Cool video man thanx 👍
Right on Steve, thanks for watching man.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms no thank you man awesome work.
Do you still need fertilizer to help the new plants?
Depends on your soil and how rich it is. If in doubt, just give them a little squirt of liquid seaweed extract or other organic source. More than enough. :)
I just bought a couple of basil plants and they died in sun in N.CA? Please suggest, is there a special soil need to grow basil and sun light?
Hey Khalid....definitely not special soil outside of a good organic potting mix. But if its too hot, they'll not enjoy life. If they are constantly wilting, give them more shade as well as less wind.
Needed to see this as I will be doing the same in a couple weeks
Best of luck Emalee!
Can this be done with an established plant that has been growing all summer?
Most definitely Francine...as long as you've been able to prevent the Basil from bolting, should be good to go! :-)
Hey sunny how much do sell your plants for
Ok what if it's Basil in the ground? I got horrible black spots and yellow leaves on a 5 foot tall Basil in the back yard I'm so sad not sure how to save it or if I can :(
All my basil and mints leaves were all eaten by bugs!!!😠 I don't know what kind of bugs, please advise me how to safe my herbs? Thanks.😢 Oh, another question, which season should I start growing mints, basil and others herbs?
Hey Toune, sorry to hear about your pest damage. Hard to tell what sort of precautions to take without knowing what kind of bugs they were. As for season to plant, spring is always ideal. Cheers!
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Or least favorite... Ha ha whichever!
Is the basil indoor or outdor is she need direct sunlight how many times she needs water?
Hey Lani...Basil will take as much sun as you can give it, but its also quite tolerant of shade as well as indoor growing conditions!
Watching this video I just thought of Basil from Omori
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wow!!! amazing!
7:09 I don't want to dirty my favorite screwdriver. I'll use my second favorite.
Heh heh....
Just curious, how are your onion root cuttings doing? Mine unfortunately died, (as did the beet root tops I told you about, but some of them took a lot longer - the last one this week.) I'm wondering if it is because I put them both into pots with potting soil? I chose to do that so that I could keep them on the edge of my porch, where they would get more immediate attention, like more even watering. (Desert climate, and all.)
Hey Melissa, sorry to hear about the Beet tops! I haven't harvest my first Beets to give this a try yet. Soon. My Onions have been good..not amazing like in year's past, but still good. Few casualties here and there, but nothing out of the ordinary. I do know that the Onions we grow here do not like big increases in temperature quickly....they really respond negatively to that.
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Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for watching Monica! Cheers!
I didn't know that, I have to try it next time before I throw it away :-) Thank you.
Definitely! Basil almost always comes back. Mint too! Cheers!
My problem is the basil stem is browning, becoming wood-like to the touch (lignified). I read it's an fungal infection, but I might try to transplant it soon.
Yeah, try giving it fresh soil and new conditions....might just turn it around.
Exactly the same problem I have with mine
Great job
How long are we supposed to soak the basil after it's been planted in the new soil?
A day....tops. if you're using a quality potting mix, it'll absorb all it needs in a matter of hours.
What about long stemmed basil? Do you cut it and try rooting it again?
Yep, for sure. And cut the long stems as well to prune the mother plant and get it to bush out more! :-)
The bottom stem of my basil plant is turning really dark:brown-black but the leaves aren't wilted. I have no idea what to do,help!!!
Hey Nikki, that sounds like a common fungus that attacks Basil. If you have a multi-stemmed plant, try to remove some of those affected stems to stop the spreading.
Unfortunately,it is the main stem that is affected. From the root going up. I can't say it's bolting since it's extremely young. Will hydrogen peroxide and transplanting help it?
I have a problem with my basil:
I bought a basil plant in the supermarket and I started to give it enough water everytime. After it started to have more and more yellow leaves, I moved the plant to a bigger pot. I did this twice. But the current pot is one that barely fits in my Windowsill. The plant grew absolutely huge in a no time in that pot. And now I have been struggling for a while to keep the plant healthy since it yet again outgrew its own pot. It started to lose a lot of leaves and it just doesn't stop blossoming. Every time I cut off a branch with blossoms, it gets a new one. Right now I literally cut off half the size of the plant and it does okayish now. But I don't expect the plant to do this will for long since the roots are still coming out of the drainage holes.
I can't move the plant to a bigger pot because that won't fit in my windowsill, and I can't put it into my garden because I live in the Netherlands and the plant probably won't like the climate here.
What solution do you have?
Take cuttings and start brand new smaller plants for free.
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Wow i just got a plant a few dayse ago and im going to try it it is knew to me
Right on Elrise, hopefully you won't have to! :-)
Dank basil😏😎🔥🔥🔥
Thank you for your video!!! What can I do if I have my basil in a raise bed? Not in pot and I have 3 kinds of basil, and my Opal Basil the leaves are getting yellow and falling off😞
Hey Natalia! If yours is already planted, what I usually do is mulch with some compost or more potting soil. That is, give the Basil more good earth to grow into. Hopefully the roots find it, even the surface roots, and that can sometimes bring them back from the brink!
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why didnt the gang do this to basil in the neutral ending?????????
Who's sunny?
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms the main character of the game Omori
Thank you for this tutorial vedio new subscribers here👍😘
Thanks Yeng! Thanks for the support!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms welcome
just like in omori
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Don’t let Basil be near watermelons tho
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My in ground basil plant die or slow down after severe pruning. Please advise.
Oh no, sounds like the plant isn't bouncing back after you cut it down. It's it in a pot?
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@@syeduddin3114 Too cold, too wet, or too compact of growing medium?
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Good afternoon.
Mine is wilting terribly I'm thinking of soaking it in water and mixing fertilizer in the water. Would this work? Your voice is nice you should be a teacher😊
Definitely try to soak it from below. Works great and a little nutrition won't hurt at all!
Never feed a sick plant, repot into new compost and wait for recovery, then, if it’s doing well, you can use a feed on it.
Wouldn’t it damage the plant cutting the roots shorter (method 1)?
It really depends on how far down you cut it Bec.....just a trim will invigorate the plant, much like trimming the shoots do.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms thanks
@@becw5382 cheers!
Ok I have a problem...my basil is out of control (very BIG) and I need to cut it back for its own safety and health..the main stalk coming out of the ground is about 1.5 inches in diameter and stand at 3ft tall . Im afraid of killing it ...its healthy looking and strong but winter is coming and I planted it at the beginning of summer
Good news.....you're in luck. Basil loves to be pruned. Cut down each stalk to leave 2 growing nodes, and watch the plant come back and explode even more. Its how Basil works.
Interesting, but I'd need that sort of thing more for Coriander, Rosemary, and Sage. Also, aren't most types of Basil annual, like Coriander?
PS: my Coriander has too weak stems to grow up and tends to break on its own weight and my Rosemary doesn't want to recover from my pruning (for food use). The worst was Sage. It is very vulnerable to mildew, and once the earth gets too dry, I have to soak it, then it dies of rot...
Awesome
Thanks Daisy, cheers!
How do i stop the ends of my basil cutting from rotting? In water
Hey Henry, I usually just cut 2cm below the 3rd node. Get the stems cuttings right into room-temperature water and you're good to go usually!
You are amazing, thanks a lot
Cheers mate, thanks so much for watching!
Does this work for other veggies?
Me when my basic get tired of me ,I make it to dry up and make a new one out of grains ...that's it and I still got the dry one to use waiting for a green one to come up ....
Yup, one of the easiest plants to grow from seeds... No question
Does pot for soaking require holes?
100% definitely and always Gary! Even without soaking from below you need those holes for drainage. Basil will quickly rot if the water is left in the bottom of the pot.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms thank you for the info. Newbie here, trying to plant anything and everything.
@@garysantiago7062 awesome Gary, you got this. Ask the questions, but more importantly do the do... Learn by practice. Best of luck my friend!
What does "top that basil to stimulate" mean?
go around the plant once it has grown say 4-5 layers of leaves (vertically, going up the stem) and cut the top layer or two of leaves to eat by snipping the stem, the plant now grows back from that point with DOUBLE the number of leaves and you can keep doing this after it regenerates and make your basil very bushy.
@@etherspin gotcha Tim. Thank you!
So basil is always meant to grow in communities rather than a single plant?