Pinching Off Basil Flowers and How to Grow Basil All Season Long - The Rusted Garden 2013
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Basil is a great herb that will need to be replaced in the garden. Once basil flowers the taste of the leaves change. The plant is trying to produce seed. You can pinch off the flower heads to induce more leaf growth but eventually the plant goes to seed. By planting basil transplants and basil seeds behind your flowering basil... you will have fresh great tasting basil all season long. A little bit of planting strategy. Join My Google+ Gardening Community called Our Tomato & Vegetable Gardens - we are approaching 2500 world-wide gardeners: https://plus.google.com/communities/114956817444053979636 or Link from My YouTube Page.
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My basil plant was very healthy and now all the baby buds that are growing (the tiny leaves on each of the shoots) are all turning brown... do you know what causes that?
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So I watched a youtube video and grew some basil and they're doing fairly well however, recently the leaves are starting to turn yellow and I'm worried they are dying. I water them regularly, the rectangle pot I use has holes in the bottom. I read the if the leaves are turning yellow from the bottom they need nutrients so I put some Miracle Gro plant spikes in hoping that will work. Any ideas? I baby these guys take them out in the sun and fresh our during the day bring them in at night(as it's getting colder) I really don't want them to die.
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Can we use the basil 'flowers' to start new seeding or seedling?
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Great! good thanks. new to growing herbs still I thought it was having a sex change last week
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what should I do with tai basil? (Ive been trimming the flowers off but I know its in the mint family) so what should I do?
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I love pork roast seasoned with dried basil leaves. Especially if there's a little fat on the outside that gets brown and crispy. Yum!
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Why did you put seeds directly on the ground instead of using styrofoam cups?
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I grow basil, arugula, and a few other herbs, indoors all year long. All of the herbs I grow are grown in hydroculture so no soil is used. What's great about this is that I can make pesto in the middle of the Winter when no one else can. :)
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can basil flowers to make tea?
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Just was wondering if the seed are the little buds that become the flower after? Thanks for the great video tips!!!
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I was wondering if cutting the plant was any different than pinching it.
I read all-over that pinching the plant in certain areas will promote growth and a bushier plant.
Does cutting with scissors not do the same thing?? -
you are the man :D
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Very informative video. If I clip the seeds off or just before they form... the little leaf cluster, will the flavor of the leaves be protected or will they still become bitter?
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this is very informative thanks for sharing your knowledge
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His tone reminds me of Johnny Galecki from TBBT...
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I planted some basil seeds about 6 weeks ago and they're about an inch tall. Any ideas on why it's taking so long to grow???
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Great video! Will do that this summer in my garden.
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I know basil eventually wants to seed so at some point it will burn out in warm areas in that the plant might go on but the flavor wont be there. I know you can drop basil clippings in water in the house and it will root. You probably want to do that as to have a cooler temperature. Once it is well rooted you can put it back out. I think the key with basil is bush young plants with great flavor. When you no longer like the taste of the leaves it is time for a new plant.
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Hi Gary, This is my first summer ever growing herbs and now I've got basil plants that are 4' tall. I know they are perennial; however, in a warmer more humid climate like central Florida, will they last all year long? The winter here is two weeks tops and those two weeks are sporadically peppered between Dec. and Feb. Additionally, after the buds have been pinched off, can they be replanted to grow more basil? Thanks, Julie
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