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Gardening

PortTack

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3. My basil this year was "funny" stressed I guess despite the really good growing season

Reply to Paper Roses (Original post)

Wed Sep 28, 2022, 01:19 PM

Sep 2022

It was great early to mid late summer, then all of a sudden overnight, it thru all it’s beautiful full leaves on the ground.

We’ve been doing some grow lights in our basement to save geraniums and a few other things and they did beautifully. I’m thinking of restarting my basil under the grow lights.

Just love the stuff, and yes most dried, tubed or other processed stuff isn’t the same.

Sorry I don’t have an answer for you as to when to pick..but thought I would share my plan with a fellow “basil fiend.”

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Hi everyone, do you grow Basil? [View all] Paper Roses Sep 2022 OP

Mrs. A dices a lot of ours and makes pesto ( olive oil, Romano---pine nuts if you have them ) and Atticus Sep 2022 #1

definitely make some pesto and freeze it in an ice cube tray. yellowdogintexas Sep 2022 #2

My basil this year was "funny" stressed I guess despite the really good growing season PortTack Sep 2022 #3

We make pesto from it, but only basil and olive oil Pobeka Sep 2022 #4

for use in cooking Kali Sep 2022 #5