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Ive love fresh pesto so Ive been trying to grow basil from seed for a couple years now. They germinate and look good for a couple weeks or so then the lovely green leaves start looking brown/yellow and dry. some are in greenhouse some outside. Theyre in sieved soil mixed with compost. I water them if they look dry. Do I need to feed them with something allready?
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I have trouble growing basil too, it needs loads of water& sunshine and doesnt like getting cold....any use?
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Ah thanks. Maybe Im not watering enough. I thought because it was a mediteraneian plant it would like it dryish. Ill keep it damp and see. Cheers.Save Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock. Coma and Painted Lady butterflies. Dont cut stinging nettles in summer.
Only cut nettles grown in the shade.Comment
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it's a bit too cold for it at the moment anyway...
and pick out the topleaves when it gets from 6 to 12 inches to make it bush out.Last edited by taff; 10-05-2010, 07:16 AM.Comment
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I can't grow basil either: it likes to be warm, moist & sheltered from the wind. I'll try again this year, as I always do ...All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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I seem to be ok at growing it, no idea how. I've got two types on the go now, but in our new house they're both indoors. I stripped one plant almost bare the other week and its come back already. I tend to water when the leaves start to wilt, mainly as I forget So far it's working for me.
In my previous house, smaller garden - a lot more sheltered I grew it in an old watering can on the floor. It flowered, and came back next year after dying back with vengence!Comment
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Strangely if I buy one of the ones from the shop, I usually manage to keep it going for months??Comment
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Needs lots of warmth as well as keeping moist. It suffers badly from white fly when it gets stressed (e.g. by indifficient water).
I find that once you've grown a pot full, you just need to take off some of the top growth and root it in water for a second pot. Magic!Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
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northepaul, Im amazed you can keep the Tesco type going, Ive tried for years, couple weeks is my record. And how the heck do the shops grow it, it seems to break every rule in the book, 20 or 30 seedlings rammed in a 3" pot. They allways seem very healthy too, till you get them home, then its downhill all the way.
Thanks for your replys.Save Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock. Coma and Painted Lady butterflies. Dont cut stinging nettles in summer.
Only cut nettles grown in the shade.Comment
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Reply to Heated mat for Tom's and chilliesI use a mix of six scoops of compost three scoops of sand/grit and two scoops of perlite,the quantity is unimportant as long as the ratio is the same, if for seeds I use this mix, if I am potting on I add some blood, fish and bone, along with a small quantity of chicken manure pellets
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