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Hi all, I've grown my parsley and basil from seeds (the whole pack of seeds) and they are growing well from the looks of it! Do you think it looks overgrown? I want to avoid my rocket situation where it ended up wilting then dying. I wish

Basil is an easy herb to grow, and does well on a warm, sunny window sill. After about five weeks, the seeds will be ready for pricking out. You can keep basil plants indoors all summer, or transplant them outside in late-May. Basil seeds

planted my basil, with plans to do parsley in the same way if this goes well. when do i start to prick out the leaves to bush up my basil plants, as they tend to grow talk and spindly? Very helpful as I have brought today both Basil and Coriander seeds

Hi i have been growing this in my greenhouse and i don't no what it is can anyone please tell me before i pull them.   Basil? Chinese greens that are getting a bit leggy? Do you mean something like pak choi dovefromabove I would have said it looks

when growing basil, it does have a habit of going black and dying when grown outdoors. I only grow it in the greenhouse or on a hot sunny windowsill now - with better success !! To sum it up - it just doesn't like the cold, nor being rained upon. Thanks

in that pot - chives grow like grass, single strands so don't spread. As they grow on you can simply divide if you feel it is a little crowd. For your basil sow a little less than the chives. Also, basil do not like the cold - grow on in a greenhouse or a sun

lot of basil - could I grow that with the other ones mentioned and what sort of compost would I need ?  I know mint is invasive but really fancy having a go at growing the others. At one time I was considering strawberries but don't know much about

I dont seem to be able to get Basil to grow well.  I have started them indoors and although they are now growing they are very low to the soil (and bushy) but not growing high enough to snip. Any ideas? Would it be better outside? How long you been

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house and I did put the pots in large freezer bags so they did not get cold. I'm trying for the uptieht time to grow Basil. This time around about 3 seeds have germinated. At least they are still alive and have not died in the great damping off disaster