Re: Basil
- To: propagation@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Basil
- From: m*@cvtv.net (Cindy Meredith)
- Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 07:42:01 -0500
>I was just about to start another batch of sweet basil from seed when I
>heard that 'most' people prop. their later crops from cuttings from the
>plants grown from seed.
>
>If you have done this - - or if it is 'reasonable' to you - - would you
>mind giving me some pointers?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Allan Balliett
>Claymont Farm CSA
Allan,
Starting basil from cuttings is very easy. I've rooted tip cuttings in
water and in planting medium. Both ways work. Take a tip cutting with about
4 leaf nodes, remove flowers if there are any, also remove the lower 2 sets
of leaves. Now, put the prepared cutting either in a container of water
making sure no leaves are in the water; or place the cutting in a light
planting medium, keep the medium moist, mist the cuttings daily. Place the
cuttings in bright indirect light......a shaded porch works well and wait a
couple of weeks and you'll have new basil plants.
Very easy, and you get new plants sooner than with seeds.
Cindy in TX
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