Classic Italian Basil (Basil Genovese) is a traditional variety, boasting a unique clove-like taste. Its arrowhead-shaped, smooth green leaves offer a tasty addition to tomato-based salads, soups and sauces.
A short-lived annual that is sensitive to frost, basil does well in pots. It can be sown any time from late spring to summer in a tunnel, greenhouse, conservatory or on a sunny windowsill.
Seed Quantity: 500 Seeds
Type: Edible Herb
Genus: Ocimum basillicum
Sow Seeds: Sow seeds 0.5cm deep into small trays of seed compost, and cover them with a sprinkling of seed compost/vermiculite. Keep at a temperature of 15-25℃. Alternatively, sow outside from late May to early July. Prick out seedlings into individual pots when large enough. Do not overwater. Basil hates sitting in wet compost
Plant Out: When all risk of frost has passed. Basil does not like wet soil.
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