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My Short Guide to Growing Basil
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Ok, first off basil is one of the easiest plants to grow and propagate. Much of what I'll post here many of you know already, but this is just a fool-proof guide to getting good healthy basil.
Growing from seed takes up a little more room than it does taking from cuttings.
I like to take cuttings right below a node as basil will root readily in water. My reason for this is simple: more grow surface and it looks cool.
Examples:

These are my favorites. The one on the far right is bought from the store. Just a bunch of seeds thrown in soil, not very decorative or as fruitful as it can be.
From left to right: The first pot has 4 sweet basil growing in it, all from clippings. When you cut low, leaves form lower to the ground. My idea is that if it's got good root room, good soil, it will grow into one awesome plant. These need to be topped so they will branch out again.
Second is in dire need of clipping, or it will just start branching on it's own eventually. I like to cut them so they put more growth into the existing baby leaves at the nodes and branch. I'll top this one today for a clipping.
Third is 4 small dwarf sweet basil in a wine(?) glass. So pretty. I'll make up a pot of mixed dwarf sweet basil and purple basil, should be amazing looking.
Fourth is one from clipping, that I'm trying to turn into a little bush.
Fifth is the storebought basil where I got all my clippings from.



So my main point is take clippings just below nodes maybe 1/4 of an inch or less, give roots plenty of room, and clip every node or two to get it to branch out nicely.
And if you love plants, get decorative! Basil is really a friendly and beautiful plant that can liven up any room with amazing display of colors and scents. It can survive in terrible conditions as well, and could probably be grown in a cup of water if you were so inclined. Well that's my story and I'm sticking to it. Hope you like it, and if any of you have more input to add to this, feel free to throw in your :2cents:

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Notes on basil:
Don't let basil go dry, it will start looking very sad and droopy. Keep moist.
When you take cuttings and put them in water, be sure to check on them once a day for roots. When you do this, also keep an eye out for movement in the stem. It will try to reach for light and sometimes the bottom of the stem will come out of the water as it bends for light.
Plant basil about 2+ inches apart to ensure some good roots for each plant, but keep in mind that they like lots of room 8-10 inches generally. Any indoor soil will do fine, as most people do include some perlite.
If you want to harvest once or twice per week, you should have about 4-6 small pots growing. Growing from seed can take a while and if you want to get started immediately, grab some from the store. If it's fresh enough, you can buy fresh basil and stick it directly in water to root. Otherwise, get some that's already growing from the store and take lots of clippings. They will start throwing out roots in a matter of 2-3 days.
Like many other plants, add fertilizer every few months to keep it healthy.


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In ancient times, when demons roamed with man, They hunted, loved and lost, hand in hand, As time went on, the difference between them faded. You couldn't tell anymore, demons and man were related, and some would say the same, but who would like to claim? In time, Gods had even forgot, Demons, too, once love had sought. In times recent I remember, Once I was a man, In my heart I had an ember, I'll relate the best I can but it was snuffed, one distant December. And yet here I stand, no flesh, no bones, no seed or semen, All that's left is this Demon.

Edited by Darklight203 (04/08/11 09:06 AM)

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Re: My Short Guide to Growing Basil [Re: Darklight203]
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On a side note, I attempted my first non-cacti grafts today as well. I'm attempting to grow purple basil on sweet basil, dwarf sweet basil on catnip, catnip on sweet basil and...not sure, probably a couple other things. I hope the grafts take.


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In ancient times, when demons roamed with man, They hunted, loved and lost, hand in hand, As time went on, the difference between them faded. You couldn't tell anymore, demons and man were related, and some would say the same, but who would like to claim? In time, Gods had even forgot, Demons, too, once love had sought. In times recent I remember, Once I was a man, In my heart I had an ember, I'll relate the best I can but it was snuffed, one distant December. And yet here I stand, no flesh, no bones, no seed or semen, All that's left is this Demon.

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Re: My Short Guide to Growing Basil [Re: Darklight203]
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I went graft crazy yesterday, and went into grafting before thinking. None of those grafts looked good, so I scrapped them. Today, I used a razor, knife, thread and a kind of wrapper on today's grafts. Purple basil on sweet basil. I'll post pics later today and in a few days time as well. If any of these grafts take, I'll be happy.


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In ancient times, when demons roamed with man, They hunted, loved and lost, hand in hand, As time went on, the difference between them faded. You couldn't tell anymore, demons and man were related, and some would say the same, but who would like to claim? In time, Gods had even forgot, Demons, too, once love had sought. In times recent I remember, Once I was a man, In my heart I had an ember, I'll relate the best I can but it was snuffed, one distant December. And yet here I stand, no flesh, no bones, no seed or semen, All that's left is this Demon.

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Re: My Short Guide to Growing Basil [Re: Darklight203]
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I'll attempt a few more grafts this week to get the hang of it. I'm loving the idea. It's not exactly worth a lot if I can do it successfully, but I imagine I can ask a little more if I sell them with successful grafts. People wouldn't probably want it for basil, just for the looks? Anyways, sounds fun...I doubt many grafts on these delicate plants will take. Anyone have grafted herbs?


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In ancient times, when demons roamed with man, They hunted, loved and lost, hand in hand, As time went on, the difference between them faded. You couldn't tell anymore, demons and man were related, and some would say the same, but who would like to claim? In time, Gods had even forgot, Demons, too, once love had sought. In times recent I remember, Once I was a man, In my heart I had an ember, I'll relate the best I can but it was snuffed, one distant December. And yet here I stand, no flesh, no bones, no seed or semen, All that's left is this Demon.

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Re: My Short Guide to Growing Basil [Re: Darklight203]
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All of the grafts I worked on today look pretty limp. Is this usual for herbaceous plants? First ones I didn't trim off excess leaves, todays grafts I was very careful with, trimmed leaves, tried to create protection for them, gently kept pressure on them.
I'll be amazed if I can graft a basil on a basil =P


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In ancient times, when demons roamed with man, They hunted, loved and lost, hand in hand, As time went on, the difference between them faded. You couldn't tell anymore, demons and man were related, and some would say the same, but who would like to claim? In time, Gods had even forgot, Demons, too, once love had sought. In times recent I remember, Once I was a man, In my heart I had an ember, I'll relate the best I can but it was snuffed, one distant December. And yet here I stand, no flesh, no bones, no seed or semen, All that's left is this Demon.

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Re: My Short Guide to Growing Basil [Re: Darklight203]
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Cactus grafts need humidity, so if your doing basil which needs a helluva lot more water than cacti, then they should be in a 100% humidity dome AT LEAST. I don't have alot of grafting knowledge, but I know it should work in theory, just keep them very humid till the graft takes.

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Re: My Short Guide to Growing Basil [Re: RourkeAnderson]
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If these don't take, I'll make a humidity dome. I knew that they needed humidity, but didn't provide much. The foamy wrap I used I soaked in water, but I doubt it absorbed much and as you see it didn't cover everything.
I'll get this eventually, just have to keep trying and do things right(eventually) =D


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In ancient times, when demons roamed with man, They hunted, loved and lost, hand in hand, As time went on, the difference between them faded. You couldn't tell anymore, demons and man were related, and some would say the same, but who would like to claim? In time, Gods had even forgot, Demons, too, once love had sought. In times recent I remember, Once I was a man, In my heart I had an ember, I'll relate the best I can but it was snuffed, one distant December. And yet here I stand, no flesh, no bones, no seed or semen, All that's left is this Demon.

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Re: My Short Guide to Growing Basil [Re: Darklight203]
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Try using Saran wrap for wrapping around the graft area. It will keep it from drying out and increase your chances at a successful union.


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Re: My Short Guide to Growing Basil [Re: karode13]
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good info on propagating basil man:super: i have some stray basil growing in the yard right now and wouldnt mind playing around with it a bit. 2-3 days for roots is excellent.

is the purple basil u grow, the holy basil from asia??? is that the strain with the heavy clove scent to it? ive always wanted to step it up from sweet basil and go with some thia and indian holy basils.

cool thread dude, nice to see another basil enthusiast in the house:super:


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Re: My Short Guide to Growing Basil [Re: Darklight203]
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:popcorn:

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Re: My Short Guide to Growing Basil [Re: Lipa Kreepa]
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Nope, just a plain old purple sweet basil. I would love to get my hands on some Ocimum sanctum though, sounds like a neat basil. I'm starting to fall in love with the mint family. This morning I made a basil, catnip and opium poppy leaf tea. It did wonders on my hangover and about put me right to sleep. Probably the catnip at work.
I also want to grow catnip and get some local cats high for shits and giggle. I'm not fortunate enough to know anyone here with cats that want a free magic doorway to the heavens.
If I can actually get one fricking graft to take(Karode, I'll take your advice today and try the saran wrap technique) I'll be happy and on my way to selling grafted basil for novelty plants. As I'm posting this, I'm also reading up on the different Ocimum species in the Lamiaceae family. I'll read up on that family and see if there's other plants able to be grafted.
Anyways that's what I'm looking at so far.


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In ancient times, when demons roamed with man, They hunted, loved and lost, hand in hand, As time went on, the difference between them faded. You couldn't tell anymore, demons and man were related, and some would say the same, but who would like to claim? In time, Gods had even forgot, Demons, too, once love had sought. In times recent I remember, Once I was a man, In my heart I had an ember, I'll relate the best I can but it was snuffed, one distant December. And yet here I stand, no flesh, no bones, no seed or semen, All that's left is this Demon.

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Re: My Short Guide to Growing Basil [Re: Darklight203]
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Basil grafts didn't take. I'll do more grafts here this week, need to find one that I can make a humidity dome around. I'll update pics of my basil, as I have a few more pots made up.
In the mean time, here's my little bonsai purple basil plant for your viewing pleasure.

Why bonsai, you ask? Why not =D It's sitting in a small pill bottle, which is sitting on my iPod iTouch.


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In ancient times, when demons roamed with man, They hunted, loved and lost, hand in hand, As time went on, the difference between them faded. You couldn't tell anymore, demons and man were related, and some would say the same, but who would like to claim? In time, Gods had even forgot, Demons, too, once love had sought. In times recent I remember, Once I was a man, In my heart I had an ember, I'll relate the best I can but it was snuffed, one distant December. And yet here I stand, no flesh, no bones, no seed or semen, All that's left is this Demon.

Edited by Darklight203 (04/19/11 10:26 AM)

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Re: My Short Guide to Growing Basil [Re: Darklight203]
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I love basil.

I just took my plant for about 5 cups packed of leaves to make my signature pesto.

I like to clone by dipping cuttings in clonex rooting gel, then inserting directly into soil in styrocup, after they get a good hold, I transplant to their final pot size.



I have mine under some DIY led growlights, alongside my strawberries, tomato, mint, rosemary, cilantro, parsley, catnip,oregano and random lettuces.



Its pretty clear from the picture which side of the plant was facing the lights.
I also have a teeny boxwood basil in the corner that never came out of shock, I flew it up from florida a few months ago.

Anyway, I'm glad to see that others can appreciate the deluxity of having an ample supply of fresh basil!

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Re: My Short Guide to Growing Basil [Re: SuperPuma]
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Oh, I just realized you want to grow catnip too! check this out


Both plants are the SAME EXACT age, the one on the left spent its days in the grow room, the one on the right grew up on a windowsill.



I cant get my cats to give a fuck though. What am I supposed to do with all this catnip?

Edited by SuperPuma (04/19/11 11:21 PM)

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Re: My Short Guide to Growing Basil [Re: SuperPuma]
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As of yet, no grafting. I'll probably create a new thread for grafting basil, if I ever get around to doing it.
Until then, this is my first bonsai basil's first trim. Another week or two and I'll be able to top and trim again. I imagine it will be a nice spiral design since I'm trimming opposite leaves on opposite leaf sets.
I got 3 more starting bonsai basil plants in similar sized containers I just started today.
Anyhow, if anyone here has any success with herbaceous grafting or bonsai-ing please let me know. If I actually get basil grafts to take, I'll make a thread for herbaceous grafting.
See ya next week or so!


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In ancient times, when demons roamed with man, They hunted, loved and lost, hand in hand, As time went on, the difference between them faded. You couldn't tell anymore, demons and man were related, and some would say the same, but who would like to claim? In time, Gods had even forgot, Demons, too, once love had sought. In times recent I remember, Once I was a man, In my heart I had an ember, I'll relate the best I can but it was snuffed, one distant December. And yet here I stand, no flesh, no bones, no seed or semen, All that's left is this Demon.

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Re: My Short Guide to Growing Basil [Re: Darklight203]
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Nice thread, I'm also a fellow basil grower and lover. I haven't done much in the way of experimenting, just cloning and such. Good luck with the grafting, that will be really cool if it works. :thumbup:


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