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FREE: 25+ Heirloom Italian Basil Genovese Herb Seeds Vegetable Garden Plant *FREE Recipe Included!

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The listing, 25+ Heirloom Italian Basil Genovese Herb Seeds Vegetable Garden Plant *FREE Recipe Included! has ended.

25+ Heirloom Genovese Basil Seeds!

FREE Pesto & Tomato, Mozzarella and Basil - a Holy Trinity Recipe Included!

*Perfect for indoor or outdoor container garden as well. Indoor container needs at least 3 - 5 hours of sunlight a day.Best frozen or dried for future use!

Sun: Full Sun
Height: 18-24 inches
Days to Maturity: 60-90 days
Sowing Method: Direct Sow/Indoor Sow

Heirloom seeds are easy to grow and collect seeds for next generation. Allow a few plants to flower which then turn to seed. Allow seeds to dry on plant before collecting.

Three or four plants yield plenty of fresh basil for a family of four. 12 Plants will yeild a generous amount for pesto!

Many gardeners use basil as pest repellent. Basil is a wonderful comapanion plant to most other plants. Dry soil stunts its growth. Try to always keep moist.

Pinch off the blooms as they appear. If your plants get away from you to the point where they make seeds and stop growing, shear off the top third of the stems and fertilize with a liquid fertilizer such as fish emulsion or water soluble 20-20-20. NEVER cut back too far down the stem where stems are woody, or the plant won’t sprout back.

You can dry basil leaves, but freezing it or using it in vinegars best preserves basil’s flavor. It also flavors oils and pesto; keep oils refrigerated. You can also keep cut stems fresh for a few days by putting the cut ends in water just like a cut flower. They will add a fresh basil fragrance to the air.

I will ship internationally. Please forward shipping information for calculated shipping costs. Be sure to check with your horticultural customs agent regarding importing seeds to your country. International shipping fees to be paid via PayPal.com only.

*FREE Pesto & Tomato, Mozzarella and Basil - a Holy Trinity Recipe Included!

*Items ship on Wednesdays.

Thank you.
LosAngeles

Questions & Comments

Love basil. Fanned U

Jan 5th, 2012 at 8:53:22 PM PST by

Basil is easy to grow. Besides having a dedicated herb bed.. .. I also keep basil in a few pots. My favourite is to plant a bell, tomato, basil plant in a container with a few bunching onion and loose leave lettuce. It's a perfect garden salad container garden. *Be sure to continuously snip the leaves off of the basil plant. The newer the leaf the sweeter the flavour.

Basil is a wonderful companion plant to ward off garden pests like aphids and such. I enjoy planting zinnia amongst my basil. My original basil seeds came from a backyard gardener located outside of Chicago. I've generated seed for nearly six years from the very seeds received. They're truly a hardy heirloom seed. Cheers ~LosAngeles

Jan 8th, 2012 at 3:16:26 PM PST by

me too F&W

Jan 8th, 2012 at 12:27:40 PM PST by

Basil is easy breezy to grow and it's a wonderful companion plant. The best container garden is a bell, tomato and basil plant with a few bunching onion and lettuce. Cheers ~LosAngeles

Jan 8th, 2012 at 3:06:48 PM PST by

thanks for all the good info on Basil. fanned & W

Jan 10th, 2012 at 11:04:16 AM PST by

There's nothing like having seed and not knowing how to plant it. Seed of any sort is easy to grow. A simple rule to follow the planting depth ratio is basically 2 - 3 times the size of the seed. Cheers ~LosAngeles

Jan 10th, 2012 at 12:56:00 PM PST by

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