• adhocfungus@midwest.social
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      7 days ago

      I’m still trying to figure out how to bonsai it so that it doesn’t overtake the entire thing and end up as a woody mess with a couple leaves pressed right up against the LEDs. I end up restarting my basil every year because so far I have been unsuccessful. I use a lot of basil and make a lot of pesto, but it’s never enough.

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        So we don’t have one of these fancy-shmancy setups, we have an indoor greenhouse…pod…thing…with dirt…

        ANYWAY

        Pinch off the flowers as soon as the start to come up, don’t even let them open. We’ve been keeping the same basil plant going for 4 years, and just propagated 2 new ones from cuttings. Apparently once they flower they basically give up and go all woody and beg for death.