My beautiful basil!

[m_apollo8239]

I've been nurturing and connecting with the royal herb for several moons now. Smells so yummy and grows like a dream. Delicious in pizza and pasta plus growing it helps encourage peace and cooperation with the people in your house! Plant some for yourself today!

[InfiniteDawn]

Looks wonderful! I've got two types of basil in my herb garden. Absolutely love it!

[m_apollo8239]

ooh what two kinds do you have growing? Mines not as big as I want it to be, gotta put in in the ground!

[Xiao Rong]

Wow, your basil plant is really gorgeous! Got any tips? I've been trying to grow basil indoors for a while now, with not a whole lot of luck (which is pathetic, I know; I don't think I have much of a green thumb ... )

[Firebird]

Basil is one of my very favorites...I always try to get a couple of varieties in every year, they died though this summer, My vacation water person missed these guys too
Anyway basil is a really magical herb, I use it in money drawing occasionally, but the fragrance is sooooooooooooo wonderful. The herbalist Culpepper warns against inhaling too much, will get thee a scorpion in the brain,... meaning it will give you a headache.
beautiful plant
BB, Firebird

[m_apollo8239]

For growing a tips: i have the best results out of doors. Basil likes full sun too! Lend it energy and connect with it too and it will grow strong! Nurture it in a pot till it establishes roots then transfer it to the ground in your garden. Which will allow for even more growth!
lol a "scorpion in the brain" ouch! That's exactly how migraines feel!
Basil is amazing in empowerment spells too!

[Pinkpower_80]

Very pretty! I'm always jealous & impressed with folks that can grow things. I've got a black thumb

[InfiniteDawn]

ooh what two kinds do you have growing? Mines not as big as I want it to be, gotta put in in the ground!

Sweet and Summerlong. Mine are still just seedlings, unfortunately

[Firebird]

Keep pinching off the seed heads and it will bush out quite a bit more.
FF

[m_apollo8239]

i might just do that today. if it will help 'em bush up that would be real nice.

[Xiao Rong]

Ack, I'm wondering if I overwater or something. I used a self-watering planter for a while but that didn't seem to work at all.

For all you experienced folks, where do you cut in order to bush up the basil? And how often? How do you know when to do it? Thanks!