On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 11:51:06 -0600, John DeBoo
wrote:

Is there any good reason why I should not let my basil go to flowers
as it is now doing? Does it lose its flavor or anything or is it ok
to let it go and continue harvesting the leaves as needed?

All suggestions welcome as I'm a newbie at Basil. Thanx...

You should snip off the flowers. If it flowers, it will
'think' its lifetime job is finished and not make many more
leaves. Snipping off the flowers forces it to put its
energy into making more leaves.

Snipping off the leading stalks also makes it bushier, this
is good.

Pat