"Mark" wrote in message
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Hi

I'd like to try purchasing a supermarket Basil plant and growing more from
some cuttings. Being a complete beginner to gardening, I'm not really sure
on how to take a cutting or encourage it to grow. I found the following
posting which half-explains it, but could someone take me through the
process step-by-step?


http://groups.google.com/groups?q=g:...r=&ie=UTF-8&oe
=UTF-8&selm=6s7e9i%245fr%241%40cedar.nationwideisp.ne t

What are my chances, given that it's March and my window faces west?

I think a better way would be to save the cost of buying a pot of basil and
instead buy a pack of seed. I've seen mixed packs with different varieties
of basil.

If you want to start with a pot from the supermarket, it tends to be lots of
young plants in a pot so you wouldn't need cuttings. Just carefully divide
the plants into separate pots and keep ppinching out the tips to get them
bushy. You'll only have one variety this way though.

If you've got any space outside you'll also probably get better results by
putting them out in the sun. I grow all my herbs in the piece of sunny
ground nearest to the kitchen door.

Martin