fourmations wrote:
snip, oregano advice

Does this go for sweet basil too?

rgds
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Don't ask *me* for advice on growing basil. I generally kill about 3 a
year.
The only time it did any way well for me, was when I had access to a
greenhouse. It seems to like the heat and the dry conditions. I'd let
it get almost wilted, then water it and it grew well and lasted me all
summer, despite frequent plucking - i'm a great fan of basil for its
outstanding culinary qualities. But it is never happy in my luxury
herb bed where everything else thrives.
I suspect our climate is just too wet and unsunny for basil. I met an
organic grower at a summer show down the country last year, who was
selling bunches of the lushest basil I ever saw outside of France or
Italy. He said he was growing it in a polytunnel and that it thrived
on neglect.
Cat(h)