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Pat Kiewicz · 19-01-2007, 10:47 AM posted to rec.gardens.edible

said:

i am totally new to gardening so bear with me please. i have a small
basil plant (about 20 inches high) in a 8 inch pot outside. i am in san
diego. the recent freezing temperatures that killed 3/4 of the oranges
in the state appears to have killed my basil plant. all the leaves
turned dark brown/black and drooped. i have put it outside in the sun
and left it inside during the cold but it hasnt changed, in fact it
looks worse.

is my plant dead forever?

Basil is very frost sensitive, so it is almost surely dead. If there is any
green stem left, you could try cutting back to that and hope.

do plants
survive being frozen and then come back to life at some point?

Some plants do. Alas, basil is not one of them.

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Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

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