"Wil" wrote in message
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On Jul 16, 1:11 pm, "Marie Dodge" wrote:
"Wil" wrote in message

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Hi all,

I've been harvesting my basil leaves and have made a couple of basil
dishes with them. I made Chicken Basil (Thai) and Shrimp Basil
Pasta. Sooo good.

I read that I need to keep picking off the flowers to keep them
producing leaves. I was wondering if I let one of my plants flower
out and the seeds fall on the ground (I'm moving one from pot to the
ground) will they come back next year on their own from these seeds or
will I have to some how save the seeds? I live in DC USA, zone 6 I
believe.

Mine don't come back. I have to save the seeds or keep cutting over the
winter in my greenhouse.





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OK, thanks for that Marie. I'll save the seeds because out these
basils are very nice, good taste great arroma and succulent leaves.
Much better than tha Thai basils that I used to buy from the Asian
stores.

How do I go about saving the seeds? Do I wait for the flower to dry
up on the plants and bag them? What's the procedure?

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That's what I do. The seeds are small and black like coleus seeds. They
germinate well in spring in sterile seed-starting soil. Keep them very warm
and on a sunny windowsill. We have an 8X16' hobby greenhouse where we start
all our plants. You can also take a cutting and keep it over the winter in a
south window.