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Beginner Basil Growing Tips?
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Im growing basil for the first time from seeds. At the moment the seedlings are sitting in my 40-cell propagator (with transparent cover) and there are around 5-10 seedlings per cell (each cell is about an inch in width and length). They are now starting to show their 2nd set of leaves, ie, they all now have 2 larger leaves and 2 small ones (1-2mm). The seedlings are about an inch or more tall. My question is, when should I transplant them to my mini greenhouse outside in the garden? I understand it is a question of outside temperature and also the size of the seedlings. But I have seen various inconsistent bits of advice online. I am worried about the cold predominantly. It is mid April now and I live in Wiltshire, but I dont know how much cold basil can resist or if its just fine to prick out and transplant now. |
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Beginner Basil Growing Tips?
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derf wrote: I am worried about the cold predominantly. It is mid April now and I live in Wiltshire, but I dont know how much cold basil can resist or if its just fine to prick out and transplant now. That's a good thing to worry about. I don't know what your weather is like, but I can tell you that Basil will expire at the merest hint of frost. Now, if you are planting them out into protection (you mention a mini greenhouse) that will not frost, you should be fine. But if it might freeze/frost inside that, it's too soon for basil (I actually have found something that's even more sensitive - our "pineapple tomatillos" took some kind of a hit last fall on a night that the basil lived through without damage.) In planting straight into the garden, I generally wait until well after the last hint of the possibility of frost before the basil goes out. -- Cats, coffee, chocolate...vices to live by Please don't feed the trolls. Killfile and ignore them so they will go away. |
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