Growing Basil at home
Basil is grown for its fragrant tasty leaves that can be added raw to salads, sandwiches or used in cooked dishes such as the ever popular pasta with tomato and basil sauce.
• Preparation
In growing basil in pots, ensure that adequate drainage is allowed from the base of the pot (line with coarse gravel if necessary).
• Sowing
Sow the seeds thinly and if grown in pots, sow enough for a few plants in each pot. Cover the-seeds with 1/2 cm of compost and firm gently. Basil seeds should germinate in about a week and once the seedlings have developed 2 pairs of true leaves then you can thin out the weakest seedlings in each pot, leaving each pots strongest.
