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Spicy Globe Dwarf Untreated Basil - Herb
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Herb Seeds

Spicy Globe Dwarf Untreated Basil - Herb

Latin name: Ocimum basilicum minimum Item #: 1500142-OZ

Ocimum basilicum minimum. Annual. Popular mini leaf basil for 4 in/10 cm pots. Maintains its compact growth forming tiny 6 in/15 cm mounded plants. Heavy basil flavor.

Standard seed has been treated with Fungicides only. Treated (T) seed has Fungicide + Insecticide seed treatment. Untreated (U) seed has no treatment.

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Relative Days
70
Latin name:
Ocimum basilicum minimum
Growing Information

SWEET BASIL - a popular herb for flavoring

Approx. 16,000 seeds per oz/28 g

GREENHOUSE: Sow seeds in flats indoors Apr. 1st. Germinate @ 65°F/18°C soil temp. for 7 days. Transplant outside after frost 10-12 in/25-31 cm apart. Water regularly during the summer months.

DIRECT SEEDING: Sow seed outdoors May 20th 1/8 in/3 mm deep, thin seedlings when they are 1 in/25 mm high to 6 in/15 cm apart. Transplant every other one, spacing plants to 12 in/31 cm apart about two weeks after your first thinning.

HARVEST: Leaves should be picked just before flowering, prolong this period by pinching off flowers. Use fresh or dried leaves. It has the mild flavor of anise with a slight mint aftertaste. Popular as a spice for tomato dishes or blend with vinegar in French dressing or in poultry stuffing. Sweet basil is a tender annual.

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