Basil

I plant basil seeds regularly through winter. No heat pads, just in my kitchen in punnets. They all come up and do well. I put the punnets in a large Sistema container, on the windowsill, with a lid on until they germinate. Helena Boston, Manawatū For quite a few years now, I have grown my extra basil plants by propagating them in water and most cuttings have put out roots after seven days. Doug Lambert, Levin

Herbs


If you love pesto, grow basil and make your own. You’ll save a packet this way. ‘Genovese Giant’ (Kings Seeds) has massive leaves and excellent flavour – a good choice for making pesto. For fancy flavours try cinnamon basil with, you guessed it, a...

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