Green Basil Large Leaf Seeds

🌱 Green Basil Large Leaf Seeds — Complete Sowing, Care & Harvest Guide

Broad fragrant leaves for fresh culinary use. Branching plants can supply repeat tip harvests in warm conditions.

✨ Product Highlights

• Broad fragrant leaves for fresh culinary use
• Branching plants can supply repeat tip harvests in warm conditions

📦 Pack & Sowing Details

• Packet seed count: 250 seeds (saved product attribute).
• Germination temperature: 20-30°C
• Indicative North India sowing: Feb-Apr, Jun-Jul
• Indicative South India sowing: Jan-Mar, Jun-Jul, Sep-Nov
• Recorded seed depth: 0.25 Inch
• Recorded spacing: 8-12 IN between Plants / 12-18 IN between Rows
• Method: Direct Sow / Transplant
• Recorded first harvest / flowering: 50-70 Days for First Harvest

1. 🌱 How to Sow

Sow shallowly in warm, damp seed-starting media and cover lightly at the listed depth. After several true leaves appear, transplant to sunny pots or beds.

2. ☀️ Sunlight, Soil & Water

• Light: Provide ample sun; protect very young plants from scorching during the first days outdoors.
• Soil: Use a clean, loose, fertile-enough mix with unobstructed drainage. Avoid waterlogged containers.
• Watering: Water at the root whenever the surface begins to dry; avoid prolonged drought and root saturation.

3. 🌿 Fertilizer & Growth Care

Use compost at planting and gentle balanced feeding if frequent cutting depletes container nutrients.

4. 🐛 Common Pests & Prevention

Look for aphids, whiteflies and leaf-chewing caterpillars, especially on tender shoots. Inspect plants weekly, remove damaged foliage and avoid automatic pesticide spraying. If treatment is required, use only a locally authorised product labelled for the edible crop and observe all label directions.

5. 🛡️ Diseases & Prevention

Allow leaf surfaces to dry quickly and avoid excessive crowding to reduce downy mildew, leaf spots and damping-off. Isolate heavily affected plants and seek local horticultural advice if symptoms spread.

6. ✂️ Harvesting / Flowering

Pinch stem tips above a healthy leaf pair once plants are established; remove emerging flowers when focusing on leaf production.

❓ Frequently Asked Question

How do I keep basil bushy? Pinch growing tips regularly and avoid cutting away too much foliage at once.

Growing periods are indicative, not guaranteed. Adjust sowing to your microclimate and follow packet details; species, seed storage, soil, temperature and care can change results. No pesticidal, medicinal or yield guarantee is implied.