Sweet basil "Fine verde"
Sweet basil "Fine verde" - Ocimum basilicum L.
Strongly leafy, compact bush with an amazing clove-pepper aroma!
Early maturing cop. The plant is upright, up to 25 cm high, compact, shoots semi-raised, with a large number of leaves.
The leaf is small, green, oval-ovate, the surface is smooth, the flower is white. The mass of one plant is up to 25 g. The aroma is clove-pepper.
Suitable for growing at home: on the windowsill, balcony.
Basil raises the general tone, stimulates digestion, stimulates appetite. It is recommended for fresh use, as a spicy and flavoring additive in home cooking, in dried form and for canning.
Agricultural technology.
Basil prefers well-drained, loamy and sandy soils, carefully seasoned with organic fertilizers.
Sowing: at the end of March. Shoots appear after 5 days, after which the plants are thinned out, leaving 5 cm between them.
Planting seedlings: mid-May - early June (when the threat of frost has passed) in the usual way according to the scheme 25x30 cm.
Care: the soil between the plants must be loosened, weeded, watered and fed.
Flowering: from mid to late summer (60-90 days after germination). In room culture - year-round.
Harvesting: for fresh consumption, leaves are cut from young plants 10-12 cm long.
For harvesting and drying, harvesting is carried out at the beginning of flowering, cutting plants along the leaf line, then dried.
The period from full shoots to the beginning of flowering is 40-48 days. Productivity of greenery up to 1 kg/m2.
Strongly leafy, compact bush with an amazing clove-pepper aroma!
Early maturing cop. The plant is upright, up to 25 cm high, compact, shoots semi-raised, with a large number of leaves.
The leaf is small, green, oval-ovate, the surface is smooth, the flower is white. The mass of one plant is up to 25 g. The aroma is clove-pepper.
Suitable for growing at home: on the windowsill, balcony.
Basil raises the general tone, stimulates digestion, stimulates appetite. It is recommended for fresh use, as a spicy and flavoring additive in home cooking, in dried form and for canning.
Agricultural technology.
Basil prefers well-drained, loamy and sandy soils, carefully seasoned with organic fertilizers.
Sowing: at the end of March. Shoots appear after 5 days, after which the plants are thinned out, leaving 5 cm between them.
Planting seedlings: mid-May - early June (when the threat of frost has passed) in the usual way according to the scheme 25x30 cm.
Care: the soil between the plants must be loosened, weeded, watered and fed.
Flowering: from mid to late summer (60-90 days after germination). In room culture - year-round.
Harvesting: for fresh consumption, leaves are cut from young plants 10-12 cm long.
For harvesting and drying, harvesting is carried out at the beginning of flowering, cutting plants along the leaf line, then dried.
The period from full shoots to the beginning of flowering is 40-48 days. Productivity of greenery up to 1 kg/m2.
Eng.: Sweet basil. Suom.: Kääpio basilika.