Ocimum basilicum L.
Brand: Franchi
Packaged:5,0 g
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3.23€
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Sweet basil ''Misticanza di Basilico'' (mixture of different basil varieties) - Ocimum basilicum L.
Rich in essential oils, mineral salts and vitamins. Recommended for use fresh and dried as a spicy seasoning (even instead of black pepper), for flavoring various dishes and sauces.
Fresh basil leaves have a tonic effect, stimulate digestion and stimulate appetite. Infusions and decoctions of basil leaves are used for rinsing the mouth for toothache, stomatitis, sore throats, and the juice of fresh leaves for inflammation of the middle ear, eczema, and difficult-to-heal wounds. The essential oil contained in basil perfectly softens and tones the skin (tonics, baths).
Agrotechnics.
Demanding of heat, light, moisture, prefers well-drained, loamy and sandy loam soils rich in organic matter. The seeds do not require stratification, they are sown directly into the ground or seedlings are grown. At a temperature of +20+22°C, seedlings appear in 10-14 days.
Care: needs moisture, especially during seed germination and before flowering. The soil between plants must be loosened, weeded, watered and fed.
Blooms from mid to late summer (60-90 days after germination). In indoor culture - year-round. For fresh consumption, leaves are cut from young plants 10-12 cm long. For harvesting, harvesting is carried out at the beginning of flowering, cutting the plants along the leaf line, then dried.

Bot. syn.: Ocimum americanum L.

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