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Basil Presto Genovese | Sweet Basil
Basil Presto Genovese | Sweet Basil

Basil Presto Genovese | Sweet Basil

SKU: SD30000328
approx 750 seeds
£2.39
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Overview

This sweet basil can be used to make Presto Genovese. No Italian cooking is complete without the aromatic flavour of basil, a tender leafy herb with fat, glossy green leaves. Grow in a container in a sunny spot on the patio or indoors on a bright windowsill and keep well-watered for a plentiful supply. Chop finely over tomatoes or blend with olive oil for the best pesto ever. Growing Instructions: Sow seeds into pots of free-draining seed compost on a warm, sunny windowsill or in a greenhouse from late spring. Protect seedlings from slugs and cold and keep well-watered as they grow. Plant out into the herb garden or into roomy pots or troughs from early summer, after all threat of frost has passed, allowing 15-20cm between plants. Pick plants over regularly and remove any developing flowerheads immediately to prevent bolting (running to seed) and to encourage lots of fresh young leaves. Sow: April-June Harvest: July onwards Approximate quantity: 750 basil seeds

Specifications

  • Position: full sun, sheltered and warm or a sunny windowsill
  • Soil: fertile, moist but well drained
  • Eventual Height:0.3m-0.6m
  • Eventual Spread: 0.3m-0.6m

Eventual height & spread

Eventual height and spread

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Packaging
Seeds will arrive in paper satchets which are packaged in A4 or A5 hard backed envelopes.

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