Wow I LOVE Basil too and now I know I should be eating way more of it!
I bought some Basil from the supermarket (ready to eat fruit n veg section) last year- 2 of them, planted them both in a big pot, 1 died and the other grew.
It's sweet Basil (or so said the wrapping) but it doesn't have much flavour.
I'm really wanting to get some lemon flavoured Basil and then we're talking flavour!
Thanks so much for sharing a great way to save it too!
Love the flowers...I LOVE flowers and colours....🤣
Here's my little nano jungle in the middle of the cement jungle.
Plants at wndow are real, but the rest are fake. Not enough light gets in here...
Hello and Good morning.
Your "jungle" looks beautiful, comfy place with lots of color.
the Ivy stung around the ceiling moldings looks great. Nice idea.
You should try basil from seeds, so much more flavorful than store bought plants, although lemon basil IS the bomb!
Good luck with it.
Thanks yeah I don't mind being in lockdown when I live in this place....😃
Yeah that's a good idea too, basil from seeds. I never thought that it would make much difference, but I'm sure that you're right.
I bought a pot of mixed lettuces and replanted it into a bigger pot and it was doing really well for the first month or so and I got a few nice handfuls of Cos from it but now it's all dying and I don't know why (apart from the fact that I've never been much of a green thumb...)
But I have been thinking about planting Silverbeet, or some species of chard/spinach..) and Kale too, because they have more nutrients and I eat them like lettuce anyway...
So when we get out of lockdown (and I make some money again) I'll be back to the nursery to get some and find that Lemon basil too.
Where are you? Here in the USA, there are no lockdowns at the present, but if the cases keep rises, which they are now, we may end up there again.
Lettuces have a short life span, keep picking and watering. If time allows in your area, plants some more seeds for a second crop.
Thanks for the feedback. Have a wonderful day.
In a highrise apt right in the middle of Melbourne, Australia.
So the lettuce are in a big container (actually it is a baby bath I found..) and right behind the window in the sun (well it's winter..)but they still get light from sunrise to late afternoon and all the other plants love it there and then they'll all go back out onto he balcony when it starts to warm up..
Well Sydney's cases are growing by the day and hit nearly 360 today and that's not a lot compared to the rest of the world, but we don't have a huge population here like most other countries do..so Sydney's had 11300 cases since Jan and 90 deaths and we here in Vic go into lockdown at the drop of a hat- which I don't mind cause it gives me a chance to rest and do the things that I need to catch up on.. though I have zero income when this happens..its just lucky that I know how to conserve everything and live very frugally...and since I have a rare heart condition, I know I'd cark it if I get the virus...so I like to be careful and am happy talking to myself...lol...though I'm not anyway, I'm here on Hive talking to so many amazing people from all over the world.
Yeah I think I'm going to try the Silverbeet and Kale or the chards...like I said, more nutrients than lettuce and I use it like lettuce anyway..