It is easy to grow basil plants

A pot of basil plants
Singapore
November 13, 2016 3:22am CST
I didn’t realize that it’s pretty easy to grow basil plants. I just placed some basil seeds into a pot of garden soil which I purchased from the supermarket. I then watered the pot twice a day. That’s it. In about a month I have a lovely pot of basil plants a shown in the photo above. Chicken, pork or beef fried with basil leaves are delicious. One can also blend the basil leaves with pine nuts and olive oil to make pesto which is great with bread or biscuits. I believe that consuming basil is good for health. How do you like your basil?
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@yukimori (10148)
• United States
13 Nov 16
You can put a stem of basil in water and it will grow roots. That's how I've started all of my plants--they came from packages I bought on clearance at the grocery store when I didn't use all of the stems for cooking.
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• Singapore
14 Nov 16
@yukimori That's a good tip. Maybe it's faster this way.
@Lucky15 (37374)
• Philippines
13 Nov 16
i only have the dried ones
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• Singapore
14 Nov 16
@Lucky15 Oh, I didn't know one could grow dry basil. How does it taste? Does it still have the flavour?
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• Singapore
15 Nov 16
@Lucky15 Oh, I see but why can't basil be grown in Philippines? I think they can be grown every where except in the desert.
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@Lucky15 (37374)
• Philippines
14 Nov 16
@succeednow what i meant is, basil don't grow in here
@skysnap (20153)
13 Nov 16
we have in office.
• Singapore
13 Nov 16
@skysnap You grow basil plants in your office? What's the basil plants doing in your office?
@skysnap (20153)
13 Nov 16
@succeednow we have garden outside office where there is lot of those plants. we also had sunflower last season.
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• Singapore
14 Nov 16
@skysnap Are you or any of your staff allowed to bring home freshly picked basil?
@LadyDuck (472024)
• Switzerland
13 Nov 16
I make pesto to season pasta, this is how we use pesto in Italy.
• Singapore
14 Nov 16
@LadyDuck Yes, pesto is great with spaghetti.
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@LadyDuck (472024)
• Switzerland
14 Nov 16
@succeednow We like more on linguine, but I do not believe that they are very known outside Italy.