basil 'Duo mixture'
basil duo mixed
- approx 500 seeds
- £2.99
- sold out
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- Seed Packets (only) £2.99
- Position: full sun, sheltered and warm or a sunny windowsill
- Soil: fertile, moist but well drained
- Rate of growth: fast
- Hardiness: tender perennial (best grown as a half-hardy annual)
'Basil Duo Mixed' is a superb combination of the highly popular soft, paper-thin green basil with a sweet taste and wonderful deep plum-coloured red basil with a stronger flavour and hints of spice and anise. - 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 to June
- Harvest: July to October