Basil - Sweet Genovese
Fresh basil is one of the summer garden’s best crops, and the sweet, fresh flavour it adds to a variety of dishes is hard to match.
Tui Basil Seed - Sweet Genovese offers an aromatic herb with dark shiny leaves and highly fragrant foliage which grows well in pots.
Sow in seed raising trays, direct in the garden, or in containers if you're short on space.
Contains 500 seeds.
Benefits
- Highly fragrant foliage.
- Complex, slightly peppery flavour with hints of mint and clove.
- Great for pots.
- Recyclable paper envelope.
Directions for use
Sowing in trays
- Prepare seed trays with Tui Seed Raising Mix.
- Sow seeds 5mm deep.
- Keep well watered.
Sowing direct
- Before planting work Tui Seed Raising Mix into soil.
- Sow seeds 5mm deep and 25cm apart.
- Keep well watered.
Seedlings can be transplanted once they have two sets of true leaves.
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Tui Seed Raising Mix
Nurturing your plant from a tiny seed to a delicious crop of veges, or a stunning floral display, provides satisfaction second to none for gardeners! To make sure your seed raising endeavours end in success start with Tui Seed Raising Mix. This light, free draining mix is specially blended to provide ideal conditions for germinating seeds and seedling establishment. Gypsum ensures strong, healthy root growth and seaweed improves root development and overall plant health.
Use in seed raising trays, your garden, containers and pots to provide your seeds with the ultimate growing conditions.
This bag is recyclable through the soft plastics recycling scheme, it just needs to be clean and dry. Learn how to clean and dry your Tui growing media bags here.
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