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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