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September 09, 2009

The King of Herbs - Basil

One of the most popular herbs Ocimum Basilicum commonly called sweet basil. Often grown as a "king of grass, basil can be indoors or outdoors. Basil has been inches long, oval-pointed, dark green leaves and pink pepperish smell and taste. Basil makes a nice little dense plants, or on foot to a growing home. purple-leaf varieties, "Dark opal decorative ', provides excellent indoor plant, and is equally useful in the kitchen. Let yourself go is not a basil flower or seed. Instead of trimming the tops of the plants is that the small, compact bushes.

Basil is an annual and grows from 12 to 24 inches (30 - 60 cm) height varies depending on the variety. Agriculture requirements for growing basil sun, light, well-drained, fertile, slightly acidic soils (not frequent flood irrigation) can not tolerate the cold, turn off the flower stem long leaf production.

Basil can be easily from seed or can be placed at the end of the growing season. If you put basil in the house, choose plants more robust. Remove before the first frost, move it out of the garden and pot plants in fresh soil in a pot. Basil can be grown outside in pots and treated the same way, to bring in the winter. Make sure that the spraying of pest infestation, spray with water and soap. Slowly reverse hardening keep the pots in direct sunlight during the week. Plants acclimate to low light conditions inside it. Required Bring them inside and lay the foundation for further growth.

Basil should be no less than five hours of sun a day to stay healthy and tasty. If you grow basil in a window, which in turn, will provide regular basis, so each participant receives the light. Do not let the basil leaves in contact with the cold glass. Basil grows well under fluorescent lights in the winter. Hang lights 6 inches (15 cm), plants and leave the light on 14 hours a day.

There are many varieties of basil. Two that are particularly popular: O. Basilicum Dark "grass Opal" will benefit all American Award Excellence - You can use it as basil, O. strong use lemon Basilicum 'Citriodorum' fragrance - Nice for tea and chicken and fish.

A garden can be planted with tomatoes, basil, because it helps to overcome insects and disease. Basil comes as flies and mosquitoes. In the kitchen use in a tomato basil dishes (both raw and cooked), pesto, sauces, soups, fish, mushrooms, eggs and rice mixed with other herbs, cakes, pasta dishes, vegetables such as carrots, eggplant, cabbage, pumpkin and zucchini. Use fresh leaves of lettuce and add the fresh leaves with vinegar and olive oil. Basil can be used fresh, frozen or dried. Basil used with caution, since it is one of the few herbs that enhance the flavor when heated, too.

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