Basil in the pot is now available at every corner. Here you can find out how the sensitive protégé can hold out longer on your windowsill.
Everyone has probably already had the experience that the recently purchased potted basil loses its leaves. The replication of fresh, new leaves can no longer be expected in the first place. Instead of bribing with growth and new, aromatic leaves, that falls basil through his amazingly quick farewell to the afterlife. This is no coincidence: the potted herbs are produced within a very short time.
In summer it takes just 40 days for the basil to find its way from the seed cone to the store shelves. However, the rapid growth does not make the plants particularly robust. The plants are more susceptible due to the unfamiliar conditions during the stressful transport and then in the new home.
In winter, transport can be life-threatening for the basil due to the low temperatures. Temperatures below 10 ° C should be avoided in any case. In addition, the basil shoots are always much too dense in the pot. Here you can meet the stressed plant and provide a remedy: If the plant is soon divided into four parts and If these are potted in individual pots with fresh substrate, the basil will be happy about a significantly improved and more pleasant one Climate.
After that, the plants should be placed in a bright place and watered well. Even the first fertilization of the basil should not be long in coming in order to be able to enjoy vigorous and robust basil. In production, the herb is fertilized in order to save costs according to the motto “as much as necessary, as little as necessary”. By snapping out the shoot tips, the branching of the plant and the new shoots are favored. Everything else about Care of the basil you can find out in our special article.
Procedure to pep up the pot basil:
- Divide the pot into four equal parts
- Repot with fresh substrate suitable for basil
- Water the plants well
- Fertilize soon to ensure adequate nutrient supply
- Snap out the shoot tips and thus promote branching.