In this topic, I continue to answer many questions: How do I manage to cultivate such a luxury bush basil. In the photo, perfectly visible to any size grows basil on my beds. By the way I want to draw your attention that this is not a photo taken from the Internet and from the personal archive.
I purposely put near the bush 12 liter bucket, for clarity. As you can see for yourself just a luxury bush: its size reaches 90 cm in height, and the same in diameter.
Grow a tasty and healthy beauty by virtue of absolutely everyone. So, in order:
Step № 1. sowing basil
Nothing complicated and supernatural in this procedure no. However, when determining the timing of planting and place basil is necessary to consider what is the culture of thermophilic and light-requiring. The optimum temperature for seed germination - about 15-17 ° C.
All the subtleties and nuances of the terms and rules of planting basil, as well as care for the seedlings, I described in detail in a previous article. Become familiar with it, you can on my channel "4 Seasons gardener" (a reference to it I will publish at the end of the article).
Step 2 №. Seating basil
When my rostochku basil will grow, get stronger and will have been on 5 of these leaves, I will proceed to their seating. Place for the cultivation of basil have to be well warmed up and open to the sun.
Basil loves fertile soil. So I am not greedy for organic fertilizers and generous I fill them under the bed of basil. For this I use exclusively your compost.
Your compost pile I fill in the fall, and by the spring of my compost is ready to use. How do I do it, I will tell you one of the following your articles.
When the bed is ready and charged nutrients, we proceed to the Basilica of our seating. The distance between the rows of holes and I leave at least 40 cm.
And no wonder, because if I'll put your shrubs at a distance of 15-20 cm is advised everywhere, they have nowhere to grow.
So, the wells are made. Now we need to carefully dig up the beds of our rostochku-manger. I do it with a regular garden trowel.
The soil is first necessary for them abundantly watered, so that when the excavation of dry soil does not break koreshochki young plants.
Then I pour into each well of about a liter of water, and after it is completely absorbed by planting their Rastishka basil. After landing and a light seal, I mulch the flower bed or humus (compost), or stripped and dried grass.
If these days is hot and sunny weather, then planted seedlings need pritenit. For this fit any loose covering material, or even plain old tulle. Three days later, when the plants take root, the shelter can be removed.
What to do next and how to care for basil, to get the same gorgeous shrubs, like me, you can read on my channel. Link to the article under the photo.
The promised link:
You can grow basil bush height and diameter up to 95 cm, following the 5 simple basic rules
Thank you and see you soon! :)