Basil: Take heed before the rot sets in

Jackie French
October 24 2021 - 5:30am
Keep a potted basil plant in a sunny spot indoors. Picture: Shutterstock
Keep a potted basil plant in a sunny spot indoors. Picture: Shutterstock

Hark, all ye gardeners, for this week I am writing that which I have never uttered before and will probably never utter again. Don't plant basil seed this year. Don't plant basil seedlings either. They will rot.

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Jackie French

Jackie French

Canberra Times columnist

Jackie French is an Australian author, historian, ecologist and honourary wombat (part time), 2014-2015 Australian Children' Laureate and 2015 Senior Australian of the Year. She also writes a gardening column for The Canberra Times.

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