Stop Killing Your Store Bought Basil

2024 ж. 5 Нау.
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  • Download my FREE Plant Parent's Troubleshooting Handbook 👉 resources.sheffieldmadeplants.com/handbook

    @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlantsАй бұрын
    • That type of pot is called a starting pot. Its not designed for long term growth of the plants but to start them. These are cheap pots designed to be tossed when you replant them into a garden or larger pot. If you look at the plants as the pot is being removed you can tell that they are getting rootbound.

      @ianbelletti6241@ianbelletti6241Ай бұрын
    • Thank you! I started a whole package of Basil seeds now have a lot of baby Basil! 😮 Going to be giving most of them to family, neighbors and if you need any? 😂🤦🏻‍♀️

      @karensmith1832@karensmith1832Ай бұрын
  • A lil tip for dividing without damaging as much of the roots is to soak them in water before pulling apart!

    @jakesmith3017@jakesmith3017Ай бұрын
    • Thanks, and I wish I'd read the comments before doing this...

      @BaseReality@BaseRealityАй бұрын
    • I'm gonna try that tip out next time I pick one of these up

      @fangthedergon1863@fangthedergon1863Ай бұрын
    • from the sounds of it,he is more interested to flog his sponsors, where both of them are making money, then to show REAL tips. You just take a big or bigger pot, separate the basil ,and stick them all, check the two left on the left back of his square tray.And it is obvious that also the smaller plants will grow big ,when given enough space. so,no need to throw them away.

      @benediktmorak4409@benediktmorak4409Ай бұрын
    • Yes, I was about to post the same comment!

      @thomasmezei3231@thomasmezei3231Ай бұрын
    • Thank you ✔️

      @claradiblasi354@claradiblasi354Ай бұрын
  • I did this last spring and am still enjoying basil 10 months later

    @spikebeer1373@spikebeer13732 ай бұрын
    • Nice!

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlants2 ай бұрын
    • My basil survived for like 2 years, then I had to leave home for 3 months and my brothers forgot to water it for 2 weeks lmao. Oh well

      @VocalMabiMaple@VocalMabiMapleАй бұрын
    • How do you keep it so long????

      @ra0333@ra0333Ай бұрын
    • Repotted a few times, separating the plants and cutting the whole stem not just leaves when I wanted to use some.@@ra0333

      @spikebeer1373@spikebeer1373Ай бұрын
    • @@ra0333 Use it. Keep it from going to seed.

      @violetviolet888@violetviolet888Ай бұрын
  • I can relate to that basil plant. Some of us just like our space

    @boreksz82-cf7ze@boreksz82-cf7ze2 ай бұрын
    • 😂

      @emilyb5557@emilyb5557Ай бұрын
    • +1

      @HolahkuTaigiTWFormosanDiplomat@HolahkuTaigiTWFormosanDiplomatАй бұрын
    • You should move to Finland. For space.

      @samithesmooth2970@samithesmooth2970Ай бұрын
    • Me too

      @GazHogan@GazHogan28 күн бұрын
  • The actual instructions begin at 3 mins 40 secs. Great facial expressions! Thank you for this very helpful video.

    @DrDianeDAddie@DrDianeDAddie28 күн бұрын
    • Thanks! Next time you can just write 3:40 an people can click on it to jump there

      @dancingpeanut3400@dancingpeanut34008 күн бұрын
    • Thank god for you

      @iansberg850@iansberg8502 күн бұрын
  • If you plant the seedlings next to tomato plants, you will have less aphids. They love growing together.❤

    @user-vv4hg7me1q@user-vv4hg7me1qАй бұрын
    • I will try planting some next to my Rose of Sharon (always infested with aphids and ants).

      @sharonaumani8827@sharonaumani8827Ай бұрын
    • Next to broad beans

      @saintace1northernsoul@saintace1northernsoul18 күн бұрын
  • I gently swish the root ball in a bucket of water letting the water rinse out the soil between the roots and relaxing the entanglement. They untangle and separate more easily. Works great for large root balls of perennials that you need to divide in the garden. a hose with low stream of water, wriggling the stems and they'll pull apart with minimal tearing.

    @seriouslyreally5413@seriouslyreally5413Ай бұрын
    • Great tip!! Thank you

      @claradiblasi354@claradiblasi354Ай бұрын
    • Love to use fresh basil the plant is cheaper than the package of fresh basil

      @yvonnemoretti7646@yvonnemoretti764612 күн бұрын
  • My friend has a business growing Basil pots for supermarkets, they basically just want to give you plentiful young fresh Basil to provide you with several meals. It's really not intended to grow as such, just be that bit fresher than dried basil in bags. Just thought I'd explain why the growers pack too many in to one pot, it's for your benefit not gardening. But it's pretty obvious, really! Love this video, I grow my own basil and mint from seed, cut the tops and grow them on in water, they are so easy. I love fresh herbs! ♥ Great video.

    @angelkotilainen@angelkotilainen19 күн бұрын
    • 👍👍👍

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlants18 күн бұрын
  • I used to divide store bought basil like you do, but it does not give me optimal results, as it sets the plants back too much. It is better to just take cuttings. Instead of dividing I immediately re-pot the store bought basil in a new larger container without dividing, water with nutrient added to the water and place where there is a lot of light. After about a week, when the leaves have a more healthy dark color, I top all the plants but leave at least one or two pairs of leaves on each plant. The cuttings are put into water, and after about a week each cutting can be planted in it's own pot. The original store bought plants will each make two new shoots for each cut, which can be cut the same way about three weeks later. I also cut the top of the cuttings I put into new pots when they start growing to make them do more shoots and grow more bushy. As I have done for years I bought one basil in the supermarket at the end of February. Right now I have more than two dozen healthy plants in pots and about a dozen in water developing roots. They will go out into my garden in about 6 weeks when there is no more frost, and by the end of the season I expect to have harvested about 6-7 pounds of fresh basil. All from a single store bought pot of basil. When out in the garden you have to harvest a lot all the time to make sure the plants do not begin to flower.

    @jamesabber7891@jamesabber7891Ай бұрын
    • Thanks for the advice. I’ll give this a try. 🤗

      @user-ym3gg9ki9y@user-ym3gg9ki9yАй бұрын
    • 😂good job!

      @walamo8971@walamo8971Ай бұрын
    • Ano přesně tak to dělávám už léta a jak píšete, je třeba ihned zaštipovat květy. Jakmile rostlina začne kvést, zdřevnatí jí stonek a je konec 😉👋🇨🇿

      @lenkaprochazkova5999@lenkaprochazkova5999Ай бұрын
    • How do you deal with the aphids in the garden? I always get aphids and it destroys my crop. I seem to only be able to grow inside.

      @edpilz9538@edpilz9538Ай бұрын
    • ​@edpilz9538 I heard they come from the soil. People used to dump their dish water over their rose bushes to kill aphids. An option that may work is to dilute dish soap in water and put it in a spray bottle. Then spray the soil. Keep it off the plant. If it gets on the plant, just rinse it off. I sprayed my zucchini plants as I had a lot of squash bugs and earwigs. I had to redo it a few days in a row. The bugs come out of everywhere and died. I then rinsed off the soap after I was done spraying all my plants. I am going to spray my soil to get rid of earwigs before I plant this year. I hope it works. I get them really bad..

      @triciac1019@triciac1019Ай бұрын
  • Basil is often sold in seed-starting mixes. Seed-starting mix is not soil. It is a sterile medium used for, you guessed it, starting seeds. As well as the plants being overcrowded, they are no longer getting liquid plant food to keep them alive. As the video demonstrated, repotting in nutrient-rich potting soil with more space is the way to go. PS: Provide your plants with plenty of airflow.

    @AptHydro@AptHydro2 ай бұрын
  • I have just been given a store bought basil plant and your video has come just in time to rescue it from impending doom 😅

    @danielleeaby-lomas2491@danielleeaby-lomas24912 ай бұрын
    • My sister just brought home a basil plant and it wilted today! I can’t believe this video just popped up. Sometimes I think my phone eavesdrops on me 😂😮

      @carolynhamilton9529@carolynhamilton9529Ай бұрын
    • I didn't realise how dumb I am........I've lost so many. SMH😂

      @ibdalia69@ibdalia69Ай бұрын
    • 😢​@@carolynhamilton9529

      @sandraaspromonte7478@sandraaspromonte747815 күн бұрын
    • To at Carolyn Hamilton of course your phone eaved drops on you

      @sandraaspromonte7478@sandraaspromonte747815 күн бұрын
  • an 80y old gardener gave me the best tips. --Remove the pot and check the root ball on all seedlings and plants before you buy -- Buy the youngest healthy seedlings before they become big and root bound. They will be less disturbed when re-potting and recover much faster. -- Once a young plants growth is checked (root disturbance, water, light, temperature, wind ) it will never reach its full potential. Stephen from Kopu New Zealand

    @greenwood4020@greenwood4020Ай бұрын
    • Good ideas! I usually end up looking for the best looking big plant but then they are root bound and struggling!

      @reysquadron7820@reysquadron7820Ай бұрын
    • Thanks mate. We transplant ours pretty much straight away into 10ltr pots with varying success. Will follow your advice. Gordon from Tauranga

      @boonheadbonson2292@boonheadbonson229226 күн бұрын
    • Will you explain what you mean by the last tip? (When a young plants growth is checked it will never reach its full potential)....what do you mean by that exactly??

      @cassthompson3386@cassthompson338620 күн бұрын
    • @@cassthompson3386 I think it means the growth is stunted. It can't get bigger and better. Hope this helps.

      @rowanrobbins@rowanrobbins17 күн бұрын
    • @@rowanrobbins Ooh ok. Thank you! 😊

      @cassthompson3386@cassthompson338617 күн бұрын
  • I know that the plants need to have their own space but after living together I'd think they would appreciate being placed nearby their siblings after separation so that they can occasionally say hello to each other.

    @franklesser5655@franklesser5655Ай бұрын
    • The Basil thanks you, the little ones do suffer separation anxiety 🤣💕🪴😉

      @chrissiecarr5721@chrissiecarr572124 күн бұрын
    • My first garden last year was tight after everyone grew, so it needed more room this year. I had to give those across the yard company.

      @kathyjordan3922@kathyjordan39224 күн бұрын
    • They will say hello to each other in your tummy.

      @iansberg850@iansberg8502 күн бұрын
  • I got a basil plant from the store the other week and wanted to propagate the strongest contenders in water. Yesterday while checking why they were looking terrible I noticed spidermites…needless to say I threw everything away and thanked the stars I didn’t sit it next to the rest of my collection.

    @costinhoria9377@costinhoria93772 ай бұрын
    • 😬

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlants2 ай бұрын
  • I could not get here fast enough to see WHY, oh WHY, oh WHY about the basil plants! 😂. Thank you so much love, much apppreciated!!!

    @snuffleufagus9771@snuffleufagus97712 ай бұрын
    • You bet!

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlants2 ай бұрын
  • This was just the video I needed . Can’t count how many pots of supermarket basil I have bought over the years and they just wilted . New subscriber here from Canada ❤

    @Silkytoaster@SilkytoasterАй бұрын
    • Glad it was helpful!

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlantsАй бұрын
    • Just make sure you soak and wash off the soil to detangle instead of dry ripping them apart. Far less damaging to the roots.

      @TJ-bu9zk@TJ-bu9zkАй бұрын
  • Used to work in a glasshouse that grew these. Some of the thyme pots had 70 seeds in them. All done by machines really took the fun out of growing. Also lots of fungus gnats and spiders!

    @htravis2061@htravis20612 ай бұрын
    • Yuck!! Not as worried about the spiders, but how did you get rid of the gnats?

      @jennip8585@jennip8585Ай бұрын
    • Put soil in a big oven proof pot or roaster at 350 degrees in the oven covered for 15 minutes to get rid of bugs & soil borne diseases & critters😊

      @arthuurwong49@arthuurwong49Ай бұрын
    • ​@@arthuurwong49I had just started to wonder before seeing your comment! Wether or not small batches could achieve the same by using a microwave! Any idea?

      @user-gi2ps3yq4i@user-gi2ps3yq4iАй бұрын
  • I love how your basil pots say "put it in your pasta!" as if you were buying it for decoration.

    @Yupppi@Yupppi2 ай бұрын
  • A very experienced japanese lady tought me to always cut with scissors the top of the plant, in order to not allow it to grow tall but thicker.

    @cardona89@cardona8915 күн бұрын
  • I sent this to my mom. She brought home a grocery store basil plant and it wilted within hours of bringing it home. She does not have kitchen window, so she placed it under a bright light on her counter top. Hopefully she finds this video helpful and get her a proper grow lamp.

    @momistaabouttown4121@momistaabouttown41212 ай бұрын
    • Great stuff 👍

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlants2 ай бұрын
    • If she has a huge planter, she can plop them in and leave it outside by the door. Mine was on the deck last summer. I couldn't eat it all, but love the smell.

      @pinkyssj4@pinkyssj42 ай бұрын
    • @@pinkyssj4I put basil outside last year, in a big planter facing south, and I can vouch for this! I got SO MUCH basil!

      @KristenK78@KristenK782 ай бұрын
    • Over the years, I've found it's best to check and most likely, transplant ASAP as they are usually root-bound. Just like Mr. Sheffield says, they need room. We've had basil last several years with the right care, and a good spot in the window. :)

      @jennifermarlow.@jennifermarlow.2 ай бұрын
    • I haven't finished this video yet, but I'm not convinced that a grow light would really make the difference. I've seen these plants in the middle of the veg section at a walmart and they look mostly fine. (I'm also not convinced that there's a real difference between normal LEDs and the kind of grow lights that non-commercial growers can afford, but that's just me being superstitious with no science!)

      @sullendragon8900@sullendragon8900Ай бұрын
  • I kept a plant like this for several months, on my sunny kitchen windowsill. The key is to give it plenty of water and FEED it. I started with BabyBio and then went on to Growmore. This is basically hydroponic gardening. I harvested leaves every so often as required. It's best to cut each stem down to about halfway. The plant will produce new shoots soon after cutting and grow stronger. Don't let it run to flowering. I didn't have to buy another for months and had plenty of Basil. Even blended some up with olive oil and froze it in ice-cube bags.

    @colinmcmb@colinmcmbАй бұрын
  • There's the root crowding issue, but not only this, the fine-grained compost or fine-grained coir holds onto water for too long, meaning that rootzone oxygen gets depleted pretty quickly, and the basil often succumbs to root rot and stem rot (from my own experience). If you carefully tease apart the basil (or, if you wish, you can instead snip off each stem with scissors and re-root as individual cuttings in a jar of fresh water, or in moist perlite, or an aeroponics/hydroponics cloner) then pot-up individually in a mix containing a large excess of coarse perlite and perhaps some coarse sand or potting grit, the root rot and stem rot no longer occurs. Peat, which has been sitting in an acidic bogland for many years, gets acted on by bacteria and fungi more slowly than fine compost or fine coir, so it lasts longer and does not encourage bacterial or fungal overgrowth that can go on to attack living root tissue under certain conditions (stagnant, waterlogged, anaerobic conditions). Be sure to add a large excess of coarse perlite for optimum root oxygenation.

    @garycard1456@garycard14562 ай бұрын
    • AND prune it back! It gets too leggy vs bushy. Eat Italian all week!

      @joanmayfield4791@joanmayfield4791Ай бұрын
  • You can probably plant them a bit deeper than that, particularly since they've had their original root system quite badly compromised. Basil will root from the stems if they're set a little lower in the soil, a bit like tomatoes.

    @TonyWeirPD@TonyWeirPDАй бұрын
  • Crowding the pots is just part of the problem, and they definitely need to be potted up after we bring them home from the supermarket. But root crowding isn't the only reason why all of the basil flags and fails at once: It's often actually caused by bacterial or fungal infestations that get into the plants. One of the most common is Fusarium Wilt, caused by fungus that invade the basil plant, blocking its vascular system (the "plumbing" that delivers water and nutrients from the roots to the stems and leaves). Fusarium spores (the "seeds" of the fungus) can be in the growing mix the plants come in, or introduced after purchase. If your basil wilts all at once, despite still having adequate root space and moisture, it's probably Fusarium wilt!

    @bambooseragardenista8329@bambooseragardenista832917 күн бұрын
  • The most productive basil I had came from the grocery store. I have a medium sized planter that sits by the steps to my front porch, I mixed the soil with blood meal, and transplanted 5 of the store bought groups into that, and had two foot high basil plants the whole season right up to the freezing weather. That was the supply for all of my cooking, including a lot of Thai and Vietnamese food

    @douglaspage2398@douglaspage2398Ай бұрын
    • Sounds great

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlantsАй бұрын
    • They also like afternoon shade mine were huge also❤ I love basil it smells wonderful on the back porch.

      @lillyrose539@lillyrose539Ай бұрын
  • There were more than 20 plants in the wee container a neighbor kindly gave me. Thanks to you, we’ll have many more plants to share!

    @maunarose@maunaroseАй бұрын
  • This applies to ALL store bought herbs! Also, once they have established in their new individual pots, they can be transferred to a warm sunny & sheltered spot in your boarders, they prefer to be out in the natural environment. But only in the summer in the UK

    @sandyb7678@sandyb7678Ай бұрын
  • I use seeds, no special requirements, follow package directions, most economical way to grow. The grow like hell in warm weather, be ready to use frequently and/or make a batch of pesto. Pesto may be frozen.

    @acekelis5943@acekelis5943Ай бұрын
  • Love the comment Basil loves the single life

    @goodlifegardenscapes3899@goodlifegardenscapes3899Ай бұрын
  • I often send your video to my 16 year old granddaughter, who is interested in indoor plants because she is in cold Minnesota, USA. You make fun easy to understand videos! Thank you!

    @sandrabeck8788@sandrabeck87882 ай бұрын
    • That is awesome!

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlants2 ай бұрын
  • I think I’ve said this before…Do you have a camera in my house? I think you just know your audience very well! 😆 My grocery store basil lasted about a month or so before it finally gave up! I can’t wait to try this now! Thanks!

    @susanmilam2346@susanmilam23462 ай бұрын
    • 😂😂😂

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlants2 ай бұрын
  • I realised this fact last year after repeated losses of my herb plants from Walmart. So glad you're sharing the info here for others having this problem! 🤗👍💖

    @debcobern312@debcobern3122 ай бұрын
  • I can't believe I'm just learning this now. Thank you! I bought a basil plant, took your advice, and now I have a dozen beautiful plants weeks later. I have too much actually and will be giving some away of them. Amazing!

    @inforestsweheal@inforestsweheal9 күн бұрын
    • Great stuff 👍

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlants9 күн бұрын
  • I grow herbs aquaponically in my fish tank, naturally I don't want soil floating around with the fish so I rinse it all out wit tepid water then use cindered clay balls in the plants with just enough in the water to feed. Rinsing the dirt out of the roots lets you break up the plants with minimal damage to the root system, stronger plants mean they recover faster and start producing that much quicker

    @stoddern@stoddernАй бұрын
    • What fish food do you use?

      @lrfolkins6692@lrfolkins6692Ай бұрын
  • I tend to always pot on my basil plants and end up sharing with friends.

    @joyous5507@joyous55072 ай бұрын
  • So I had a bunch of murderers in that pot on my kitchen table, I thought the darn thing froze on the way here. I have two guys still standing but they don't look too good. They'll probably end up having a dual

    @nicoleperron3315@nicoleperron33152 ай бұрын
  • Thank you for doing this video. This happens to me all the time, I was wondering what I was doing wrong, it drove me crazy. I will definitely follow your advice and seperate the plants and whatever I don’t pot up I’ll use for margherita pizza.🍕

    @elizabethgreco-nieves@elizabethgreco-nieves2 ай бұрын
    • Great stuff 👍

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlants2 ай бұрын
  • This video is so timely, I have a basil plant that I've successfully been keeping alive for a couple of months now, but I was worrying it wouldn't last much longer. I'll try these techniques!

    @prcr@prcr2 ай бұрын
  • My basil always survived around a couple of months. 😊 I was doing almost everything right intuitively, great tips as always. 👍🏻

    @Prxpagandalf@Prxpagandalf2 ай бұрын
  • Why did I get to that conclusion by myself ?? Genius ! Thank you. I stopped buying basil and now I'm excited for my next grocery trip

    @laurajeannedavid5065@laurajeannedavid5065Ай бұрын
  • Thanks! My supermarket-bought basil kept dying last year, now I'll surely follow your advice and hopefully it will last longer

    @rossiele@rossiele2 ай бұрын
  • I guessed what the problem was before I started watching, then I was second guessing myself as I started watching because I thought I was wrong about the problem... Only to get past the ad and learn I was right to begin with 🤣

    @woofy1988@woofy1988Күн бұрын
  • Oh my gosh! I thought it was just that I couldn't grow these grocery store plants! Thank you for explaining what I was doing wrong! I'll try yet again....

    @analoggurl@analoggurl25 күн бұрын
    • You’ve got this ✊

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlants25 күн бұрын
  • Thank you for actually showing how it's done not just describing the process. I was gifted a basil plant a few days ago and it looks fantastic but I wondered if the 15 or so plants in the one small pot was way too much. It's my intent to keep these guys growing so I'm headed off for supplies! 😃 Thank you also for all your time and effort in creating this video.

    @celiajean7093@celiajean709315 күн бұрын
    • Glad it was helpful!

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlants14 күн бұрын
  • THANKS-Perfect timing-I'm dealing with this exact issues with my store-bought plant now.

    @leonardodalongisland@leonardodalongislandАй бұрын
  • Fantastic! I have a green thumb and was depressed I lost my basil more than once. Thank you!

    @Orangeshebert@OrangeshebertАй бұрын
    • You bet!

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlantsАй бұрын
  • Thank you for this! Everyone kept telling me how low maintenance basil plants were, and yet I found myself extremely annoyed by how “thirsty” my store bought basil plant was. If I skipped watering it for a day the leaves would immediately start drooping and I just didn’t understand why it was so high maintenance. Now I finally understand I was actually watering 10 plants at once :/

    @Kannade@Kannade8 күн бұрын
    • Glad it was helpful!

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlants7 күн бұрын
  • 😂😂🙌🙌🙌 I have lost HUNDREDS of these grocery store basil plants!!!!! THANK you!!!

    @terminatortsw8006@terminatortsw8006Ай бұрын
    • Happy to help!

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlantsАй бұрын
  • topping is such an amazing technique. I use it on my... lettuce.

    @randomclown5724@randomclown57243 күн бұрын
  • Thank you for informing people how plants work. They have bought 6 or 8 baby plants and don't know how to raise them - it's a bit like the care of children in modern societies, keeping them inside watchin watching, with out suprevision, TV or the internet- no personal imagining, running or playing. Sort of sad really. I never once was puzzled about replanting young plants into their own pot, but I grew up in different times - people simply don't know much anymore even though such information, about pretty much EVERYTHING in on the amazing internet - and here you are! The internet is like a great reference library, but most seem to be drawn to the Smut, Gossip and Rubbish Section instead. Regards, happy re-planting.

    @ladybug591@ladybug591Ай бұрын
  • It needs new soil to grow and more space for the roots.

    @user-tk1xd9js1z@user-tk1xd9js1zАй бұрын
  • I recently started raising a bunch of herbs and veggies from seed in Perlite. Kinda eliminates the water/ nutrient fight ^^ keeps everything more space efficient

    @7sins_of_life@7sins_of_life2 ай бұрын
  • I LOVE this vid, it's so true. An 8-inch deep pot, make sure it's one plant ... and what a glorious plant it can be! Needs all the sunlight you can give it in the northern climate (in eastern Canada; same climate as yours). I've not watched a lot lately, and catching up. As usual, you do not disappoint. Love & light, Mr. Sheffield, from Nova Scotia. xx

    @jennifermarlow.@jennifermarlow.2 ай бұрын
    • Thank you 😊

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlants2 ай бұрын
  • I get bunches of basil like that at my local market but they were grown with hydroponics, I just stick the clump of roots in a cocktail glass that sits in front of my kitchen window and add water as they soak it up and it all keeps nice and fresh for weeks. Maybe there's less competition for space or something when soil isn't a factor or they're just more hardy from how they grew somehow.

    @Roger__Wilco@Roger__Wilco3 күн бұрын
  • I needed this today thank you 🙏🏽

    @i1tube@i1tube16 күн бұрын
  • I divided my store bought basil last year, and it was practically coming out my ears all summer. Plus, paired with tomato plants, it kept ugly tomato worms away. Now, if I could learn how to keep rosemary plants alive, I'd be super happy.

    @leafyrox@leafyroxАй бұрын
    • Ah yes i struggle with that too

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlantsАй бұрын
    • Planted a rosemary close to the house in a dry spot did very well for 6yrs until someone bleached the walkway it was next to

      @ellenmeader3485@ellenmeader3485Ай бұрын
  • Thank you Richard that’s great too know. Could I do the same with coriander?

    @user-sk4fi7so9m@user-sk4fi7so9m2 ай бұрын
    • Yep

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlants2 ай бұрын
  • Very helpful. Makes so much sense.

    @jmk1962@jmk196219 күн бұрын
  • I also have the same problems with basil and mint.

    @LauraStansfield-tw7xb@LauraStansfield-tw7xb2 ай бұрын
  • Yeah, I did that. Still no plant survived. I'm trying to grow from seeds this year.

    @bqgin@bqgin2 ай бұрын
    • My basil always lives and has no problem because in the summer they immediately go in a huge planted in the yard. They love living outside and are ZERO maintenance. We can’t eat it as fast as it grows, and eventually flowers.

      @caitchri2426@caitchri24262 ай бұрын
  • This is very practical planting info. Thanks!!

    @stephaniegee227@stephaniegee2272 ай бұрын
  • I always wondered why the basil plant I brought home from the grocery store always withered up and died in a short period of time. Didn't know what I was doing wrong and thank you so much for this video.

    @beth6419@beth6419Ай бұрын
  • I love your commentary on this video. I have had a terrible time with my Basil. Thank you very much for your video and I appreciate you. Blessings.

    @zapot66@zapot66Ай бұрын
    • Glad it was helpful!

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlantsАй бұрын
  • I've found that when separating roots from multiple plants in a small container, it's easier if you wash the existing soil off with water. I also use a sand-compost mix for seed-starting/potting soil mix and it's better than anything I've ever purchased from the store, BUT, it needs to be high quality compost and if you use beach sand, you must wash all the salt out of it. (I'm far away from the ocean in the desert, so that's not an issue for me.) When I say high quality compost, I mean compost that got up to between 131f-160f/55C-71C during the initial composting process and is biologically active. I get mushrooms in my seed starting trays, and what I'm getting there is beneficial to the plants. The bacteria from the compost are also beneficial. When I put the plants into the ground, that goes with them.

    @elvaquero5554@elvaquero5554Ай бұрын
  • So after doing basil non stop with seeds and mad lot of propagations I will add that you can absolutely increase the soil line upwards with basil. Basil is easy, waiting when you first start to not eat it all is the hard part. Also, when you have so many basil leaves harvested and dont want to waste them (topping to prevent bolting/flowering), you can freeze them without issue. Just rinse the leaves with cold water and bag and freeze the leaves for a treat any time you want them and they last in the freezer for months!

    @LPMaestro@LPMaestroАй бұрын
  • I’m growing some from seed currently!

    @strideosu@strideosu2 ай бұрын
    • How is it going? I'm going to try to a later this month, any advice you can offer would be appreciated.

      @tessasense2584@tessasense25842 ай бұрын
    • @@tessasense2584 They are still small and this is my first time ever growing basil. I started my plant journey just last year! But I will say that they have been easy to grow so far. My only suggestion would be to make sure they get enough light. The only real experience I have with seedlings is with Lima beans and Marigolds. I wish you luck with your own!

      @strideosu@strideosu2 ай бұрын
    • @@strideosu I can't grow seeds indoors without get a new grow light, so I'm waiting for the temperature to be warm enough at night so I can grow mine outside. I tried indoors once and even with grow lights they failed.

      @tessasense2584@tessasense25842 ай бұрын
  • Thanks a bunch! I'll do it next time.

    @julianas2000@julianas2000Ай бұрын
  • Good advice. Basil grows from seed very easily too.

    @lusoverse8710@lusoverse8710Ай бұрын
  • Yup. Texas here. Mine goes straight out into the garden. I cut the tops off, and I'm rooting those too. I gotta get 'em growin' before the heat hits.

    @farvista@farvistaАй бұрын
  • Lol. Poor baby needs repotting. What a great load of basil you get with 10 stems! I love lemon basil best.🎉❤

    @annettefournier9655@annettefournier9655Ай бұрын
  • Thank you so much! I love basil.

    @christinaps@christinaps18 күн бұрын
  • To answer, YES! I'm tired of being a Plant Killer! Thank you for your guidance!

    @Jennifr1966@Jennifr1966Ай бұрын
  • Perfect timing for me seeing this video, i get mother's day gifts for our moms at my church which usually means herbs and flowers i harvest and propagate been my garden and whatever i can find in stores. This is a great idea how to get many plants and start them off right from one purchase at the store!

    @reysquadron7820@reysquadron7820Ай бұрын
    • Great stuff 👍

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlantsАй бұрын
  • Thank you for your help it’s very nice 🙏❤

    @elokalibian21@elokalibian21Ай бұрын
  • Thank you you've solved my problem, happy Easter from Oz.

    @anndarley9229@anndarley9229Ай бұрын
  • Mine used to die so quickly! Now I put it on my kitchen window sill in bright day light (not direct sunlight!). It is a very thirsty plant so I keep the pot in a glass container and I can see how much water it "drinks". I don't water it directly but through the glass container. It has grown SO much! I'm surprised at how much it grew, tbh! It got so tall and just shaking it is enough for the smell of basil to fill the room! I cut a few leaves from the sides (never too many from one stem) and even the tops which already grew back. Amazing to see! 😊 Edit: didn't separate roots or anything. Literally left it where it came in. Some leaves occasionally get yellow and fall off but it's like 1-2 every once in a while. Probably from when I forget to give it more water.

    @LLLadySSS@LLLadySSS9 күн бұрын
    • Great stuff 👍

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlants9 күн бұрын
  • I am currently successfully rooting store basil from a box in a mason jar! If you are growing from a cutting, make sure to change the water about every other day. It does need that level of babying, at least until it gets some good roots to it. Hopefully I can keep it going until May so I can put it outside.

    @KristenK78@KristenK782 ай бұрын
  • I've lost SO much money on grocery store-bought basil. This video and the one on propagating the tops of leggy plants have motivated me to try again. Your encouragement is much appreciated.

    @julierobertson148@julierobertson148Ай бұрын
    • My pleasure 😊

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlantsАй бұрын
  • Then how long in the pots. I know and have learned from watching the basil.its good and do plant them outside when there is summertime and no cold nights under 10degrees

    @susanstreet1@susanstreet1Ай бұрын
  • Thank you for another great video! It’s so easy to learn from you!

    @PaigeMustang@PaigeMustang2 ай бұрын
    • My pleasure!

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlants2 ай бұрын
  • I put mine in a new large pot. That dang thing blew up into a huge plant and I couldn't keep up with the Basil. I was giving it away. Making pesto. Also dried out a bunch and made seasoning.

    @shood35@shood35Ай бұрын
  • After I saw your video, I went and did the same steps with a Gardenia plant that I bought two weeks ago, that was getting wilted. There were eleven plants rooted together, I separated them yesterday and today they are alive and healthy….thank you so much for

    @yolandaburgos7606@yolandaburgos760622 күн бұрын
    • Great job!

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlants22 күн бұрын
  • I've always wondered this too. I thought it was because they didn't get enough light in my kitchen window. I ended up getting hydroponics system instead. Now my basil is going nuts, and I can't use it fast enough. When friends and family visit, they call it a jungle. 🥰🌱

    @jennip8585@jennip8585Ай бұрын
    • i made pesto with walnuts which is cheaper than pine nuts and froze the pesto. It thawed out great. I had at least 29 bags of single servings.

      @Cerceify@CerceifyАй бұрын
    • @@Cerceify wow!!!! That's a whole lot of pesto!! Also, cashews are a GREAT substitution for the pine nuts, which are now $25 a bag. 🤦🏽‍♀️ The cashews though, make the pesto really creamy. It's so good.

      @jennip8585@jennip8585Ай бұрын
  • Thanks.I had given up buying basil.I will follow your instructions 😊

    @morganniciomhair8284@morganniciomhair8284Ай бұрын
  • I'm going to buy some basil today, thank you.🥳

    @tubagogo5817@tubagogo5817Ай бұрын
  • My problem is aphids. Hate them. Had 3 pots going last year, and they decimated them. Also, I usually take cuttings straight away, then propagate in water.

    @garyhamilton2979@garyhamilton29792 ай бұрын
  • Wow I never knew this. Thank you 👍

    @fifinguyen8944@fifinguyen89442 ай бұрын
  • We do this and from May onwards put a couple in the garden too. They grow huge in the ground.

    @SteveHuntingdon@SteveHuntingdon17 күн бұрын
  • I just discovered this today as a matter of fact by accident as I was pulling it out of the soil because I had given up due to it's very sad appearance. upon seeing how packed it was in the little pot I realize, "oooooooooooooooh, now I see what the problem has been!" and then came online to see what can I do to save the bedraggled leaves. this is great for next time and all those individual plants give me hope..........so thanks. as well, at some point I too would like to have my own online videos so thank you for how you advertised what you did. I have NO idea on how to do it so thank you for that too! very nice instructional video and I love the faces you made during your cutting process. subscribed~

    @JustMe-uu3bh@JustMe-uu3bh24 күн бұрын
    • Thank you 😊

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlants23 күн бұрын
  • I divide a store bought basil every year amd plant outside with my tomatoes.

    @keithstevens9844@keithstevens9844Ай бұрын
  • Just found you and really enjoyed this Video. It explains everything about buying a Basil plant. Thought it was me, so much that I refuse to but basil plants and now grow by seed. But now I know. Going to watch some past videos because I am a new houseplant mom and have tons of questions . take care

    @yvonnevigil7489@yvonnevigil7489Ай бұрын
    • Glad it was helpful!

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlantsАй бұрын
  • Common sense ❤ going to share this on my fb page, so many folk complain to me about this ❤

    @jeanthornton2107@jeanthornton21072 ай бұрын
    • Thanks for sharing!!

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlants2 ай бұрын
  • Oh that wilted plant was sooooo familiar! Thank you, Thank you, sir. I am off to buy a new plant and hopefully my fingers will be as green as yours!

    @suebryanwilliams8611@suebryanwilliams861114 күн бұрын
    • Best of luck!

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlants14 күн бұрын
  • I repotted my basil and plucked out the weakest plants as I went and I now have about 4 of them which are doing much better than the entire bunch was originally

    @eveleynce@eveleynceАй бұрын
    • the new pot is MUCH larger than the original was, so they all have some room to spread out their roots

      @eveleynce@eveleynceАй бұрын
    • Very good

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlantsАй бұрын
  • i like your pleasent and subtle humor presentation - the informationis very helpful - thank you

    @natankaaren1207@natankaaren12072 ай бұрын
    • Thank you kindly!

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlants2 ай бұрын
  • What an encouraging video and so Nice to see how you Care for the baby basil - 🙏for the inspiration

    @lisengel2498@lisengel2498Ай бұрын
    • Thanks for watching 😁

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlantsАй бұрын
  • Thank you , great informative video , love Basil 🇨🇦

    @patriciahall2223@patriciahall222319 күн бұрын
    • My pleasure 😊

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlants19 күн бұрын
  • Lovely tutorial. Yes, I stopped buying basil like that for the same reason. Didn't realise the solution was so easy. Thanks for sharing.

    @whomadethatsaltysoup@whomadethatsaltysoupАй бұрын
    • Glad it was helpful!

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlantsАй бұрын
  • Another great tip. Thanks!

    @janetlentz7180@janetlentz71802 ай бұрын
  • Excellent video! Gets straight down to business, and is clear

    @wellallrightthen@wellallrightthen20 күн бұрын
    • Thanks!

      @SheffieldMadePlants@SheffieldMadePlants20 күн бұрын
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