Basil

Basil

Basil is an annual herb that belongs to the Mint Family, along with rosemary, lavender, and sage. Basil is not frost tolerant and it loves summer weather.

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24

in.

Spacing

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1/4 in.

Depth

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Warm

Season

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Full

Sun

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1 in/week

Water

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Not Tolerant

Frost

Hand Planting Seed

5-10 days

Germination

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20-30 days

Harvest

Pests

Diseases

Pest on a leaf - leaf miner fly - larva eats passages in the leaf - Agromyzidae
cabbage worm
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Root Rot

Leaf miners

Cut worms

Aphids

Slugs and snails

Root rot

Flea beetles

Japanese beetle eating plant leaf.

Japanese beetles

Compatible Plants

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Eggplant

Pepper

Red Tomato

Tomato

Fresh Asparagus

Asparagus

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Incompatible Plants

None

Good Bugs and Animals

Humming Bird

Birds

Flies

Aphids

Aphid midge

Lacewing

Green lacewing

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Assassin

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Ground beetle

Ground beetles

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Bees

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Spiders

lady bug

Lady Bugs

Braconid Wasp

Wasp

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Praying

Mantids

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Basil
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