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Posted by Chris on July 31, 2008, 7:59 pm
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Since I have a gathering coming up soon, I took a couple snips of
shoots from my potted basil (Ocimum L.) plant and plunked them in water. They seem
to be rooting just fine, but the apex leaves have turned black. I
pinched them off and am going to plant them in pots tomorrow, but is
this anything I should seriously worry about? As far as feeding them
to guests and family, I mean.
Thanks,
Chris
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Posted by Simon on August 1, 2008, 2:44 am
If you were Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options > Hi all,
>
> Since I have a gathering coming up soon, I took a couple snips of
> to be rooting just fine, but the apex leaves have turned black. I
> pinched them off and am going to plant them in pots tomorrow, but is
> this anything I should seriously worry about? As far as feeding them
> to guests and family, I mean.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
Unless you used questionable chemicals to spur the root growth, you
should be fine serving basil made from cuttings.
thanks,
Simon
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Posted by Chris on August 1, 2008, 4:33 am
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> > Hi all,
>
> > Since I have a gathering coming up soon, I took a couple snips of
> > shoots from my potted basil plant and plunked them in water. They seem
> > to be rooting just fine, but the apex leaves have turned black. I
> > pinched them off and am going to plant them in pots tomorrow, but is
> > this anything I should seriously worry about? As far as feeding them
> > to guests and family, I mean.
>
> > Thanks,
>
> > Chris
>
> Unless you used questionable chemicals to spur the root growth, you
> should be fine serving basil made from cuttings.
>
> thanks,
> Simon
Plain tap water.
ct
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Posted by Phisherman on August 2, 2008, 2:40 pm
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>Hi all,
>
>Since I have a gathering coming up soon, I took a couple snips of
>shoots from my potted basil plant and plunked them in water. They seem
>to be rooting just fine, but the apex leaves have turned black. I
>pinched them off and am going to plant them in pots tomorrow, but is
>this anything I should seriously worry about? As far as feeding them
>to guests and family, I mean.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Chris
Should be fine. I'm growing several pots of basil on my sunny deck. I
feed them a little fish emulsion once a month but now I am having to
pinch off the flower buds. The basil transplanted to larger pots have
grown proportionally larger, as expected. The leaves turn black a few
hours after picking. Basil is a very useful herb and I use it fresh
whenever available.
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