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i have three pots with sweet basil (for cooking) on my deck, and something is eating all the leaves, they are fool of holes. i tried spraying insecticidal soap every other day, but it doesn't do anything. i believe they are japanese beetles, so i put a bag-a-bug next to it. the bag filled up with the beetles, but the basil - 4
on thu, 31 jul 008 16:59:07 -0700 (pdt), 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 - 3
bloomingdale spinach (15 plants) kuroda long carrots (100 plants), kentucky wonder green beens (60 plants) broccoli (8 plants), cauliflower (4 plants) and early green cabbage (4 plants) and ...... basil (6 plants). all for one person :) i will start replacement for the leaf lettuces and basil this week. they bolt to seed after to 3 - 3
and squidoo.com, searching for videos or articles on specific topics. for example, i recently published a hub page called "a very small kitchen garden: basil " http://hubpages.com/hub/small-kitchen-garden that provides step-by-step instructions for growing basil in a container. there are plenty of similar articles... and some useful videos on youtube. - 2
rose bush". prune all the ugly looking branches. remember always cut at an angle. cut towards the outside. cut above a node. 16) companion plants: roses like garlic and basil plants next to them as far as my experience goes. if you want to minimize the diseases and healthy rose plants i suggest you plant some galic cloves in - 2
chocolate mint, spearmint, and peppermint. other herbs that are easy to grow that you might be interested in: oregano, chives, lemon balm, lavender, thyme, parsley, and any of the basil s. basil is an annual so expect it to die come winter. i haven't grown green chilies but i have grown other peppers. they tend to be a little - 2
depends on the plant, but generally you can grow smaller plants by keeping them trimmed. i grew a few basil plants in pots this summer and the ones in small pots stayed small with smaller leaves, and the ones put directly into the soil grew 3 feet high with larger, more tasty leaves than the ones in the smaller 6" pots. - 2
"dioclese" <none> wrote in message i lived in las vegas for 15 years. my peach trees grew like crazy! basil exploded out of the ground. mint takes over anywhere it finds water. but squash? eggplants? peppers? i could never get them to survive july and august. when the temp hit 1 0, half of my garden died and i - 2
tell me again, why isn't potting soil re-used? i'm getting ready to pot the sweet basil in the pots that i used last year. it seems a little manure would, rock phosphate, wood ash, and bone meal would have it back in shape. there were no disease problems with the basil last year. whatcha think? - 2
cheryl isaak said: the the garden pretty much ok. the lettuce and basil look pretty sad (the lettuce leave because they are large and soft, the basil because it's so temperature sensative). i noticed the hostas in one of the huge planters downtown seem to really have caught the brunt of the hail (very exposed) and look like they've - 2
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