We all know this supermarket basil in pots, it looks so heathy and a few days later it will die...I call this the "Basil Trauma", learn in this video how to save your basil plant & multiply it! 💚 #basil #gardening #lifehacks #howto
It dies cause its an type of basil that is not sustaining itself, it on purpose not regrow good. Grow basil from normal seeds. Then the basil form flowers that produce more seeds and spread in the sourounding. Also the usual type of basil grow much higher. It will grow more basil than you can use basil spread sool fast. Of course they not sell this in the plant pots in super market cause customers will rebuy less.
I live in a Mediterranean climate and basil grows like crazy ( as do tomato's ) and you don't have to do anything but water it. I think if you grow thinks that like the climate you almost instantly become good at gardening
Thank you for showing your tips. I have never used basil in my cooking and dont know what ro use it for. But this video shows me the technique that I could use for other plants of similar kind.
I first thought the basil was grown from terminator seeds that was intentionally genetically modified in order not to be able to replicate 😅 thanks for the clarifying info!
I bought one of those early spring, after i had cooked that night i repotted it with fresh soil and spread all the stems apart a bit, a week or two later i repotted it again to a much larger one, i’ve made pesto 2 times because it’s growing so well i have to use the leaves regularly so they won’t start blooming
If you don't have extra pots, you _can_ get away with keeping them in the same pot (it it's not _too_ crowded). Frequently prune, water every day with enough water (I wait until it starts leaking decently, leave it, then drain the dish after a minute), and keep in a sunny spot for at least part of the day.
My single stems of basil are doing really well in individual jars of water. But die when I transfer them into a pot with soil... not sure where I'm going wrong
Adding alternative substrate to the bottom of a pot decreases drainage, but aside from this detail your video is dead on. They overcrowd the basil in grocery stores to make it look fuller and more appealing. I think your video on this subject is better than mine for three reasons: 1. You're an attractive young man and I'm a weird looking middle-aged man. 2. You have a French accent, which automatically makes everything better. 3. I like your camera shots more.
@@Bombabingbong66In the 20 years I lived there I met some amazing gardeners with beautiful allotments. They were always leaving bags of courgettes, tomatoes, melons, etc on my door. French people are very generous and are very good gardeners! Maybe it varies by region? I lived in Provence and then Languedoc-Roussillon 😊
It dies cause its an type of basil that is not sustaining itself, it on purpose not regrow good. Grow basil from normal seeds. Then the basil form flowers that produce more seeds and spread in the sourounding. Also the usual type of basil grow much higher. It will grow more basil than you can use basil spread sool fast. Of course they not sell this in the plant pots in super market cause customers will rebuy less.
They like temperatures above 18*C. You could use tapid water aswell. Watering from a saucer below is less mauldy than watering from above. Best of luck!
@@hiwelcometochillis2579 make some nutrient rich soil yourself. Don’t just use backyard dirt. I bought organic topsoil, cow manure, organic fertilizer, worm castings, Do not use any pesticides if you plan on eating what you sow. My garden did a complete turn around once I added nutrients and mixed it well into the soil
My goodness, I'm getting flashbacks to when my mum would buy these plants from Lidl. And I every time I suggested we plant them to save money and actually take care of the plants we just bought. We have the space and resources - now she does it but for AGES it was a repeat purchase. Now we have several different herbs :D
NO WAY?! I have bought like 5 supermarket basil plants and they always die. My mom even told me that the basil keeps dying because someone is sending bad vibes my way 😂 I'll definitely try this out!
I had a crowded basil plant I got from trader Joe's. The young lady in the store told me to divide it into smaller pots and I did. I ended up with eight plants that grew so wild, and out of control. I gave away four of them. One died because it fell on the floor and I didn't see it there. The only thing I have to say is the basil plants I have left love water so I have to be mindful to water them every day. The fragrance, out of this world. They taste equally excellent.. Give it a try.
❤ I see many people going to the grocery store, snipping off a basil top, putting it in pocket, going home to transplant!! 😂❤😂 No one the wiser!! No harm to plant. No one notice the missing top in the forest of tightly packed basil!! 🌿
nah, thats super pissed as French to being forced to use English as the de facto 'lingua franca' so we're gonna make a statement by going extra hard on the accent despite having a really good school system and none of the chicken/egg educational challenges facing Spaniards or Italians who would kill to improve on their English and see a much too thick accent as stigma. But surely the babes gonna love it : ) Fun fact, in Germany there's this collective rat race going on about who's gonna have the most audible American or Bri-ish accent. This includes coming up with imaginary hybrid accents (think Lena at Eurovision) which takes up way too much mental bandwidth often at the cost of the things actually said. Ergo, a nations history (and geography/size of media market, like when there's no dubbing of EN films) really plays a major role in how it's people approach English. Luckily Netflix will help remedy this over time.
Yes yes yes Alas I have already done this by my own self, I have parsley, rosemary all the herbs I bought from the supermarket thriving on my patio or window sill. It’s nice to be validated, its not necessary but nice.
That is so true, I bought a supermarket basil plant, divided it, gave it away and the plants I have left is still too much for me to eat. I picked the leaves, dredge some olive oil over them and put them in a ziploc bag in my freezer for when I make soups and things like that. I had no problems.
Your accent is golden. How could anyone not follow your gardening tips when your voice sounds so elegant. 😊 PS basil is my nemesis always struggle to grow it. I'll try your tips.
It's also because supermarket basil is grown in ideal greenhouse conditions and absolutely pumped with liquid fertiliser and we can't recreate those conditions at home. My supermarket basil isn't crowded with heaps of plants, and they still die despite being clipped back, fed, etc.
Also I think basil is fussier compared to other herbs (idk if this is the right word). The oregano and mint I bought from the supermarket are doing just fine with minimal care.
my basil struggled a lot at first but after a month and a sprinkling of plant food from Costco it's really thriving! I didn't even separate it, just put it in a big pot outside. but basil is definitely super fussy. my oregano, peppermint, thyme, and sage all grew back after dying off last winter. basil didn't come back at all and rosemary only grew a few leaves.
@@raerohan4241agreed, then the basil adapts to your home growing conditions from the start and doesn't get shocked from the change. Also, the plants are so tender and leggy that once you take them out of the sleeve they collapse. Home grown plants will be stronger. So many reasons why the supermarket ones die.
@@mrg4388 Yeah same, it feels so weird to me… I’m in Quebec and when we learn English we don’t learn it with a French accent, the teacher usually doesn’t have a strong Quebec accent, we’re encouraged to say the words properly. But I’ve heard that in France the teachers speak English with a French accent so that’s how the kids learn it. Idk it just feels weird to me, and it’s crazy to me that people find Quebec or French accents sexy😮
if you'refrom quebec then you have no clue about the french accent i can assure you that's just how we learn english as in france schools are more exigent on grammar rather than pronunciation also quebec has nothing to do with france
C'est tout le contraire pour moi, cet accent est terrible: aucun effort pour prononcer. 😂 À mes oreilles de francophone c'est super moche mais je constate que les anglophones love it. Chacun ses goûts. Mais les conseils sont excellents.
I can remember times when French people barely didn’t speak English; and if they did nobody could understand them. That’s changed completely. Grace to the internet? Maybe. When I’m in France, talking in my poor French to French people they are quite happy that a random German is talking in their language. And it doesn’t have to be perfect like back in the days… 🇫🇷🤗🇩🇪
I have a question. Everytime I plant some basil from seeds. It gives me amazing plants. But after few days if it flowers, the plant seems to change and the leaves taste completely different and weird. If anyone has any idea what to do with this problem, please give some advice. Usually I try to keep trimming the plant before it flowers, but if I accidentally miss a day then the whole plant is ruined :(
yes!! as someone who buys neglected supermarket/ikea cacti and brings them back to health, it sucks that people are led to believe they're doing something wrong in taking care of their plant when it's actually the seller's fault for selling the plant planted too dense, or in really shitty soil, or without proper drainage!
I picked up perfect plant, put it in a larger vase, then the weather started alternating hot and cold and rainy... my poor basil started "thinking" it's autumn and now is producing smaller and pointier leaves... 😂 2 weeks later it looks slightly better, but Idk if it'll fully recuperate...
I bought a mint plant once and in the next few days it died. I didn’t want to throw it away so I just continued to water it and it eventually grew back and is now thriving. :)
Mint is ridiculously hard to kill. You literally have to try to kill it to do it - and you still don't always succeed. Which is why you should always grow mint in a pot, not the ground, and never let it go to seed
Ohh my God in college a dear friend gave me a basil plant, it died in a few days, and i never bought plants ever again bc I felt so stupid. Now i know it wasn't me, it was the store bought plant!
Thank you for the replies, 1 out of 3 of my newly repotted store basils is doing well, and it has many new young leaves growing from the stems. The other 2 started to turn skinny and brown from the base of their stems (not woody) so I cut off their rotten roots and water propagate them. Their new white roots are visible today. The browning might be from me overwatering out of fear from ripping the roots
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Another thing is to water the plant from below. Watering directly at the stem base will be worse than watering for example a small plate under the pot.
I just saw this. And now I am honestly leaving heading to the supermarket.I MEAN RITE NOW. THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!TY for the inspiration my dude!!!!🇫🇮🎉🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿
Ever since having worked at an actual plant nursery where the people there knew what they were doing, I just can’t bring myself to buy much at big box stores. ESPECIALLY the grocery store, because half the time these plants are just so sad and abused. Or they can go into shock if you move them outside after taking them home. Just not worth it. Any instance you can, ✨always support your local nurseries✨
