We just got a new spice rack at our house, and it’s gorgeous! While dried spices are delicious and can instantly add flavor to even the most hopeless of dishes, nothing beats freshly grown herbs. Out of all the herbs you can grow at home, basil is one of the most versatile and delicious. You can use it to make fresh pesto, bruschetta, and as seasoning in pretty much any Italian dish. Unfortunately, growing basil can be tricky if you don’t know how to prune it correctly. Mamabyrd at MyByrdHouse shares the ultimate secret to growing huge basil plants:
See how it has two leaves? That is important. On a basil plant the leaves grow in twos opposite each other. As the little plant sends up the stalk it will grow two more leaves.
You need to go to those two leaves and prune about one inch or so above them.
Cut there and you will grow four more and so on till you have a bush big enough to make a gallon of pesto. Happy thought. :o)
Be sure to click through to the entire post to see step by step instructions!