Starting Basil From Cuttings...

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I have 2 indoor basil plants, and I decided to start a cutting from them, or at least try.... After reading up a bit, I put together these instructions:
Starting Basil From Cutting(s)

Supplies:
-Small Glass Jar
-Tin Foil
-2-3 Inch Basil Cutting
-Warm Water
-Scissors/Knife
Procedure
1. Fill the small glass jar with luke-warm water
2. Cover top of jar with 1-2 sheets of tin foil.
3. Cut a very small hole in the center of the tin foil
4. Take the bottom 2/3 of the cutting
5. Place the basil cutting in the glass jar through the hole

You SHOULD see roots coming from the bottom of the basil cutting within 3-4 weeks.


*NOTE* I just tried this, and it isn't proven to work, however I encourage you to try this method!
 

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i've had luck with getting basil to root. i bought some from the grocery store last fall and placed the ends in a jar of water and i noticed after a week that they were getting some small white roots showing. after a few weeks the roots were a few inches long! i also had them in my east facing kitchen window.

eta: i should mention that i was just trying to keep them from drying out so i did not cut sections off the stems. just plopped the whole bunch in the jar!
 

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I have good luck taking cuttings from Basil here is one of mine that is still in the gar and just getting roots. (I need to cut the blossoms off)
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WOW!! I hope mine sprouts that fast!

I wish basil flowers weren't as pretty...... it's so hard to cut those beautiful little white flowers off of the plants!!!! :lol:
 

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I'm A Gardener :) said:
WOW!! I hope mine sprouts that fast!

I wish basil flowers weren't as pretty...... it's so hard to cut those beautiful little white flowers off of the plants!!!! :lol:
They do take a little wile to get rooted.
Here are some up-dated pictures of that Basil cutting that I posted.

Basil cutting getting transplanted -
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Close up of roots -
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All potted up -
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Nice!!!Mine still hasn't wilted, so that's good! I'll have to post some pics of mine. It looks really good, but still no roots. It's only been like a week though!
 

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I have tried basil from seed many years and i just can't do it. So I always buy a bigger one from Lowes and I make sure it has more than a few sprouts. Then I pull them oh so gentilly and plant them in the ground. When I am lazy I will put them in water but usually I just pop them in the ground and then will take. That goes for cuttings as well. I just break a piece and pop it in the ground and it usually grows as long as it is not uber hot.
 

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I must not have patience. I find basil sprouting from seed much faster than basil from cuttings. Just put three seeds in a 3 ounce cup and wait a week. Little italian basil's just pop up usually 2/3 seeds.
 

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Inside? Or outside? I've never direct sown basil and the only predator inside are the birds who will suck up their wings, skinny up their bodies, run to the plants pick out a seedling and run or fly away knowing it's a no-no.
 
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