✂️Want Your Basil to Thrive with Each Prune? Here's How! 1. Core: Want lusher basil after pruning? Key is proper trimming. 2. Time: Prune in early | Agriculture 12.7

Pruning your basil often when it's first planted helps ensure a large, well-branched plant. Keep cutting back all over the plant above two sets of leaves, and before long, you'll have a full, beautiful basil plant! This means a larger harvest for you or more flowers for the pollinators. #Basil #herbs #pruning #gardentips #pollinators | Growing in the Garden

Want to know how to grow basil so it lasts forever? In this video, I’ll show you the simple pruning, harvesting, and propagating techniques that turn one $4 basil plant into a lifetime supply. You’ll learn the biggest mistake most gardeners make when harvesting basil (and how to avoid it), how to prune at the leaf node for endless new growth, and how to root basil cuttings in water to grow new plants year-round. I’ll also share how to preserve basil for winter and collect seeds for next season s