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Gardening

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mopinko

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Mon Jun 10, 2019, 05:36 PM Jun 2019

seed saving question- basil [View all]

i am assuming that all those wonderful varieties of basil out there can easily cross pollinate, right?

have several nice one, but wondering about saving seeds.
assuming they will cross, how apart do they have to be to come true?

do you think a variety like siam beauty, which has a very different flower, would cross like the rest?

my seed bill killed me this year. imma try harder this year.

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seed saving question- basil [View all] mopinko Jun 2019 OP
Basil does cross NRaleighLiberal Jun 2019 #1
do they make little socks for that? mopinko Jun 2019 #2
You can make them from Reemay (floating row cover). Plastic NRaleighLiberal Jun 2019 #3
Why not keep cuttings throughout the year? Xipe Totec Jun 2019 #4
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