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Let's harvest basil with fiskars. Harvesting basil seems simple enough, but here are two tips that will prolong your plants and increase your yields. Instead of pulling off the leaves, make a cut at the stem or internode. After you've removed the leaves, you're left with a cutting that can be propagated in water. Once it roots, you can plant it outside as an entirely new plant. But don't forget about the original plant either. Cutting the internode activates the dormant nodes below, which creates a bushier basil plant with even more leaves for you to harvest all summer long.
Let's harvest basil with fiskars. Harvesting basil seems simple enough, but here are two tips that will prolong your plants and increase your yields. Instead o…
Ideas in this flowchart
- Harvesting Basil
- Tips for Harvesting
- Cut at Stem or Internode
- Propagation
- Leaves Removed
- Cutting in Water
- Roots Develop
- Plant Outside
- Original Plant Benefits
- Dormant Nodes Activated
- Bushier Plant
- More Leaves to Harvest