Basil Seeds - Tulsi, Temperate

(Ocimum africanum) Annual. 50 days to maturity.

Temperate Tulsi is an excellent choice for Northern gardener’s, the plants are quick to mature and can tolerate cooler temperatures well. This variety even has success self-seeding for the following season, which is very unusual for a basil. A great choice for Tulsi tea lovers, as its flavour is sweet and pronounced. Temperate Tulsi has pink-purplish flowers that can be cut back to promote further leaf growth or left for your local pollinators. Can plant more than one harvest in a season! Compact growth habitat. 

GROWING INSTRUCTIONS

TIMING: Start seeds indoors 4-6 weeks before final frost date. Harden off seedlings before transplanting outdoors, after all risk of frost has passed. Can be direct sown after risk of frost. 

GERMINATION: 7-10 days. Prefers warm soil to germinate, 18°C-21°C. Keep soil moist until germination.

SEEDING: Sow seeds 1/8” deep. Space plants 12”-18” apart. Space rows 18”-24” apart. 

GROWING: Prefers compost rich soil. Once plants are 6” tall, pinch off the growing tips—this will help the plants become bushy. Keep an eye on flowering mid-summer, remove flowers to extend its leafy growing life (can also leave some for the bees).

HARVESTING: Use pinched off tips as needed throughout the Summer or cut whole plant before frost. Use fresh or dried. 

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Available direct from Incredible Seeds, a Canadian Heirloom and Heritage Seed Company, offering only the best natural, non-GMO, open pollinated and untreated seeds, located in Mi'kma'ki / Nova Scotia, Canada.

Temperate Tulsi seeds mature in 50 days and are an open pollinated tulsi variety.