• Basil Holy Thai
  • Cluster of Holy Thai Basil leaves isolated on a white surface
  • Close-up view of Holy Basil leaves from the Thai variety
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Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden

Basil Holy Thai

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Thai Holy Basil adds a wonderful aniseed flavour to food. Good in salads or added at the last minute of cooking to add that definitive Thai flavour.

Sow indoors into a tray filled with seed compost, keep at 18-20 degrees and keep moist. After germination (which takes 8-10 days) water sparingly.  Transplant each seedling into a small pot and grow on for 4 weeks. Then either transplant it to a bigger pot or into the garden (but only if all risk of frost has passed).

Quantity of Seeds 100 Seeds
Type Edible Herb
Genus Ocimum Sanctum
Sow Seeds

Sow seeds 0.5cm deep into small trays of seed compost, and cover them with a sprinkling of seed compost/vermiculite.  Keep at a temperature of 15-25℃.  Alternatively, sow outside from late May to early July.  Prick out seedlings into individual po
Plant Out When all risk of frost has passed. Basil does not like wet soil. 
Flowers All Year Round
Height & Spread 20cm high x 20cm spread

 
    Basil Holy Thai
    Cluster of Holy Thai Basil leaves isolated on a white surface
    Close-up view of Holy Basil leaves from the Thai variety