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Someone help me with my Basil!

SNiPerXP

SNiPerXP

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I planted my lemon basil in Jiffy Peat Pellets and she had some roots coming out throughout the bottom of the pellet, so I transplanted her into a perlite hempy bucket. However, now her leaves are drooping and it almost seems like she is over watered but I've heard that perlite drains water very well so I would have thought it wouldn't be a problem. I know perlite dries quickly but should I just go a day or two without watering or could there be another problem? This is my first time growing basil so I'm not too familiar with how they grow or take stress.
 
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Leonidas

I found that once the basil is going its very hard to over water. I watered mine every day twice a day this summer. Also many times I would leave the water on and flood the pot accidently. I think your experiencing some other problem.
 
Clackamas Coot

Clackamas Coot

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SNiPerXP said:
I planted my lemon basil in Jiffy Peat Pellets and she had some roots coming out throughout the bottom of the pellet, so I transplanted her into a perlite hempy bucket. However, now her leaves are drooping and it almost seems like she is over watered but I've heard that perlite drains water very well so I would have thought it wouldn't be a problem. I know perlite dries quickly but should I just go a day or two without watering or could there be another problem? This is my first time growing basil so I'm not too familiar with how they grow or take stress.
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SNiPerXP

I grow about 15 varieties of basil (primarily the Southeast Asian varieties) for the restaurant trade in Portland and Seattle.

Basil is a weed. Period. This is a plant where 'less is better' and grown correctly I harvest basil leaves, on average, every 10-14 days. I grow under the strictest definitions of an 'organic grow' that you could ever imagine.

Basil is not a plant needing high levels of 'nutes' if the soil is properly amended, i.e. seed meals, kelp meal, etc. and minerals.

HTH

CC
 
T

Twoshot

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Hey SNiPerXP
Perlite does drain well, but it also sucks in water, so you dont need to water so often...
Hows your Basil doing now?
 
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