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Giant Basil

19 years ago

For those who like to eat giant plants, as well as grow them, I would recommend basil. There are several lettuce leaf types which will produce leaves 4-6 inches long and up to 4 inches wide. These plants make it easy to get enough basil for a good batch of pesto, or to wrap up food in basil for baking. Folks who see our large basil leaves and plants are always commenting on them.

Renais

Comments (4)

Studpossum
19 years ago
Hmmm, basil leaves for wrapping . . .that sounds interesting, actually.
Shravan_Debbad
19 years ago
where can I get or buy seeds for giant basil?
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renais
Original Author
19 years ago
Johnny's sells a couple of the lettuce leaf varieties, as does Pinetree. With no effort, you will be getting leaves that are 4-6 inches long. If you give the plant lots of room, fertilizer and water, the leaves will be bigger.
adrianag
19 years ago
growitalian.com sells a great-tasting variety called Napoletano which has better flavor than any other lettuce leaf's I've tried.

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