D.T. Brown microgreens basil seed packet with images of microgreens and a salad.

Basil Sweet Seeds

Botanical Name: Ocimum basilicum
  • Attractive, aromatic and great tasting, basil micro-leaves add the perfect finishing touch to numerous dishes such as salads, soups and sauces
  • Especially good with tomatoes
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Basil Sweet Seeds offers classic, aromatic leaves perfect for Mediterranean dishes. Quick-growing micro-leaves provide fresh flavour for salads, pasta, sauces, or as a garnish, ensuring home-grown basil elevates your cooking all year round.

Key information

Botanical Name: Ocimum basilicum
Genus: Herb
For indoor sowing
When All year round.
Where In Johnsons Microgreens Growing Trays, or in small trays of moist compost.
How Sow generously and spray gently with water to moisten the seeds. Place on a light airy windowsill. For continuous crops sow every 7-10 days.
Care Keep moist, do not allow seed to dry out.
Harvest All year round, when approx. 5cm high or when first true leaves appear.

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