Description
AAS WINNER DETAILS
Winner Type: National
Class: Basil
Variety Name: Dolce Fresca
Genus: Ocimum
Species: basilicum
Year: 2015
Common Name: Basil
Type: Edible – Vegetable
Breeder: Produced by PanAmerican Seed
Close Market Comparison: Italian Large Leaf, Minette
PLANT NEEDS
Duration Type: Annual
Light Needs: Full sun
Water Needs: Normal
Season Type: Warm season
Staking Required: No
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
Foliage Color: Green
Plant Habit: Compact, bushy
Plant Height: 13-14 inches
Flavor Description: Sweet tender leaves
IN THE GARDEN
Container: Yes
Herb: Yes
Garden Spacing: 10-12 inches
Days To Harvest (Sowing Seed): 60-80
Days To Harvest (Transplant): 20-28
Plant Spread: 10-12 inches
HOW TO GROW
Blog: Tips for speeding up germination indoors and outdoors
DIRECT SEEDING: Sow seed outdoors after frost 1/8 in./3 mm deep, thin seedlings when they are 1 in./25 mm high – to 6 in./15 cm apart. Transplant every other one, spacing plants to 12 in./31 cm apart about two weeks after your first thinning.
HARVEST: Leaves should be picked just before flowering – prolong this period by pinching off flowers. Use fresh or dried leaves. It has the mild flavor of anise with a slight mint aftertaste. Popular as a spice for tomato dishes, or blend with vinegar in French dressing, or in poultry stuffing. Sweet basil is a tender annual.
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