The purple basil garden seeds will make your cultivation a unique experience in terms of aromas and showiness, its leaves are of a lively intense violet color.
Like its congeners, it is a family of the Labiadae like mint, it is native to Asia, India and the Pacific islands.
It gives a unique flavor to dishes especially in its fresh state, in Italian cuisine is used to make sauces or pestos and its particular color is ideal for decorating.
In addition, has great health properties such as stress reduction, insomnia, digestive and kidney problems and to combat acne.
It is an annual plant that grows from 30 to 50 cmso you can have it in pots in your kitchen or terrace without any problem.
Not very demanding in terms of substrates, it demands medium exposure to sunlight and in terms of irrigation it should be moderate.
When planting the aromatic seeds of holy basil keep a distance of 30 cm between specimens and 50 cm between each row.
Sow it in the spring, the optimum temperature is between 15 to 25 ° C and as a recommendation, pick it up tender to eat raw or dry it and keep it in glass jars.
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Characteristics of Purple Basil.
- Aromatic plant.
- Use: Gastronomic and medicinal.
- Height: 30-50 cm.
- Aroma: Intense, aniseed.
- Planting type: Pot or direct soil
- Properties: Combat stress, insomnia, digestive, kidney ailments, acne.
- Planting time: spring.
- Solar exposure: average.
- Moderate watering.
- Optimum growing temperature: 15 to 25 ° C
- Minimum pot: 10cm x 10cm x 10cm
