Content
- Plant basil outside for a sun-drenched aroma
- Planting time for basil begins in May
- Protect basil from the cold outside
- Tips & Tricks
Plant basil outside for a sun-drenched aroma
The aroma of fresh home-grown basil is unbeatable. Their optimum develops the herb plant outdoors in the fresh air, caressed by warm sun rays. Here's how to plant the royal cabbage in the open air.
Planting time for basil begins in May
Temperatures below 16 degrees Celsius do not do justice to the sunny temper of basil. Only when the icy saints have said goodbye in the middle of May, the royal herb settles outside. An ideal location is sunny, warm and protected. The hand-picked or ready-bought herbal plant put you in the ground in this way:
Put the young plant exactly as deep into the soil as it used to. A mulch layer of compost or bark mulch keeps the soil moist and warm for longer. Water the king's cabbage whenever the surface of the earth has dried. At the earliest 4-6 weeks after the planting is fertilized for the first time.
Protect basil from the cold outside
In the pot, basil can already be in the fresh air from April, provided it is a sheltered location on the balcony. During the day, the herbal plant refuels valuable warmth of the sun to relocate to the interior of the house at night. From mid-May, the risk of delayed ground frosts is banned, so that king cabbage lingers in the bucket throughout the open sky.
Sometimes in one year the sheep's coldness starts in the middle of June. In this case, protect planted basil with a warming fleece, because below 10 degrees Celsius, the temperatures should not fall. Potted plants on the balcony are usually not endangered due to their proximity to the house.
Tips & Tricks
As pretty as the white lip blossoms on basil are to be regarded, they inevitably ring in the end of the herb plant. Therefore, pay attention to nasewise buds at each harvest and remove them immediately. The reward for this prudence is an even longer enjoyment of the crisp-fresh spice leaves.
GTH