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In the Field: Herb picking tips
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Farmer D shows you how to pick herbs, using basil as an example. He also explains how picking their leaves prepares herbs for planting. (Meredith Darlington/MNN and Nick Scoll/MNN)
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Farmer D: With the basil, there’s a node here where it splits and two new little plants grow. With most herbs, that’s where you want to pick. So for example, right here, between there, right here, between there, right here, between there, right here. Ease away the flowers, it helps the plants bush out rather than get tall and leggy. It's good to do this right before you plant because it’s going to push the energy down more into the roots and then to hang on and grow all these leaves.
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Thank you for the video. I bought some organic basil in a pot but it just kept growing - I did pluck the leaves sometimes as I needed it for my cooking but then flowers formed & it grew taller & skinnier & the leaves weren't as big & some of the plant died. this video shows me what I should have done to harvest it properly. Thank you so much again. : )