Part of the Winter collection
Seed Stratification and Germination: Winter Field Notes
Field note · February 2024
last summer I grew 30 types of basil
last summer I grew 30 types of basil. isolation is tricky, so only some of them were carefully netted to keep the seed true to type. so I have some fun seed lots of open pollinated basils, like lime x something else. people like weird experimental stuff, should I offer some of these on my seed shop? if so what should I call open pollinated maybe hybridized seed? a percentage will be lime basil, but some might be purple or have large leaves etc, only thing we know for sure is parent is known. no idea if this has value as a seed packet but i think it’s cool. all of the heirloom tomato and peppers I grow are carefully isolated from bees to keep them true to type. btw dried lime basil leaves smell just like lime.