Indoor Basil?

Question

I want to save the gorgeous basil that I grew in my garden this year. If I leave them will they come back next year? If not, how can I move them inside?

Answer 1

I started out with one little basil plant.

I let it go to seed (they are blooming right now). Once you let a basil plant go to seed, nature takes over.

I'm in zone 7 and mine die off each winter. I even go so far as to pull up the entire plant and use it in a firepit in the winter (smells wonderful). Come spring, there will be hundreds and hundreds of tiny basil plants, which will then need to be thinned.

I even have it coming up in the woods! (I live in the country)

So, I'm all for letting them reseed themselves. Besides the birds like the seeds....

~J~ (basil basil everywhere)

Answer 2

You could cut sprigs off your basil plant and put them in a vase in the window sill. They will stay fresh and eventually root after a few weeks. Then I would just plant them in a small pot and keep them indoors. You could also just take the whole plant indoors if it's potted. If its in the ground and is really big, I would perhaps divide it, pot it, then bring it inside. I guess it also totally depends on where you live.

Answer 3

Yes, your basil should be cut down quite hard and the pot put on a windowsill in your kitchen. If the basis is in a plot, cut back and leave it, you will have fab basil next year.
Dave

Answer 4

Before it goes dead from the cold..which it will....let it flower and pinch the flowers off which contain the seeds and store for next year..also can simply take cuttings off of it if you cant dig it up without damaging..then dip it in root hormone available at wal mart etc for about 4.00..then replant in whatever you like to grow it in..potting soil etc..and it will grow and keep it inside...below are pictures of my basil..and I do cuttings every year from it and bring inside..

Answer 5

Ok, I don't know what "zone" (state) you're in; that being said, you have two options...dig up a plant, and pot up in a good potting mix(shake off GENTLY the "outside" dirt; you don't want to bring in any fungi, or critters...)...The other option is to take a "cutting" of one of the plants(or several plants) and try and "root" them...Basil is a member of the mint family(notice it has a "square" stem...mints root fairly easily in just plain water...give it a try...just re-pot when you see lot's of white roots(in a very light potting mix, soil-less is best...any good brand-avoid ones that say "moisture control")

Answer 6

I see somewhat some people speculating here, yet you haven't any longer given us adequate concepts to comprehend yet. How tiny is tiny? Do those creatures fly while disturbed? Do you spot them shifting? the justifications are, must be whiteflies, they're very especially white and a pair of million/8" in length. They fly out while disturbed, then after some moments, fly back onto the leaves. must be mealybugs, in the event that they appear as if little tuffs of cotton, many times on the crotches and stems, and are very slow shifting (or in no way). If those creatures are pin-head sized, must be spider mites. they don't seem to be especially white, yet they're tiny. maximum undemanding is the "2 spot" spider mite, those have a dismal spot on each and each shoulder that gets greater effective because of the fact the mite gets older. there's a distinctive "eco-friendly" thank you to regulate each a sort of, fairly employing constructive bugs. greater in many situations used controls, like employing soapy water sprays (Safers Insecticidal cleansing soap is one kind), paintings on maximum bugs, besides the undeniable fact that it demands customary, repeated cures. For greater specific administration concepts, you have have been given to grant us some greater clues on those pests. this might get you began although.

Answer 7

They die easily in the winter and do not come back.
Be gentle and leave plenty of dirt for the roots which can go very deep. Use root stimulator afterwards and water. Keep next to a sunny window and keep watered.