Even if there is no big garden on your cottage, it is impossible to do without beds for greenery. Fresh greens will always come in handy and significantly diversifies your diet. After all, in almost all dishes, we add spices, and, growing them on our own summer cottage, we will be sure that the product is truly fresh, useful and without any chemistry. Onions, dill, parsley and salad there are in the garden from any summer house, but not so long ago, new spices began to appear, which is also easy to grow by itself, for example, basil.
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Basil appeared and became popular in Russia relatively recently, therefore, a few grown it in her gods. Yes, and the climate most of the country is too harsh for this southern plant. In order to successfully grow it on its summer cottage on the open soil, you must first raise the seedlings.
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You will need a box for seedlings, filled with earth, preferably with a small admixture of sand. It is necessary to plant a basil in mid-April-early May, depending on temperatures in your region. Do in the ground shallow grooves, make the seeds at a distance of one centimeter from each other, sprinkled with a thin layer of the earth, and thoroughly. The box must be installed in a solar well warmed place - it is best on the windowsill or a balcony with southern or south-east.
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The first shoots will appear in a few days. Carefully water the seedlings. When there will be 4 leaves on each sprout, you can sear a basil in separate pots. Prepare pots - For convenience, you can put them on one big tray, pumped up the ground, make the wells and take the sprout gently. Continue to water the basil until it seems to reach 8-10 cm. By this time, he will acquire already many leaves, the stem will strengthen it, and the plant will already be ready for an emergency transplant in open soil.
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Prepare a bed for landing the seedlings of the Basilica - Skill, burst and support the soil, dug up at a distance of no less than 20 cm from each other. Fall off the compost or humus and land the Basil sprouts along with the land. Laugh in the pots of the ground Mix with a compost, pour the roots of the plant, pour the hole to the ground, thoroughly compact and pour.
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When you see that plants have taken root and went into growth, you should pinch the top. It will provoke a plant to the emission of lateral shoots.
Basil harvest can be collected during the summer and at the end of autumn. Eat in food as fresh and in the form of dried seasoning. Basil in salads is especially good, and he will give hot dishes a unique fragrance.
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