One of my rad friends, Graphical, had a slight obsession with a basil plant I kept while living in Vic. Every time she'd come round she'd point out how fabulous, healthy and huge it was. We'd done nothing special with it - in fact, the dirt we planted it in was mostly ash from out fireplace. I was supposed to pass it on to her when I moved... oops my bad - I think we just chucked it in the garden to die.
Anyways... we use herbs (especially basil) quite a bit and have a little balcony planting space - where we've attempted to grow regular basil, thai basil, coriander, mint, lemongrass and oregano. Nothing was really happening - a little disappointing considering my previous 'basil success'.
Then, Micko (who recently started a new job working in hardware) came home with some sample packs of this fertiliser.
I mixed up a batch and poured it over the basil...
Two days passed, we headed off to Sydney for the night...
and from virtually empty stalks....
Magic happened!
Now, I was pretty blown away by this - to show the size, I've used a large can of Aeroguard.
A few weeks later, and this is the progress (I've not used the fertiliser since)...
Same Aeroguard can! And... I've pulled almost every leaf off twice - made a batch of pesto and some other heavy on the basil dishes.
It's just incredible!
Perhaps I missed my calling as a bit of a green thumb.
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I wish I had a little garden. It makes it so convenient when you need herbs! Especially since you don't use a huge batch at time very frequently (and it's cheaper) to purchase it. Your basil is doing great!
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