Knowing how to harvest basil is the secret to making it last. The technique is simple and even allows you to bring it indoors in the fall to enjoy its freshness year-round. Other tips: harvest regularly to prevent it from blooming and use our Organic-based Garden Fertilizer for Tomatoes, Vegetables & Fruits 3-6-12. | PRO-MIX Gardening

Growing and harvesting basil, these are my tips for a bushy and green basil.🌿 #basil #planting #harvesting #cheflucacorleone #timetoplate #foryou | Luca Corleone-Fontanarosa

Want my step-by-step basil growing guide? Comment HERBS and I’ll send it your way. If you want big, beautiful basil harvests this summer, start here. 🌿 The secret? Prune early. When basil is just 6" tall, snip the middle stem right above the second set of leaves. That one cut will double your stems and kickstart a bushier plant. Keep going as it grows, and you’ll be harvesting handfuls of fragrant basil in no time. Eventually, you can let it flower for the pollinators—or keep pruning for an end