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MattBaggins

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Tue Aug-30-11 05:58 PM
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Is basil still good if flowers

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I threw a few plants in a raised box and now I have like thirty bushes of basil that I am thinking of freezing.

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-Is basil still good if flowers	MattBaggins	Aug-30-11 05:58 PM	#0
- Flowers will make the leaves turn bitter.	beac	Aug-30-11 06:23 PM	#1
- We've found that it is a bit of an urban garden legend - we use flowering basil	NRaleighLiberal	Aug-30-11 09:43 PM	#2
- I agree. It's fine after it flowers.	Puglover	Sep-02-11 09:40 AM	#3
- It is fine	Botany	Sep-05-11 06:31 PM	#4
- Cut it back to the set of leaves that are	WhiteTara	Sep-05-11 10:33 PM	#5
- I take the flowers and drop them in vinegar and sometimes olive oil	JCMach1	Sep-26-11 12:56 AM	#6

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