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FREE: Thai Basil – 40+ seeds!

Thai Basil – 40+ seeds!
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The listing, Thai Basil – 40+ seeds! has ended.

Winner will receive over 40 seeds, harvested locally. If you’ve never had a Thai Basil experience, both you and all of your senses are in for a treat!

Thai Basil is a beautiful form of basil that grows about 2 1/2 feet high and around. The scent and taste are different from sweet basil with more licorice flavor. Thai basil is used in all types of Thai cooking as well as other Asian and middle eastern cultures. It has large flowers that form in a cluster as opposed to the long spikes on the other basils. Certainly one of the most beautiful and delicious basil varieties!

Thai Basil can grow in areas that get about 4-5 hours of sun per day. This basil is annual like sweet basil so the flowers must be removed occasionally to keep leaf production going. This is a vigorous growing basil and the plants get very large so give it lots of room.

To harvest, cut about a third of the branch from the top, down to where a new set of leaves is beginning to grow.

For cooking, chop the leaves and add to curry or Thai recipes. Try it in other types of cooking too!

Lucky me, a neighbor let me ‘prune’ her abundant happy thai basil plants, so now I get to share the seeds!

Happy Bidding! :D
Questions & Comments
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To your knowledge, is this the same Thai Basil that also goes by the names Holy Basil and Tulsi?
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Nov 1st, 2011 at 1:29:10 PM PDT by
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Thanks for asking this important question! According to Wikipedia - the answer is No. Although I've never seen Holy Basil in person, from the pictures, I can declare the flowers on the Holy Basil are more delicate looking, and don't resemble this Thai Basil's. To further convince myself - ;) - additional research led me to a discussion on Gardenweb.com where I read "Thai basil is culinary. It has tender leaves, and a typical Basil smell but with anise-like overtones. "Holy Basil" is Ocimum sanctum which has tough, hairy leaves and a decidedly sharp taste." Assuming this is a true statement, I can absolutely confirm the anise overtones in scent and tender leaves.
So, sorry, it's not the same basil.
Nov 1st, 2011 at 3:53:39 PM PDT by
Original
Ah! Wiki also states : Basil is used in several different Asian cultures. Thai holy basil is a variety of Tulasi, which is worshiped in India and is also often called "Holy basil". Both Thai holy basil and Tulasi have smaller, softer, slightly hairy leaves and an aroma akin to that of cloves.
OK, now I can definitely answer that question with confidence. ;)
Nov 1st, 2011 at 4:35:25 PM PDT by
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Fanned and watching
Nov 1st, 2011 at 6:32:56 PM PDT by
Original
Fanned you back and thanks! :D
Nov 6th, 2011 at 12:33:18 PM PST by

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