Ocado British Growing Basil

£1.60

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The king of herbs, basil is the most popular of the Mediterranean herbs with its lush green leaves and pungent flavour reminiscent of Italian cooking.

Pick tender leaves from the plant to adorn your caprese salad, or chop and mix with olive oil for a fantastic pesto sauce for your pasta, magnifico!

Serving Suggestion
Caprese Salad - Place alternate slices of mozzarella and beef tomato on a plate, sprinkle basil leaves over and drizzle with olive oil and season with a little salt and pepper.
Pesto - Combine pine nuts, basil, grated parmesan, garlic and olive oil in a food processor and blend. Stir into your favourite pasta.

The best way to look after basil is to let the plant tell you it needs watering, as it will start to wilt. The plants will quickly spring back up and the stress will actually increase the oil content they are producing, improving the flavour. It is also important not to water the plants too soon before harvesting the leaves, as this will dilute the flavour. Basil is highly susceptible to chill (below 10°C) or cold draughts - the leaves will start to blacken.
Country of Origin
UK

Suitable for vegetariansSuitable for vegetarians

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04 March 2024 by 
Consistently bad

Arrives already looking a bit worse for wear and things dont get much better even with careful watering and the right light. Ive had basil plants last for months in the past but these ones dont last 2 weeks.

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02 March 2024 by 
Keeps dying

I have bought 3 of these in the past few months. After a few days despite the right amount of water - not too much, not too little - it wilts and dies. I will save my money from now on. This didn’t used to happen.

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25 February 2024 by 
Completely rotten!

I cant believe this passed quality control. The top half had wet rotting leaves. Very disappointed.

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18 February 2024 by 
Upside down most of the time

This seems to get turned upside down on delivery Gets covered in soil. But as good as any other brand.

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13 February 2024 by 
Healthy

Good quality and healthy basil plant.

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13 February 2024 by 
Arrived with blackened leaves

Plant had blackened leaves when it arrived and didn't recover. Signs of it not being cared fot correctly. Waste of money.

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