Small Sweet Basil Herb Plant (QUESTION!!!)?

Question

I have always been interested in having a garden of my own. In fact I have already doing my research in 'Living Raw.' So, rescently I have just purchesed a 4" in Organic Sweet Basil plant. It's cute and small. If I put the small plant in a huge pot (with the added soil to fill it up), will the Herb grow in larger amounts?? I just want more for the buck by giving the small plant more room to grow wild. Is this possible??

Answer 1

Oh yeah! Put it in a bigger pot and fertilize it and it will grow much bigger. When it sends up flower spikes cut those off so it keeps growing. Once it sets seeds it will die, so don't let it flower and it can't do that. That is EVERY single itty bitty flower. The plant will be sneaky about it when you keep cutting off its flower spikes and send out one or two flowers to try to sneak by you. Oh, the devious plant mind!  :P

Answer 2

Here's info about growing sweet basil.

http://www.diamon-naturals.us/basil.htm

Please be aware that if you pot up too much then your plant will concentrate on sending out roots and occupying the available space. The energy will be going into root growth and you're not likely to see much development in the stems and leaves. Basil is an annual so it's only going to last for a year or so before it gives you heartache. I only pot up an inch or so at a time to encourage growth both above and below ground level. Pinching it back will encourage growth and give you a non-stop supply of fresh herbs. It makes great pesto.

Good growing and enjoy your fresh basil.