25% OFF ALL SEEDS, FREE SHIPPING ON JUST SEED ORDERS OVER $20
25% OFF ALL SEEDS, FREE SHIPPING ON JUST SEED ORDERS OVER $20
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Orders are shipping 4-5 Business Days After Being Placed
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Container Friendly
Days to Maturity: 68
Full Sun
Approximate Seed Count: 500
AnnualOcimum basilicum. Genovese basil is a popular Italian variety known for its large, aromatic leaves and sweet, slightly peppery flavor. This herb is a staple in Mediterranean cuisine, especially prized for making authentic pesto. It is easy to grow in containers to use in cooking all year. It is great for not only outdoor gardens but also greenhouse and aquaponic growing.
Bravo muah muah muah!
Great basil. Easy to grow and wonderful taste
I love growing this in my herb garden.
I've been curious and tried all the other varieties of Basil over the years but the flavor of the Genovese is the one that makes the best Pesto and Thai Salad Wraps. I grow up to 30 plants every year even though I have a small garden. I've grown them in small buckets, in the flowerbeds and always next to the tomatoes. My adult children and I get together and have a pesto party right after harvesting the garlic the 2nd week of July. We make enough to freeze for ongoing use. My daughter throws it over her pasta for dinner my mother likes to make tea from the basil leaves and I always add it to my homemade spaghetti sauce. Some people prefer the Italian but I love the Genovese.
Not only does this basil taste great, it was prolific enough to provide both of my professional chef sons with basil throughout the summer, and I still had enough to dry for winter. As always, migardener’s germination rates are the best I’ve encountered.
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I've been using Trifecta for over a year with amazing results. It's so simple! Apply once or twice a season and that's it.
Trifecta has been my trusted partner in the garden for my vegetables and to start my dahlias. Thank you MI Gardener team!
Fantastic Zucchini!! Very tender tasty and huge :)))
As described. Good germination.
We have nice fertile soil in our greenhouse and able to control those pesty little flea beetles that can decimate eggplants foliage. I've been keeping them under control with DE and my eggplants are massive in size, about 3-4 feet tall with 1 foot lower leaves.
The eggplants fruit are developing nicely, nearly doubling in size daily. There are plenty of blossoms too. We're expecting that we won't need to grow more for a few years, we're planning on freeze drying most if them.
