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Pine nuts are awesome.. and expensive. I think I'll substitute something cheaper!

The plan is to make pesto, probably in the next day or two. Probably a lot of pesto..

Just a little bit root bound.. The haul. 1-gallon ziplocs. I left a lot of stems on because it's going to be a day or two before I get a chance to make them into pesto and I figured that might help prevent the leaves from wilting.

I just finished a basil grow under a 315w CMH, and it turned out very well. I had the plants in 5.5" pots, and went with a large number of minimally-branched plants instead of a few big bushes. The plants got to 22" in those pots without showing any signs of stress, but I'm sure they were root...

Final shots before the chop. Going to go visit family for the holidays; I'm going to bag up the chopped plants and take them with me to make pesto in the next day or two. The humidifier arrived, and it is making a huge difference. If we get another extreme cold snap, it may not be able to...

Thank you! To be honest, I haven't tried LEDs yet. But that sounds like it would do the trick.

Someone else will have to chime in on this.. anyone?

Last few days before the harvest. I'm seeing the beginnings of some more flower buds, but since they're all getting cut down in a few days anyway I'm not worried about it. The temperature outside has dropped quite a bit, down into single digits. The heat in my apartment has been running more...

You might want to look at your humidity. Google "vapour pressure deficit" - this will talk about how temperature and humidity interact to create either more or less stressful conditions for plants. At 80-82° and 35-45% RH, you are very far outside the range that is considered to be minimally...

First flower buds have appeared - right at day 70, on the ones I did not top. You can also see what i think is light bleaching on the upper leaves - I raised the light, and hopefully I won't see it on any new growth. I topped the group that had not been cut back yet to delay flowering. Nice...

I'm going out of town in two weeks to visit family for the holidays. My roommate already offered to water them while I'm gone, but I've been thinking about doing a total harvest before I go and starting something new when I get back. Decisions, decisions..

Starting to get a bit crowded. The lower shoots on most plants are stretching a bit, but all lower leaves are still doing very well. I've only had a few of the very lowest/smallest leaves yellow and drop - everything else is green. A lot of light seems to be making it to the lower canopy despite...

I'd love to see pictures of that. A horizontal bush is a fascinating idea. Are you growing outdoors, or under lights?

I have been trying to find answers to this question as well, but I keep coming up empty-handed. I want to know what determines when basil plants start to flower, and what if anything can be done to extend that vegetative window. Right now I have 35 basil plants that are growing indoors under a...

It's hard to appreciate how much they have grown until I look at the comparison pictures - wow! Growth is, however, slowing down, and I think it is due to temperature. Because of the cold outside, the temperature indoors is a bit cooler than it had been. The grow area is currently running about...

I'm a little bit worried about overcrowding, so I topped half the plants (on the right) and left the other half alone for now.

I have absolutely no idea what I am going to do with this much basil. I also don't think I really understand how much I am going to end up with. Pesto, maybe? The plants are 5" to 6" tall right now. And it's about time for me to cut them back to promote branching. However, since space is my...

And they are growing! I have still had trouble with N immobility due to the bark in the mix I am using (the supplier I use ordered a different product this time, and it seems to contain more sapwood than usual - very bad!). I upped the fertilizer to compensate, and the plants are greening up and...

Tri-leaf basil plant. I think I may clone this guy when he gets bigger.

I repotted 35 of the basil seedlings and put them under the LEC. The light is currently 30" above the seedlings. As closely as I can measure (which may not be super closely), the PPFD at that height is between 550 and 600. (I use a phone app to measure lux, and I found values on the web to...