Grow guide
How to grow Basil Prospera Genovese
Ocimum basilicum
- Type
- Basil
- Zones
- USDA zones 3–10
- Sun
- Full
- Time to harvest
- 65–75 days
- Spacing
- 10″ apart
- Density
- 1 per sq ft
- Habit
- Upright
- Frost tolerance
- Tender
- Sowing
- Start indoors, then transplant
- Start indoors
- 6 weeks before last frost
- Succession
- Every 21 days
Care
- Water Weekly
- Fertilize At transplant
- Pinch Weekly
- Harvest Weekly
Notes
An F1 Genovese basil bred with high resistance to downy mildew and intermediate resistance to Fusarium, making it far more reliable in humid-summer climates than open-pollinated Genovese types.
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