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Once you grow basil, you’ll want to grow more. But you don’t have to buy seeds all the time. You can propagate basil from the cuttings of your old plants to fill your garden with green and lush basil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who would hate a garden full of basil’s aroma?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This post discusses the benefits and the method of propagating basil from cuttings. We’ll also discuss how to care for seedlings until you transplant them. Hydroponic growers would need to do a little more work, which is covered, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The benefits of propagating basil from cuttings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Basil is a resilient plant to grow. You’ll hardly fail if you follow the steps outlined in the next section. But you’d need to know the benefits of propagating from cuttings instead of seeds. Although growing from seeds is a good idea, here are some points to consider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Basil cuttings are easy to get<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

You may wonder where to get cuttings if you don’t already have a plant. Go to your regular store where you buy basil! Remove the leaves for your consumption; you have the stem to propagate. If you have a plant, then it is simple. Just cut. To grow from the seeds, you need to check your gardening shop. If you try to get it from your plant, you must let the basil flower. Unfortunately, once flowered, basil’s flavor becomes bitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related: <\/em><\/strong>How To Prune Basil For A Flavorful, Bushy Plant Forever<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Growing from cuttings is faster.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Seeds take time to germinate. Basil seeds germinate in about two weeks, and you’ll see the first true leaves the week after. Even for the first pruning, you need to wait for another month. But if you grow basil from cuttings, stemps grow while the roots grow. You get your plant about two weeks earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Basil seeds are too small for large-scale planting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

You’d have difficulty sowing basil seeds if you’re running a farm or want to plant more basil. That’s because basil seeds are too small. Of course, you can get coated seeds<\/a>, which are easier to sow. Yet, cuttings are more convenient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No waste with cuttings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Once you consume basil leaves, the stems almost always get wasted. But if you propagate them, they won’t. If you need only one or two plants, why would you buy a packet of seeds and waste everything?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The success rate is higher with cuttings.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Basil cuttings almost always propagate and rarely fail. Besides, if there’s enough humidity, basil grows aerial roots, too. But with seeds, you can’t guarantee 100% germination. Most industrial growers sow two or three seeds in a single hole and pinch the weak ones when they grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to propagate basil from cuttings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Now that we have chosen the perfect cuttings to grow, we can get new plants. Growing roots in basil cuttings may take up to two weeks. <\/p>\n\n\n