So, what happens if you don’t prune your basil? First you likely end up with a tall leggy basil plant that produce very little leaves. Then the plant will go to flower and the leaves will start to taste bitter as it focuses its energy on producing flowers and seeds. Pinching or cutting back basil plants regularly encourages full, bushy plants and better tasting leaves. Cut back seedlings when they’re at least 6-8 inches tall always trim just above two leaf nodes, where the stem and leaf meet. Ne

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Surprising Health Benefits of Basil (The King of Herbs) | Dr Alan Mandell, DCBasil is the King of herbs...Basil is a powerful antioxidant. It's full of polyphenolic flavonoids, which shield much of the body's structures from cell-damaging free radicals. Free radicals can cause a lot of problems such as oxidizing cholesterol in your bloodstream, where it builds up in your arteries and raises your risk of stroke and heart attack.Basil acts as an Anti-Inflammatory, it consists of powerful essential