Sowing calendar · Herbs
Basil
Ocimum basilicum · Manjericão, Albahaca, Basilic, Basilikum, Basilico, manjerico
Calendar
Calendar for mainland Portugal.
- Sow in traysMar–May
- Sow directMay–Jun
- TransplantApr–Jun
- HarvestMay–Sep
- Germination
- 5–10 days · soil from 15 °C
- Spacing
- 30 cm between rows · 25 cm apart
- Sowing depth
- 0.5 cm
- Harvest after
- 60–90 days
- Water need
- medium
- Frost
- frost tender
- Life cycle
- annual
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Seed saving
- easy · keeps ~5 years
Notes
Pinch the tips above a pair of leaves so it branches, and remove flower spikes. The small-leaved manjerico of the June saints is the same species.
Good neighbours
Keep apart from
Months for mainland Portugal. In the app, sowing and planting follow your own local climate and the forecast.