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Am I supposed to cut the flowers off of a basil plant? (piefed-media.feddit.online)
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I just saw this other post, https://lemmy.world/post/50970674, about cutting the flowers off of a basil plant. I noticed that mine was growing fairly quickly, until the flowers showed up, and now the leaves have stopped getting bigger.

If the plant has already developed flowers, do I still cut them off?

A basil plant with small-ish leaves and white flowers.
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[–] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

Pinch it back but once it starts bolting it’s going to keep trying, and the stems will be woody. There’s ways to discourage that behaviour (lighting/fertiliser/temperature) but I don’t recall exactly. i use the flowers as garnish.

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