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Basil (bush) 'Opal' / 'Dark Opal'

Basil (bush) 'Opal' / 'Dark Opal'

Product number: 333660
Origin: South Asia
Latin: Ocimum basilicum

Discover the most deeply colored blue-red basil that you can use in the kitchen in two surprising ways. You can harvest it very young as a tender microgreen, enjoying the crisp stems and an extra fresh, mild basil flavor. This is the perfect, colorful 'cherry' to place directly on your salad or to immediately finely chop into a unique purple pesto.

In addition, you can also simply let this ornamental variety grow larger into a full-grown basil plant on the windowsill. The plant then forms a beautiful eye-catcher that blooms richly with pink-white flower clusters, so you always have fresh, aromatic leaves at hand for all your Mediterranean dishes.

Basil loves warmth and high humidity. The leaves are widely used in the preparation of soups, sauces, fish dishes, herbs, vinegar, and pickles.

This variety is also grown as a microgreen (for the young plant with cotyledon or first true leaf). Microgreens are grown on moisture-retaining material (paper towel, cotton wool, soil).

Names:
Latin: Ocimum basilicum
Dutch: Basil
Also known as: Basil
English: Basil

Packaging

1400 seeds (2 g)

€2,25

17,500 (25 g)

€8,50

70,000 seeds (4x25 g)

€29,95

Product variants

Sowing method: For outdoor growing, bring inside from March to July when temperatures are below 25°C. As soon as it is at least 20°C or warmer outside, the plant can go outdoors, as basil does not tolerate the cold well. For indoor growing, you can sow seeds in pots year-round in a warm, extra-bright location. Do you want to use the plant as a microgreen (“cherry”)? Then you only need to harvest the seedlings when they are very young after sowing.

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