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How to Harvest Basil So the Plant Gets Bushier
Cut above a leaf pair, never strip the bottom leaves, and pinch the flowers. The harvesting method that doubles the size of a basil plant instead of ending it.
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How to Grow Lavender: Drainage, Sun, and Almost Nothing Else
Lavender dies of wet feet and kindness, not cold. Which species suits your winter, why you plant it in poor soil, and the spacing that prevents rot.
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How to Grow Cilantro Without It Bolting in Three Weeks
Cilantro bolts on heat and day length and nothing stops it, so the answer is succession sowing. Direct sowing, why it hates transplanting, and the seed crop.
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How to Grow Mint Without It Taking Over the Garden
Mint spreads by runners just under the surface and will colonise a bed in two seasons. Containment that actually works, and the pruning that keeps leaves tender.
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How to Grow Rosemary: Drainage First, Water Almost Never
Rosemary is killed by wet roots far more often than by cold. Soil, siting, the pruning rule that avoids dead patches, and overwintering in a cold climate.
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How to Grow Basil: Pinch It Early, Pinch It Often
Basil is easy to grow and easy to lose to one mistake — letting it flower. How to sow it, where to put it, and the pinching routine that keeps it producing.
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How to Prune Lavender (and Never Cut Into Old Wood)
Lavender goes woody and splits open when it is pruned too timidly. The one rule that prevents it, the two cuts a year, and what to do with a plant already leggy.
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