Houseplant hacks: does dividing supermarket basil help it survive?
Seeds are packed into shop-bought pots, meaning they compete and wear themselves out. The best bet is to divide and conquerThe problem We’ve all done it: picked up a lush, generous-looking pot of basil from the supermarket – full of promise and pesto plans, and within a fortnight it has collapsed into a dried-out, leggy mess. You assume you did something wrong. In reality, the plant was set up to fail before it even reached your kitchen.The hack That full,…
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