Just a reminder: "Don’t forget to pick your Basil flowers and flower buds off and cook with them tonight.

Not only do the buds and flowers contain more flavonoids than are in the leaves but if you allow your Basil plant to flower and go to seed, it will die." #gardening #homeseading #herbs

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yep, and go bitter as well once it flowers. lettuce does the same. yucky.

we've had such cold mornings this summer that we haven't been able to have any basil outside yet. 🫤

“If you let it flower and go to seed, it will die” - that’s a good metaphor for something. Still early in the morning, so thinking…

I've never had a basil plant die after flowering.

They become more bitter, but not dead.

yes--this applies more to my parsley