When harvesting the herb basil...?!


Question: When harvesting the herb basil!.!.!.!?
do you just pinch of leaves or cut the stem with the leaves!? And if i cut the stem, where is the best place to cut so new growth is promoted!? If i pinch off, where would be the best so more leaves grow back!?

And any tips you have would great too!.

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Answers:
!.I am a pincher!. Pinching off individual leaves!.Pinching off the topmost will give you a bushier plant!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I grow basil every Summer!. I usually just cut the stem with the leaves!. I cut it where the stems have grown longer than the others (off the top usually)!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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