{"product_id":"basil-holy-green","title":"Holy Basil (Tulsi) Seeds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHoly basil, or tulsi, has a warm, clove-and-pepper scent quite unlike sweet basil, and it is the plant behind tulsi tea.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eOcimum tenuiflorum\u003c\/em\u003e makes a bushy plant with soft, slightly hairy green leaves and slender spikes of small, pale flowers. Steep the fresh or dried leaves for a fragrant herbal tea, or cook them the Thai way in pad kra pao, where its peppery heat earns it the name hot basil. Bees love the flowers, so let a stem or two bloom. It grows happily in a pot on a sunny windowsill, greenhouse or sheltered patio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSowing and growing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSow indoors March to May at about 20 to 25°C; it needs warmth to germinate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSow on the surface or cover very lightly, no more than 5 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGermination takes 7 to 14 days\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlant out or move outdoors only from June, after the last frost, into a warm, sunny, sheltered spot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrows to around 60 cm tall and wide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePick leaves from about six weeks after sowing; pinch tips often to keep it bushy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePerennial in the tropics but frost tender, so grown as an annual in the UK\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse our full range of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/seeds\"\u003eherb and flower seeds\u003c\/a\u003e, or try other spice-garden plants in our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/exotic-edibles\"\u003eexotic edibles collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Piccolo Seeds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58915714531711,"sku":"PS1038","price":2.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0361\/9645\/0348\/files\/7245e03beed2452ceaa0f492ec49e085f44761f4b38d28ec6c931a10d9bd9cd7.jpg?v=1792743712","url":"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/products\/basil-holy-green","provider":"GrowTropicals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}