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abl_newbie
Spring, TX
(Zone 9a)

June 22, 2007
9:28 AM

Post #3644974

Hello,
I'm a first time gardener, I purchased a small pot of basil that I keep in a container within a flowerbed...I purchased it in the early Spring, and now I have seedlings all over this particular bed...I'm not sure if it's the basil or a couple of other plants I have near by (or even weeds!)...I'm waiting to let them get a little larger so that I can identify them before I pull them up...

Obviously, basil has such a strong and specific scent but these seedlings don't...So my question is, how soon does basil develop its scent? Would I be able to smell them by now? They are all between a half inch and 2 inches high...

They all look identical, I'm almost positive they all come from the same plant...

Thanks!
-abl

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