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black spots on basil (post #12816)

hannah3398 on Thu, 05/21/2009 - 13:16
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my basil is turning black on some of the leaves. Why and what do I do..

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by jeana in reply to hannah3398 [original] on Thu, 05/21/2009 - 18:17

Have you had some cool, wet weather?

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by hannah3398 in reply to Anonymous [original] on Thu, 05/21/2009 - 21:09

Yup, we had a straight week of rain which I thought helped basil so it didn't dry out and get bitter...

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by jeana in reply to Anonymous [original] on Thu, 05/21/2009 - 23:48

They don't like to be dry, but it's not good for them to be wet, either, especially in the cooler temps. Once it warms up, they should take off and be fine.

Jeana

Never try to baptize a cat.

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by hannah3398 in reply to Anonymous [original] on Fri, 05/22/2009 - 15:04

Thanks, I was about to rip them out and start over...