Kalmia wrote:
> zxcvbob > wrote:
>> Kalmia wrote:
>
>> > I have had parsley producing for months, but wonder what the technique
>> > is for basil. *I bought a full plant in supermkt tda, but want to keep
>> > it producing too. *TIA
>
>> Just keep pinching it back, and don't let it freeze. *Even a light frost
>> will kill it.
>
> It's in a windowsill pot. Do I pinch from the top, bottom, .....where?

Pinch it to shape it like a bush. Whatever shape you like your bushes
to have. Mostly around the outside with some internal snipping.

Kept warn basil is supposed to be a perennial. Ours have either died
because we put them outside in the cold or they grew too big and bolted
while we were out of town.