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On 12/18/2014 8:28 PM, Reggie wrote:
> "Kalmia" > wrote in message
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>> I've got some red basil going in a pot for over a year, after a neighbor's
>> kid finished his school science project with it and was about to chuck it.
>> He did some kind of experiment using worms etc.
>> Not sure what he hypothesized or 'proved', but I have fresh basil when I
>> want it.

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> the kid was probably dousing your plant with evil chemicals. boogie boogie
> boogie!!
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Is red basil the so-called Royal Basil? I like it essentially uncooked
as placed into Pho soup.

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Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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