Information about the basilica, which you might not know

Basil quite useful plant. Many gardeners grow it. Let's talk about the features of the plant, its beneficial properties and cultivation of this crop.

Features

This water-loving, sun-and heat-loving plant. It has a specific aroma. It has a green and violet color. It contains a high content of essential oils, the major components of which is camphor, vitamin C, A, rutin, organic acids, etc.

Beneficial features

First of all, the fresh leaves have disinfectant properties. Infusion may be to caress the throat. Basil is used in cooking. Therefore, it is added to salads, drinks, butter. Make different tinctures to treat colds, tuberculosis, asthma. Antioxidant and wound-healing effect, removes free radicals from the body, the excess uric acid (helps in urolithiasis).

How to plant

Basil plant just. If planting seedlings in a container, the seeds do not need to fill up the soil, and it is necessary to scatter over the surface. And in 3 weeks the seedlings can already be planted in open ground. It is possible to sow and to plant a permanent place in June at the beginning of May. If basil is stretched, it can bury in the ground on the most cotyledon leaves. Enough for a family to grow 4-6 bushes to provide tasty greens relatives. Basil bushes well. It is better to collect it to dry before flowering.

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