Growing Holy Basil at home

UnknownSpecies

Has anyone ever done this at home? Any advice or guide to get started with it? I love Holy Basil so much but can't get it here outside of a restaurant.

Not sure if this is better suited to this forum or Gardening. Hoping that some home chefs here have tried this.

viper123

I have some growing in a greenhouse at the moment, a bit stringy because I didnt plant until August but pretty tasty

B0jangles

Might be worth contacting o'hanlons herbs in wicklow - they've been growing a lot of unusual basil varieties in the last few years so they might have some holy basil on the go. I know they had ordinary thai basil (aka horapa), chocolate basil, and lime basil which tesco stocked.

edit: just to add, I got a few pots of horapa off them a couple of years ago and found it far easier to maintain than ordinary italian basil - I ended up with a big huge potful of it growing on a windowsill well into the autumn, so hopefully holy basil is the same

viper123

Sorry to resurrect an old post but I have holy basil growing currently in a greenhouse and have spare plants if anyone wants them, based in Galway

RoisinMcD

Hi there,

If you still have holy basil plants, I would love to take one 👍👍