Basil Plant Care Indoors: How to Keep It Alive for Months
What Most Care Guides Miss Most guides about basil describe the ideal care routine. Real homes are messier: light changes by season, pots dry at different speeds, and the same symptom can mean different things depending on where it appears. Before changing care, check the plant in this order: Light: is the plant growing toward the window, fading, or scorching? Root zone: is the pot drying predictably, or staying wet in the middle? Leaf pattern: did the oldest leaves, newest leaves, tips, or stems change first? Recent change: new pot, new location, fertilizer, cold draft, heat vent, or pest exposure. This keeps you from fixing the wrong problem. One clear adjustment is usually safer than a full care reset. ...