Advice please

[Ally]

Last week I bought an albahaca (basil) plant.

It's huge, smells divine and tastes even better but I want to know how to look after it.

At the moment it's in a terracotta plant pot on my kitchen table!

I picked some of the leaves off on Thursday and added them to a pasta sauce..the taste was incredible.

[Kaz]

I've had one in a pot outside all summer Ally, its done perfectly well on its own so far

[Ally]

Oh thanks Kaz.

Shall I leave it in the shade and just water it lots do you think?
It's seemed to need lots of water so far but that could just be the heat maybe?

[Kaz]

Mine has taken a fair bit of watering too, but yours is bound to need more Mine has been down the side of the house, it gets a fair bit of sun but nothing like yours will, so I'd say shade was right

[Kaz]

Oh and when it throws up flowers it needs pruning back. Mine will die over the winter if I don't move it indoors but yours should be ok, they like a warm climate

[Ally]

Thanks for that info Kaz..much appreciated. xx

[Kaz]

You're welcome Just chucked a big handful of mine into the huge pot of pasta sauce on the go in the slow cooker! Have put a piccie on FB - can't put it on here as I'm having 'issues' wth Photobucket at the moment

[Ally]

I've just been slobbering at the fb pics!

[Kaz]

Have put a piccy on here now as you know - I got round my issues with PB. They were trying to charge me for more storage So I've used my other email addy to set up another free account with them

[Ally]

Oh blimey..I wonder if PB will try and charge me. I've got zillions of photos on there.

They can naff off!