I've got little white flowers growing on my sweet basil plant, should I leave them?

Basil is an annual, and if you let it flower and go to seed it will think it's done its job. I pinch the flowers off until the basil gets huge and lovely, and then I let it flower at the end of the season.





You should also pinch the individual stems back to make the plant get bushy. If you pinch the stem off above a set of side branches, more branches will come off at that point and make a much more attractive plant.

I've got little white flowers growing on my sweet basil plant, should I leave them?
No you shouldn't unless you are collecting seeds.


Flowers may exhaust the plants energy and you'll get leggy poor quality basil with little flavor. Pinch it back to the next green leaf.
Reply:Flowers come first, then seeds. You will get more leaves per plant if you pinch the plants back before they go to seed. But you can also harvest the seed and keep a new batch growing, since you need to replant every two weeks all summer.
Reply:the flowers are normal. give the plant a good shake to ensure pollination and they6 will make some seeds. take the seeds and then you can plant new basil plants all over again.
Reply:Use them for a special floating garnish on something like a freshly tomato made soup

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