How to grow a nine-story tower?

Nine-story tower also known as basil, gold Buhuan, St. Joseph grass, sweet basil, is a fragrant seasoning. It is also easier to grow. So how do you plant a nine-story pagoda?

1. Selection of varieties

Choose the species you want to grow. There are many varieties of nine-storied pagoda, and each has a different fragrance. Look up relevant information and find one or more varieties you like to grow. You can buy the seeds from a florist. Let's take a look at our recommendations:

1, cinnamon nine-story tower has a sweet smell, and can open a beautiful fragrance of beautiful flowers.

2, lemon nine-story tower contains citral. Citral is the aroma component of citrus fruits, and lemon basil also smells of lemon.

3. Purple nine-story pagoda is mostly for viewing, with charming fragrance and gorgeous flowers.

There are also some nine-story towers that are perennial and will continue to grow the next year after withering. Examples include the African Blue Nine-Storey Pagoda (which has blue veins on its leaves) and the Thai Nine-Storey Pagoda. But most nine-story towers are annual, and you have to plant a new batch every year.

5, Greek nine-story tower and incense ball nine-story tower is more difficult to raise, but can grow a small bundle of leaves, suitable for viewing and gardening.

II. Sowing

Sow seeds indoors. Sow seeds indoors 4-6 weeks before the last frost. The nine-story tower likes warm and sunny, and it is safer to sow indoors to prevent the nine-story tower from being damaged by frost.

If you live in a hot area, you can also sow outdoors.

If you don't know when the last frost will be, check the perpetual calendar or ask your local gardener.

Prepare the sowing container and soil. Fill square pots or separate containers with equal portions of vermiculite, perlite and peat soil. Lightly press the soil to remove air. Wet the soil with water to prepare the right environment for seed germination.

Place one or two seeds in each container and lightly cover with soil. Wrap the pot in plastic wrap to keep the soil moist. Place the pot under a sunny window, remove the film twice a day, and sprinkle water on the soil to keep it moist.

Remove plastic film after seed germination. When the first tendrils of green seedlings emerge from the soil, it is time to remove the film. Water the shoots twice a day, never let the soil dry out completely. When the plants are a few centimeters tall and the leaves mature, you can move the nine-story tower to a larger container.

III. Transplanting

When the nine-storied tower has 1-2 mature leaves, you can move the nine-storied tower to the garden or formal flowerpot. Nine-story towers are not freeze-resistant, so don't move outdoors too early. It is best to move the nine-story tower to a place where there is plenty of light and plant it in a well-drained soil.

If you want to plant a nine-story tower in your garden, dig a hole every 15 centimeters, bury the roots of the nine-story tower in the hole, and fill the soil to the stem. Compact the soil a little bit to remove air from the soil.

If you want to plant a nine-story tower in a container, make sure the container is large enough to accommodate all the nine-story towers you plant. Because the nine-story tower will grow very large, so each nine-story tower at least 15 centimeters between the distance.

IV. Management

1. Keep the soil moist, but don't let the soil be watery. Nine-story towers grow well in well-drained soil and cannot be soaked in water all the time. For mature nine-story towers, water should be poured once a day to give the tower enough time to absorb and evaporate water and prevent the soil from drying out at night.

When the nine-story tower blooms, pinch off the flowers and the two leaves below the flowers. Blooming causes hormonal changes in the nine-storied tower, reducing its aroma and causing it to produce fewer leaves. This phenomenon of flowering and seed bearing occurs when the sun is particularly abundant. If you don't pinch off the buds, you'll find that the leaves of the nine-storied tower are getting thinner and thinner, and they won't be as fragrant as they used to be.

The nine-story tower attracts Japanese beetles easily. The best way to get rid of pests is to pick out and catch the beetles yourself. If your nine-story towers are prone to mold infestation, they may not get enough sunlight or grow too dense. Digging out the small nine-story tower gives the big nine-story tower plenty of room to grow.

The nine-story pagoda was relatively simple to plant, and its fragrance lingered after planting. It was a very good ornamental flower.