How I Grow Basil from the Grocery Store Instead of the Plant Nursery

John from www.growingyour... shares with you how he grows basil from the grocery store instead of the plant nursery.
In this episode, you will learn how you can get large basil plants for the same price as smaller basil plants from the plant nursery.
You will learn why John goes to Trader Joes to purchase the basil plants that he grows in his garden each summer.
You will learn more about the ready-to-eat basil and how they are grown, as well as learn the specific method and tips on planting these ready-to-eat plants in your vegetable garden so you can have basil to eat all season.
You will see John purchase over a dozen basil plants and plant them in his garden. You will discover the specific soil amendments he uses to ensure he is growing the highest quality herb.
Jump to the following parts of this episode:
00:15 Episode Starts
00:20 Visit to Star Nursery
02:10 Buying Basil at the Trader Joes Grocery Store
02:54 Buying Basil Tips at Trader Joes
03:50 Root Ball of Potted Basil Plants
04:38 More about these Potted Basil Plants
08:54 Pros of Buying the Greenhouse Grown
10:20 Plant Spacing and Growing Basil in Raised Bed
12:15 How I plant each basil plant in my garden
17:10 Fully Planted out Raised Bed
17:43 Most Important Step - Shading Basil
19:32 Don't Plant Basil unless it is this temperature
19:55 Rooted Basil Plants at the Dollar Store
After watching this episode, you will learn where you can purchase some of the largest and healthiest basil plants to grow in your garden during your growing season and how to plant them into the ground and take care of them.
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[@AuthArtist]

John - "I grow big, and now I'm going home, actually." This was an excellently educational video full of practical and helpful tips. Thanks, John.

[@MsRESPECT90]

I just really appreciate John's honesty and integrity.

[@albertbeauchesne2882]

For real. Just love his ad hoc rambles. Keep it simple.

[@ontheroadwithjoy6266]

This is the year basil is King in our N. E. garden. Somehow we have 15 plants of it, plus an indoor one from a grocery store start, and a volunteer, in a flower pot. All are thick, bushy, and healthy. We are giving it away to everyone we see!

[@Raiken202]

I get basil from pho restaurants thanks to their basil clippings for adding into pho. For about a whole year and more, basil was growing. And after two or three years the trunk of a single plant was like 2 inches thick and still growing. We removed them eventually, the massive root system was a pain in the ass to remove. But yes we had free basil which is awesome.

[@sunrae7680]

We go about once a week for Pho. I'm going to try this. Thanks

[@coryd2668]

I’ve been buying my basil plants from Traders for years and they never lasted too long in my ground! You explained a lot!!

[@Goodtimes523]

Hi John - you have helped me in my garden when I started watching your videos must be at least 3 or 4 years ago and your one of my favourites. I do have to say that 4 years ago I bought 1 pack of basil seeds - started them indoors and they have given me seeds every year - no need to buy the plants. But I do like watching you go to these different place because it gives me a chance to see what it looks like down in the states where you live - I’m in Calgary Alberta. Take care.

[@NMW80]

Do you collect the seeds and replant them or do you just let them fall and grow back themselves?

[@theUrbanGardener]

This video turned out pretty good! Thanks for letting me help you with this project. I can't wait to see an update later in the season on those plants.

[@roseannamarotta5864]

I to live in Las Vegas and find your videos excellent on how to grow in this desert heat... A few yrs back I had 20 cherry tomato plant growing.. I started seeds late Feb..by May I had them in the ground.. I was still picking tomatoes in Feb... I am hoping where I live now I will have success with the small area I have to grow... Thanks again for all your great videos....

[@evek8220]

This is great when you live in a short growing season like we do. Thank you👍🏻

[@richardromano8128]

I enjoy this video I'm a big lover of Basil I'm here in Pennsylvania so I will start it now from seed and it grows really great all summer long into September so thank you for sharing your tips.

[@myredeemerlivesamen991]

Can the store bought sweet basil seeds that are usually consumed in juices be used as seeds to get new basil plants?

[@teaartist6455]

@@myredeemerlivesamen991 I'd say try it. Unless they're heated or something like that I don't see why not thought depending on what fertilized those seeds it may not be a normal basil.

[@myredeemerlivesamen991]

@@teaartist6455 thank you🤗

[@Murphis55]

Good ideas! I also replant bottoms of celery and leeks and a few others and they regrow. Had a huge celery last year that was really flavorful. Thanks. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻💪🏻🖖🏻✌️❤️🐾🐾🐾

[@kimhicks4781]

For people on a small Budget Basil grow very easily from seed. I always grew it from my own seeds in a pot. It goes to seed pretty fast so if you don't want seeds dead head them on a regular basis.

[@NMW80]

Or just collect the seeds and use them for next season 🙂

[@forageforage3520]

I got one of those Basil from TJ's.. 2 years ago..and I just finally let it bolt to collect the seeds. STarting Basil from seed.. WOW that is a whole notha level of seed starting. You can do it..but it's not quite as easy and one might think.

[@GretchensVeganBakery]

Wow! Thank you John!! I was just today wondering if I could do this!!!! I thought maybe the supermarket ones are “weaker” for abundant growing. But I also did not want to spent $3.48 vs the $1.99 at Whole Foods for bigger plants! Thank you for all your videos! I’ve been binge watching all winter and just planted my containers today! 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

[@brunoaugust9102]

A trick : watch series at flixzone. Been using it for watching lots of of movies lately.

[@castielmekhi5063]

@Bruno August yup, been watching on flixzone} for years myself :D

[@bakeralec2377]

@Bruno August Definitely, have been watching on flixzone} for since november myself :)

[@trentizaiah6498]

@Bruno August Yup, I've been watching on flixzone} for since december myself :D

[@williamnewman845]

Hello John. It is me William again. I am very sorry that I haven't been on here for sometime. I have always enjoyed all your videos from all your channels. All your videos are always exciting and very informative full of rich valuable content. Your videos have always been some of the best educational tours and topics here on KZbin. Hopefully one of these years in the near future I will get the chance to apply what I have learned in gardening from you. I aready eat better and juice often for good health and detox. This is in thanks to you and a few others like minded health-conscious video makers teaching wise caring healthy education. I am almost completely raw vegan now except I still like to cook veggie burgers and a small amounts of other partially cooked vegan meals. I am striving on the right track to be fully raw vegan hopefully within the next year or two. Hopefully also someday I will get the chance to thank you personally at a seminar somewhere or my own future garden tour on one of your shows.

[@pershop4950]

Thanks for the video. Good alternatives for not just buying from nurseries all the time.

[@nikaela25]

Love watching you! I am here in Las Vegas and I struggle watching gardeners who understand the climate.

[@espesp9603]

John, Home Depot sells a 24” Ames planting auger that you attach to a cordless drill. It made planting super fast (and fun). I just bought it today for $16.98 plus tax and wondered why I didn’t discover this tool earlier. Hope you look into this...it’s a game changer! Thanks for your videos.

[@joeytunez]

That grow big or go home was a nod to MI Gardner 😉

[@jmseipp]

I bought a bunch of Basil from Trader Joe's that's already packaged, with the roots cut off, and I cut off the tops, about 3 inches long, and then put them in water and they all have grown roots! Once they get a bit longer I'll plant them in containers. I'm also growing lots of Basil from seeds. Sweet Basil, Genovese, Purple, Thai, African Blue, Large Leaf and Lettuce Leaf. The Lettuce Leaf Basil Leaves grow to be as Big as your Hand!

[@johnwilks1563]

Thank you. I am having great luck with the trader joes quart basil.

[@annlambert6017]

You have great energy. Looking forward to your videos.

[@goddessgaea19]

This guy is such a realist

[@TheGreenThumbGardeningChannel]

Your videos keep me coming back for more John! Never thought of buying basil plants from the grocery store, smart!

[@videosurfah]

Where did you ever buy it from before? The farm

[@mariazucchero9123]

I loved all your gardening skills thank you again for sharing all your gardening videos .

[@jefftangen6755]

My experience with early girl is always positive, seems to react well to how it's treated my first plant I grew in a five gallon earth bucket set up in northern Alberta 🇨🇦 and it grew five feet tall and five wide with more fruit than I could give away !

[@manuelmorgado953]

Use a coffee for a bigger hole size you can easily make a handle to screw to the bottom. You just need to be sure your soil has been prepared first and if your planting that has already been done.

[@c.j.harden479]

Love this video! Now I don't feel so crazy for all the times I have bought basil plants at the grocery store to grow in a container on my front porch.

[@robertbeckler5058]

My mouth is watering.

[@l-i-l-s]

Great video, thanks. Regarding various sized bulb planters, I'm pretty sure you could make one using a tin can, like a coffee tin for example.Cut the bottom out and use tin snips to give it a jaggered edge and for a simple handle, attaching a U-shaped bracket should work. To make a spring-loaded bulb planter, cut down one side and reshape it so it overlaps a little and for the handle, use a metal spring-loaded toilet roll holder and 2 metal strips attached to the side of the can, perhaps with nut and bolt or a couple of rivets on each side or even soldered. I am a fan of DIY and I love making my own tools. :)

[@MizMaryTV]

im from vegas and i started to do some flowers and veggies growing in my yard..

[@mariazucchero9123]

Hi , Thank you so much for sharing your gardening ideas I love it. I have learned a lot. Have great day!

[@ChocolateMelanin]

I always get my herbs from UK 🇬🇧 supermarket, £0:48p from Aldi I picked up, rosemary, mint, coriander & basil, then I plant them.

[@philsroad7959]

I wondered if you quit doing KZbin. I hadn't seen you on for several months but I just found you again and I hadn't hit the bell to get your notifications. Good to see you again.

[@Vegasshakenandstirred]

Holy Basil!💞

[@justin3594]

Maybe try a piece of ductwork. You can crimp the end to get that taper. Then bolting up a makeshift handle should be trivial.

[@wdennis8]

Love your channel. Thanks got helping my grow my greens. I use to kill every plant I ever tried. To much fert in the dirt. Or to much rain, not enough drain. Now I have a rack garden. I plan on moving it to the back yard but I need your help. How to protect my garden from rodents? Please do a video on garden pests. Thanks

[@alexdumbreck9729]

I love your enthusiasm John!

[@tecumsehlittlebear8271]

awesome video your advice really helps us new gardeners. Thank you!

[@lavendercoyote]

I always buy plants and flowers from TJ, always reasonably priced and healthy!

[@superman-rp5fu]

Skip to 10:20 if you don't live in crapifornia and just want to get to the planting portion.

[@nickhayley]

2:54 MIGardener reference!! Lol

[@MrOnyxxx99]

A clam shell post hole digger might be what u need for plant gallon size pots

[@psycophonic]

Hey John. For your lager plug planter, couldn't you McGuyver something up using the right size food can topper and bottomed then add a handle. Anyway its a thought. Keep up rhe good work fella.

[@thefaeryman]

have you tried a post hole digger? there are different size scoops to meet your needs

[@yeevita]

Rev John O'Toole oh I have got to look into these.

[@lockergr]

My biggest tip is to always look at the way your condo or apartment or houses facing so you can think about what you will be able to grow. I live under the confines of a homeowner's association and so growing crops is pretty much a no no. Plus, all my private land is to the north and shaded. My side yard is filled with poison ivy. It's beautiful, but not practical for crops. So really think this over when you pick a place.

[@debbiesherrill7228]

Enjoyed your video on basil. I'm a new subscriber. Looking forward to more of your video's.

[@GypsyinAus]

I have tried doing it with cilantro I buy with roots from the markets but for some reason they never take off. Feels like the roots just get mushy and rot and die.

[@Nothingtoseehereyet]

Are you able to link the types of soils and ingredients you mentioned in this video?

[@contact3604]

Thank you! Very informative. Iam a homestead homie with off grid with Doug and Stacey! But l found your channel, and liked what lm hereing! I have subscribed. Moira From England.

[@krissfly]

thanks john. 5 years of dr. bills and so week could not get out of bed. no till farmer next to is doing the best to kill me. the microgreens is helping so much. thank you thank you thank you

[@annwithaplan9766]

Holy mackerel, you did good on those plants!!

[@riesislanderguam5850]

I've been following your compost. They were like a failure here on Guam. Hornet's were active in the area. My local garden is smash during this hot weather. There goes my idea of honey cush.

[@wesbaumguardner8829]

I bought 1 package of Ferrie Morris sweet basil 3 years ago. Every year since I have had more basil than I can keep up with. Volunteer very little maintenance.

[@garyturner549]

How about use a postwhole digger they are just about exactly the size your asking for and really easy to use on garden soil.

[@GK-vj9dz]

i was going to suggest a phd. they are perfect for this.

[@ladyela9283]

Awesome vid, once again, and they look great!

[@ZE308AC]

To bad the stores aren't restocking on things like worm casting and other manures.

[@kathytaylor9798]

Try a post hole digger to use as a bugger bulb tool.

[@christianhansen3292]

nice to see you john. missed ya.

[@TeaRoseLover]

Thank you. Where do you get the bamboo sticks and cloth? How often do you water them? Could you show us how you harvest them?

[@robertchaffee5662]

Good video John, tks!

[@natureboy6410]

Hey John. I'm a neighbor, about 90 miles SSE of vegas. Have you ever tried growing chayote or kiwano outside, at your home in vegas before? I'd like to try them, cause they both are supposed to produce very well, but I need to know if they can deal with our dry, windy desert first. I don't have much room to play with. Let me know when you can. Thanks, Bryon. :-)

[@zhahirasofia8873]

send alot of love from Indonesia

[@TheSublimeLifestyle]

Endless dad jokes were life 😂

[@ZE308AC]

I wish everyone could grow cannabis ,hemp plants and other plants.

[@jovallepuhrmann1129]

Thanks for the into to basil 😎

[@elizabethsansom6447]

Make your own with a coffee can. Cut the bottom off and take the top and slice it halfway folded in the ends for a handle and you’re done

[@Time4aKiss]

How long does Sweet Bail last? I hear they only last a few months

[@brockshen]

The circle reminds me of an African Keyhole Garden. Use the circle grasshopper.

[@lubkuhu]

Do we do the same with grocery store rosemary and thyme?

[@beautybysandi]

John could you please spell what powder you used on the roots please ? Thx!

[@dspinel1]

Mycorrhizae

[@beautybysandi]

Daniel Spinelli thank you

[@yvencia1150]

Great video as always.

[@annwithaplan9766]

Home Depot has organic castings for about $26.

[@47retta]

What in the world do you do with that much basil?

[@albertbeauchesne2882]

www.loveandlemons.com/basil/

[@richstone2627]

Cool mang

[@DirtBandit]

Great video John.

[@raeboyd5596]

I have a green thumb and I can grow everything but basil. I live in an apt with north face porch and It gets sun starting at like 330 to 4pm. i have a variety of flowers and thyme, rosemary, mint,oregano, malabar spinach, green beans, and i am trying some lettuce and a tomatoe in a topsey turvy. i bought one of those 3.98 basil and its already died on me. i even grabbed a leaf of citronella plant and its growing roots. I have tried my basil outside, inside on the windowsill, inside near my aero garden and I can never keep it alive.

[@Toomuchbullshitt]

Basil, especially nursery bought ones, are very prone to fusarium wilt.

[@sunrae7680]

@@Toomuchbullshitt I am having the same problem. I will google fusarium wilt. Thank you

[@rosemaryreid8196]

Rae Boyd ......Maybe you could try growing some from seeds in spring, it's usually pretty easy as long as you have enough sun, and there are many different varieties, I get a mixed packet from an Italian seed company, I love the lemon basil and the black basil, they're all good for different dishes and the plants look and smell pretty good as well, can't remember the name at the moment, starts with an F I think, they have many good and unusual veg seeds and their seeds are very good value because there are loads of seeds in the packets. Franchi seeds is the name of the company I think.

[@barbm7412]

You could have basil all year. You have enough to dry it!!

[@ausfoodgarden]

Dried just isn't the same though. I'm lucky as my basil grows outside almost all year, for the other month I grow inside from a grocery plant I started earlier too. I also have perpetual basil in case they don't make it, better than dried but not the same as those soft sweet juicy leaves :)

[@schex9]

We process our extra basil in the summer and make pesto, or at least most of a pesto. Sometimes I leave out the Parmesan cheese and add that at the time that I am using the pesto in cooking

[@cd3dnw]

No wonder I couldn't find any at DTS...lol

[@hailekulcha8794]

Can i get a list of your soil mix?

[@jocelynmccoy5209]

What is the stuff in the white plastic container and what kind of fertilizer you use? Also, I live in Sierra Vista AZ what type of mix soul should I use? Thanks.

[@jeffjacobi6854]

Did you ever get your 1 gallon bulb planter? I might have someone to make one for you if not!! Art designer and welds/cuts metal for Garden Diva in Tulsa, OK

[@empressgrockslocs4446]

❤❤❤

[@melvina628]

I bought those same basil in a soil pot for freshness. It didn't regrow fast enough or at all. I didn't "root the tops". I didn't replant them in different soil because I don't have a garden. I did water them in their original pots. Would they have regrown if I had replanted them in a different pot with new soil indoors?

[@melvina628]

@@randomchick643 Would they have regrown if I had replanted them in a different pot with new soil indoors?

[@melvina628]

@@randomchick643 Yep, did that.

[@patriciarice8357]

Hi, you should have repotted your basil in a larger pot with new potting soil and keep it in full sun. You can use a large pot and it should grow big and bushy. Just be sure and trim it when it starts to flower.

[@melvina628]

@@patriciarice8357 Thank you.

[@melvina628]

@@randomchick643 Thank you.

[@ladyela9283]

WOW…watching this, again, 2 years after I made my comment.

[@viceroyviceroy-wj7cf]

what do you do with all that Basil?

[@yannip2083]

John, Where can I buy your hole planter?

[@williameftposco]

Those are decent prices with the pot, soil, plant and time grown and labour. The hell you talking about id happily pay those prices if I where to buy plants.

[@starobservers9862]

Ya! I like to buy my vegi’s from the grocery store as well! It’s easy and cheap! Why put them in the dirt? Put them in the fridge and eat them!

[@FeliXGamR-Jp]

$65 for Basil plants when you can let 1 go to seed and have 1000 Basil Seeds for Free lol, only cost would be soil, I germinated 40 Basil Plants in 3 days plus a ton left for next year lol

[@misstammann9644]

SEED LIBRARIES did you do a follow up on this topic. legal or illegal ?

[@HntrSvrsn]

He has a video about that

[@misstammann9644]

@@HntrSvrsn i read the one in 2013. i didn't find any other videos .

[@grafxgrl8030]

How do you eat that much basil yourself, given all the rest of the food in your garden?

[@atchanel8826]

Wht cant.delivery indonesia?

[@zhahirasofia8873]

hello there 😍

[@jameymote4598]

😎

[@NobleEphraim]

I've watched a lot of your videos and I would like to give you a very honest feedback...... While you do a great job putting out videos, you easily go OFF TOPIC....with unnecessary information unrelated to the subject matter.,.I hope you don't see this as an attack but rather a feedback. Thank you

[@arcanevista]

is this video slightly sped up or is this guy just really really fast?

[@mamabird1953]

What do you do with that much Basil and what do you do with the extra Basil after the growing season?

[@albertbeauchesne2882]

www.loveandlemons.com/basil/

[@kimfroman2023]

Pesto, salads, hummus, you can freeze in olive oil or freeze pesto, make basil compound butter and freeze

[@andwelovearpsychopat7820]

3.5 dollars wow, they are 50 pence in the uk

[@NYSVO]

how can I grow lettuce