My Basil plant is struggling on my London window sill - maybe it's too cold. What do I know?

Looks like it needs a little spritz of water. Basil is very hardy.

Um, I think it's ready to pick. Make some pesto and freeze it.

Try pronouncing it the American way and see if it likes that better.

Name him Rathbone.

OT, but that’s a very beautiful, restful picture. I like.

Orphan tears really help maximize the flavor.

[quote]OT, but that’s a very beautiful, restful picture. I like.

It's not my actual plant I got it off the internet, it probably belongs to a heterosexual

Too much water (or possibly too little water), but I would bet you are overwatering.

Before I realized it wasn't your actual plant, I was going to tell you that it looked fine. Basil is incredibly hardy as long as it gets enough sun and water. It doesn't like drafts so you might want to move it, OP.

[quote]Too much water (or possibly too little water), but I would bet you are overwatering.

It drink it up so fast and starts to wilt if I don't water it

basil likes lots of water with a well drained pot. bright sun/light a few hours a day and pinching off the leaves makes it grow better. if you pinch tge well formed leaves that are above two tiny leaves it will branch off there with regrowth. mist once a week. I grow tons of several kinds of basil inside with lights. it's my favorite herb and one of my favorite sces

Thanks RC

Basil prefers heat. That's why it grows in places like Thailand

omy, *scent* not sces. and you're welcome op. I am a maniacal pincher (except for the bottom most leaves) so that my plats get bushy rather than tall because there's limited height space inside under lights.

However, if you grow lemon basil over pinching somehow makes it just grow lots of tiny leaves that over crowd each other. or, that's what it did with mine.

and I just now see r13and suspect he's correct and I never thought about having to worry about it because of lights.

You're not using the right fertilizer, OP. Do you happen to have a lover your brothers don't approve of?

If you have a radiator or vent, put it near that. It like heat and sun.

Improves growth / health of tomato plants when planted near them.

I thought a sunny day in London was rare? And the trees are full of green leaves- in mid-November?

I think Muriel needs to put a disclaimer on this post.

Let basil die and come back, or buy another.

Nothing lasts forever. Especially in a temperate climate where plants recognize seasonal changes in light. Not to mention temperature, even when stifled indoors like this poorly tended, unfed Ocimum basilicum that ought to be eight inches taller and much fuller by the end of the growing season.

Plant Munchausen's by proxy.

[quote]I thought a sunny day in London was rare? And the trees are full of green leaves- in mid-November? I think Muriel needs to put a disclaimer on this post.

I said the photo wasn't mine you moron.