Tulsi plant
₹279.00
Yields Pick continuously, for years
Live tulsi, three months established. Worth standing next to your tomato and brinjal, not only on the doorstep.
Ocimum tenuiflorum
Tulasi / ತುಳಸಿ (Holy basil)
- Grow bag12 in wide x 18 in tall
- Ships at8-10 in tall, 3 months old
- First harvestLight picking immediately
- Sunlight5-6 hours direct
- Best plantedYear-round, perennial
Grown to order — delivered in about 15 days
We start it when you order and hand it over once it is established and hardened off. That is what makes the olla work from day one: the roots have already grown down to it before it reaches you.
SKU TUL-KRI
Water it through the olla. That is the only instruction.
A buried terracotta olla releases water at exactly the rate the soil draws it, over a base of well-rotted wood that holds moisture through a hot week. You cannot overwater it and it will not dry out on you. The roots reach the olla before the plant leaves us, so it works from the day it arrives.
Details
Worth keeping for what it does to the plants around it as much as for itself. Tulsi standing next to a tomato or brinjal measurably reduces whitefly and thrips landing on them, which is the cheapest pest control available to a terrace.
The generous root run means it grows into a substantial bush rather than the thin stemmy thing that comes out of a small pot, and a bigger plant is a more effective companion.
Pinch the flower spikes off as they form. Left to flower it puts everything into seed and the leaf goes small and hard.
Specifications
| Botanical name | Ocimum tenuiflorum |
|---|---|
| Grow bag | 12 in wide x 18 in tall, filled |
| Ships at | 8-10 in tall, about 3 months old |
| First harvest | Light picking immediately |
| Sunlight | 5-6 hours direct |
| Companion for | Tomato, brinjal, capsicum |
| Season | Year-round |