🚀 go-pugleaf

Kristin Granlund wrote:

> I've tried to grow basil from seeds twice and I had the same problem.  I
> think slugs were the culprits.  I ended up buying some plants from the
> nursery and they had a few leaves eaten, but not enough to hurt the
> plant.  Perhaps starting them inside or otherwise protecting them until
> the plants are bigger/stronger is enough.

I make cloches out of old 2-liter soda bottles. Punch holes in the
bottom and cut the neck off, and they make great mini-greenhouses that
protect the basil until it's big enough to deal with the slugs and
snails. You do have to be sure to take them off before the basil hits
the top, though - if you leave them on too long, the basil gets
spindly and weak, and doesn't thrive when you take the bottles off.

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