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title: "I have an outdoor garden and it had a big 6 foot 2 inch basil. It…"
description: "I have an outdoor garden and it had a big 6 foot 2 inch basil. It died and I cut off half of it. It is very big and I don’t want to pull it out because it…"
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community: "Gardening and Outdoor"
author: "Nico"
published: "2024-02-25T15:14:08.840959Z"
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# I have an outdoor garden and it had a big 6 foot 2 inch basil. It…

_Posted by Nico on 2024-02-25_

I have an outdoor garden and it had a big 6 foot 2 inch basil. It died and I cut off half of it.  
It is very big and I don’t want to pull it out because it might hurt my pineapple plant. I tried to pull it out but its roots grow to the railing. What do I do?

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## 1 comment

### 7Bee commented on 2024-02-25

I would cut it down completely. Leave the root and it will grow back. Control the size of the new plant by regularly pinching off new leaf sets to keep it low and bushy

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