---
title: "Hey guys I’m a generally new plant mom and my basil I keep outdoors…"
description: "Hey guys I’m a generally new plant mom and my basil I keep outdoors sat in 50 degree weather today after being watered and I found it frail cracked and fading…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/EtC_giEjQPOiUzh_TOv4BQ/BdkRFYmnTY-IqA14TfvOXg"
community: "Plant Recovery Room"
author: "Daia"
published: "2024-02-18T01:01:08.113055Z"
language: "en"
image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/ruLbQUDlnFUciPJUtsTmPJWn98iGinPkYy3KTwD-sY4/RkeB7DsSRWuh2VoutXxTyw.webp?size=large"
---

[Community](https://getplanta.com/community.md) / [Plant Recovery Room](https://getplanta.com/community/EtC_giEjQPOiUzh_TOv4BQ.md)

# Hey guys I’m a generally new plant mom and my basil I keep outdoors…

_Posted by Daia on 2024-02-18_

Hey guys I’m a generally new plant mom and my basil I keep outdoors sat in 50 degree weather today after being watered and I found it frail cracked and fading in color. I immediately brought it inside to warm up under my grow light. any tips to get my boy Linguini back in shape?

![Attachment 1 of 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/ruLbQUDlnFUciPJUtsTmPJWn98iGinPkYy3KTwD-sY4/RkeB7DsSRWuh2VoutXxTyw.webp?size=large)

![Attachment 2 of 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/ruLbQUDlnFUciPJUtsTmPJWn98iGinPkYy3KTwD-sY4/fuMSfacCQy-u7tH-ILlRNg.webp?size=large)

![Attachment 3 of 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/ruLbQUDlnFUciPJUtsTmPJWn98iGinPkYy3KTwD-sY4/fzBWkMSrSuia2sbUwtE72Q.webp?size=large)

## 5 comments

### Alyssa commented on 2024-02-18

Hi Daia! First off, love your basil plant’s name haha. I’ve had a few basil plants off and on for about five years now. Whenever I had them over the winter I always always always brought it indoors, even though I live in the south, it still gets a bit chilly overnight. It looks like a few of the discolored leaves you pictured have cold damage on them, probably from the combo of being wet and cold for too long. I’d chop off the damaged leaves, and try if you can to keep it inside until it starts to warm up more outside m. Usually around May in the south, is when I started to acclimate my basil plants to the outdoors, setting them outside for several hours at a time and then back inside by the window and then finally leaving them outside 24/7. Hope it helps!

#### Daia replied on 2024-02-18

This is very helpful as I am in Texas and can use this advice directly thank you so much?

### Alyssa commented on 2024-02-18

No problem! Hopefully Linguini makes it!

#### Daia replied on 2024-02-23

After following your advice he is doing much better! I propagated to of the stems and cut off the dead leaves. After that Voila a pretty linguini ✨🤌🏻

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/ruLbQUDlnFUciPJUtsTmPJWn98iGinPkYy3KTwD-sY4/MEQ_tBUMSlmO7KQR8jjZAA.webp?size=large)

#### Alyssa replied on 2024-02-23

Awwww yay! Linguini is back! Looking so happy and healthy, awesome job Daia, making me hungry for some pesto now lol 😁

---

_Source: the Planta community (https://getplanta.com). Reading is open to everyone. To post, comment and like, get the Planta app: https://getplanta.com/download_