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title: "My basil was doing so well. But look at her now. 😢 What did I do…"
description: "My basil was doing so well. But look at her now. 😢 What did I do wrong? I used her leaves. They grew back. I pinched the flowers. Watered as regularly as I…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Pl@nt M@ma"
published: "2026-09-30T20:24:40.964015Z"
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# My basil was doing so well. But look at her now. 😢 What did I do…

_Posted by Pl@nt M@ma on 2026-09-30_

My basil was doing so well. But look at her now. 😢 What did I do wrong? I used her leaves. They grew back. I pinched the flowers. Watered as regularly as I could (3-4x a week). And now she’s tall and scraggly.

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## 6 comments

### Pippin Took commented on 2026-09-30

Did you use the top leaves?

#### Pl@nt M@ma replied on 2026-09-30

I’m about to use them now and do some gentle pruning.

### Pippin Took commented on 2026-09-30

We always use the top leaves to keep it bushy and shorter.

#### Pl@nt M@ma replied on 2026-09-30

That’s what I’ll do from here on out

### Buzzard commented on 2026-09-30

Seems very difficult to grow, but one feels it shouldn’t be.

#### Pl@nt M@ma replied on 2026-09-30

It seemed easy at the beginning 😆

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