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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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# My basil was doing so well. But look at her now. 😢 What did I do…

_Gepostet von Pl@nt M@ma am 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.

![Anhang 1 von 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/H_qrFw8VjWidPyTFfFMWEn4SZWJ3vzhFT2WLMmJ-r9s/oNdDVHnORoazU_kYAQe-aA.webp?size=large)

![Anhang 2 von 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/H_qrFw8VjWidPyTFfFMWEn4SZWJ3vzhFT2WLMmJ-r9s/yx6gX7XXQN2xmzaHfGzx6A.webp?size=large)

![Anhang 3 von 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/H_qrFw8VjWidPyTFfFMWEn4SZWJ3vzhFT2WLMmJ-r9s/a3jtgDhxQpmWLuTIfst8_g.webp?size=large)

## 6 Kommentare

### Pippin Took kommentierte am 2026-09-30

Did you use the top leaves?

#### Pl@nt M@ma antwortete am 2026-09-30

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

### Pippin Took kommentierte am 2026-09-30

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

#### Pl@nt M@ma antwortete am 2026-09-30

That’s what I’ll do from here on out

### Buzzard kommentierte am 2026-09-30

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

#### Pl@nt M@ma antwortete am 2026-09-30

It seemed easy at the beginning 😆

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