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title: "So, I bought this live basil plant from the grocery store. It said it…"
description: "So, I bought this live basil plant from the grocery store. It said it was hydroponic - which I know Means it was somehow grown in the water but I know little…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/64e780328588d7eafa3deedf"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Bethany"
published: "2023-08-24T16:07:14.445Z"
language: "en"
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# So, I bought this live basil plant from the grocery store. It said it…

_Posted by Bethany on 2023-08-24_

So, I bought this live basil plant from the grocery store. It said it was hydroponic - which I know  
Means it was somehow grown in the water but I know little more than that. So when I brought it home, I initially stuck it in water, cause I thought that's what I was supposed to do. I noticed it drank the water up super quickly, so I put more water in the little dish it was sitting in.

Anyways, it wasn't happy. It was also in indirect sunlight in my kitchen. So I took it out of water, and started just watering it normally. And by that I mean letting it dry out cause the top soil was moist and I didn't want the roots to rot. I also moved it to the only spot in my apartment that kids bright light for a few hours a day. (It also gets several hours of indirect light).

Does it just need a few days to recover? Should I water it? The top layer of soil is dry.

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## 1 comment

### carsandcalatheas commented on 2023-08-25

I would do a repot so you could check out what’s going on with the roots

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