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title: "Any advice? Or suggestions on cutting my basil?"
description: "Any advice? Or suggestions on cutting my basil?"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/RuMiuDnDzF5OufERPNhoai"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Vktinez"
published: "2026-06-01T00:13:29.222671Z"
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# Any advice? Or suggestions on cutting my basil?

_Posted by Vktinez on 2026-06-01_

Any advice? Or suggestions on cutting my basil?

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## 5 comments

### Joann commented on 2026-06-01

Wow, that’s a basil plant?!?!?! It looks great! Look at mine 👀

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### Cope commented on 2026-06-01

Cut the flowers down to the first or second pair of leaves on the plant depending on size. Do it soon because the flowering can cause bitterness in the leaves.

### LHgirl commented on 2026-06-01

I didn’t realize Basil plants bloomed! How cool!

#### StayinAlive replied on 2026-06-03

If you don’t pick the flowers off, this is how they grow in the wild

### StayinAlive commented on 2026-06-03

If you plan to consume the plant, you must keep the flowers off, otherwise if you aren’t, they can stay

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