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Am I supposed to cut the flowers off of a basil plant? (piefed-media.feddit.online)
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I just saw this other post, https://lemmy.world/post/50970674, about cutting the flowers off of a basil plant. I noticed that mine was growing fairly quickly, until the flowers showed up, and now the leaves have stopped getting bigger.

If the plant has already developed flowers, do I still cut them off?

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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 15 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

This is why I let my Basil and Oregano plants bolt mid summer, and just plant new ones for the end of season. Our bees LOVE the flowers.

[–] dkppunk@piefed.social 10 points 4 weeks ago

Heck yeah! Thank you for supporting your local bee community!

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Can confirm that bees seem to love the shit out of basil flowers. Haven't seen many bumblebees, but the European honeybees adore them.