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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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[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 weeks ago

Nah if you prune it back, the new growth will be good.

It won't be the same basil flavor you're used to, but it'll still be perfectly good.