When to plant thai basil in Alice Springs
- Sow in trays: early Aug to late JanAlice Springs area, hot desert
- Move seedlings out: mid Sep to mid MarAlice Springs area, hot desert
- Sow in the ground: mid Sep to mid MarAlice Springs area, hot desert
- Plant seedlings: mid Sep to mid MarAlice Springs area, hot desert
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Alice Springs. Microclimates vary: frost hollows and hills run later.
A basil with purple stems and an aniseed flavour for Thai and Vietnamese cooking. It handles heat and humidity better than sweet basil and is slower to bolt. Grow it year round in the tropics and through the warm months in the subtropics and the south. Frost kills it.