When to plant thai basil in Nickol
- Move seedlings out: all yearNickol area, hot desert
- Sow in trays: all yearNickol area, hot desert
- Sow in the ground: all yearNickol area, hot desert
- Plant seedlings: all yearNickol area, hot desert
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Nickol. 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.