When to plant thai basil in Tennant Creek
- Move seedlings out: all yearTennant Creek area, hot semi-arid
- Sow in trays: all yearTennant Creek area, hot semi-arid
- Sow in the ground: all yearTennant Creek area, hot semi-arid
- Plant seedlings: all yearTennant Creek area, hot semi-arid
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Tennant Creek. 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.