When to plant thai basil in Tumbarumba
- Move seedlings out: early Jan to late JanTumbarumba area, temperate oceanic
- Sow in the ground: early Jan to late JanTumbarumba area, temperate oceanic
- Plant seedlings: early Jan to late JanTumbarumba area, temperate oceanic
- Sow in trays: mid Nov to mid DecTumbarumba area, temperate oceanic
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Tumbarumba. 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.