This Cool Hack For Growing Basil Will Blow Your Mind

Cutting a Basil Plant From a Garden

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Step 1: Using scissors or a hand pruning shear, snip off a stem from an herb plant. You want to use scissors or a pruning shear for this project because tearing the stem off the plant could do damage to your cutting, and it may not grow well. This hack works with almost every herb out there and some other plants, like spinach and even nonedible philodendrons.

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Step 2: Snip off the bottom leaves from the cutting, leaving only five to six new growth leaves on the stem.

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Basil Plant

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Then carefully snip off the newest growth from the herb with your fingertips. It should be two teeny-tiny leaves in the center of the top leaves.

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Plants in Water and Soil

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Step 4: Place your stems in water or moist soil. Once the cutting establishes roots, you can transfer it into a new pot or in the ground.

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