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Gardening Know How Questions & Answers - https://questions.gardeningknowhow.comI often find some basil leaves dry out while still on the plant, or dry out in a bunch harvested to use in cooking. Are these diseased or can they be eaten or cooked with? What causes the drying out on a growing plant?
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3 Comments To "Can I Use the Basil Leaves That Get Dried Out While on the Plant?"
#1 Comment By AnnsGreeneHaus On 07/18/2013 @ 10:06 am
Personally, I don’t like dried basil. I will use wilted basil, especially in pesto. The only time leaves dry on my plant(s) is late in the season, or have had ” mechanical” damage. (The leaf got hit, and the center stem gets damaged.)
#2 Comment By tednap On 07/19/2013 @ 4:48 pm
To AnnsGreeneHaus, I agree I do not like the Dried leaves and discard them. But I do not know why some leaves on the plant start to dry out when the rest are healthy on the same stalk.
Do you have any ideas on the cause? I do not see any tiny bugs on the bottom or top of the leaf.
#3 Comment By AnnsGreeneHaus On 07/20/2013 @ 6:44 am
Sorry, I don’t have any definitive answer to offer. I harvest my plants so often that the leaves don’t have time to dry. Sometimes, at the end of the season, the really old leaves turn black and are dry. I grow sweet Genovese, maybe other varieties have this problem.