The soil for cultivating purple basil should be sandy loam, which is fertile, thick and has good drainage performance. Using this soil to cultivate purple basil is good for its growth and development.
It has the ability to withstand drought, but not waterlogging.When irrigating, we should control the amount of water, and when the soil layer becomes dry, we should irrigate some water appropriately to make the soil layer moist.Irrigation time is not very fixed, generally irrigated twice a week, in rainy days should also be timely drainage and waterlogging, to avoid causing root rot affecting its normal growth.
Purple basil belongs to a high-temperature and damp-heat plant, which has strict requirements on temperature during the cultivation period, and can grow well only when the temperature is about 20 at ordinary times.If the temperature is too high or too low, it will affect the normal growth of purple basil, so the temperature should be controlled.
Purple basil is a kind of warm plant, which needs a lot of light, so it can be placed in a better position to promote its absorption of light.In the winter, the growth rate of the plant will slow down, and it should be given enough sunshine at this time.
