Notes
Pinch above second node at 6 in. Downy mildew: morning harvest, wide spacing, resistant backup (Prospera) in humid August. Never refrigerate.
Cultivars / Herbs
Genovese
Basil · Ocimum basilicum
DTM
68 d
122 d occupancy · tender
Rows
3
8 in in-row
Density
4.5
plants / bed-ft
Yield
3.2
bunches / bed-ft
Direct $/ft
$10.08
$3.50 / bunch
Propagation
- Method
- Transplant
- Cell size
- 128s
- Nursery lead
- 28 d
- Germination
- 7 d
- Germ temp
- 65°F – 85°F (opt 75°F)
- Seed spacing
- 2 in
Field geometry · 30 in
- Bed width
- 30 in
- Rows / bed
- 3
- In-row
- 8 in
- Seed spacing
- 2 in
- Plants / linear ft
- 4.5
- Plants / 50 ft
- 225
Timeline
- DTM from field
- 68 d
- Holding
- 14 d
- Occupancy
- 122 d
- Multicut
- yes · 5 cuts · 10 d
- Fall photoperiod
- ×1
- Frost hardiness
- Tender
Yield & revenue
- Sales unit
- bunch
- Units / bed-ft
- 3.2
- Avg unit wt
- 0.2 lb
- Target lb / bed-ft
- 1.6 lb
- Cull rate
- 10%
- Wholesale / Direct
- $2.00 / $3.50
Irrigation
- Drip lines / bed
- 2
- Emitter spacing
- 8 in
- Emitter GPH
- 0.42
- Weekly water
- 1.1 in
- GPH / 50 ft
- 63
- Gal / week · 50 ft
- 85.7
Soil extraction
- Fertility demand
- Moderate
- N / 100 bed-ft
- 1 lb
- P / 100 bed-ft
- 0.3 lb
- K / 100 bed-ft
- 1.2 lb
- N-P-K / 50 ft
- 0.5 / 0.2 / 0.6 lb
- Family
- Lamiaceae
On this farm · 50 ft block
- Season window
- 2026-04-15 → 2026-09-03
- First greenhouse
- 2026-03-18
- First harvest
- 2026-06-22
- Successions that fit
- 3 · every 21 d
- Bed-ft for 50 lb
- 35 ft
- Seed for 50 ft
- 265 seeds · 225 plants
- Wholesale / Direct · 50 ft
- $288.00 / $504.00
Companions
tomato · pepper · oregano
Avoid
rue