Holy basil, also called tulsi, can be grown from seeds. That, at least, is what everyone told me. I’d read about tulsi (holy basil) in several books about herbal medicine and seen it cited as a good adaptogenic herb. I was excited to grow it, so I ordered seeds. Several years in a row. Each…
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