• Nakedmole@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I ate lots of basil but never found any wooden parts. Did they feed me fake basil or what?

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      2 days ago

      I had a basil plant I neglected like hell and barely managed to keep alive for ~2 years. By the end of its life after several rounds of barely surviving me forgetting to water it for a week or two, its stems had become woody. I don’t know if all mature basil stems harden or if that was a consequence of my plant abuse

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        2 days ago

        I see, so we usually eat up the plant before it can even get to the stage of developing wood, now it makes sense.