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I Have a New Basil Plant!

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A few months ago, I went shopping for my groceries. On that day, they had new plants available to purchase. Some of those plants were herbs.

I browsed them and liked how healthy they looked. I wanted to buy another basil plant for months, but I debated if I should purchase one again. I normally buy my plants from a Walmart I normally shop at, but for the past few years my plants have died due to issues with fungus and bugs. (I think it has to do with the location of the Walmart to nearby farm fields.) Since I have issues with these plants, and the grocery store had really nice, healthy plants, I decided to buy a basil plant from the grocery store.

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My Basil Plant Update- Early July 2025

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It’s been a while since I talked about the plants I’m growing in my house. I did mention I have a tomato plant that grew tomatoes in a previous post, but I want to talk about them in more detail. So, here we are!

Right now I have four plants. They are a tomato plant, a basil plant, a amaryllis, and a cactus. Right now they are all alive, but my basil plant is not doing so well. Since I’m worried about my basil plant, I decided to talk about it first.

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A New Tomato Plant, Bug Infestation, and Struggles With My Pesticide Allergies

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Two weeks ago, I decided to bring home a tomato plant. It wasn’t a spontaneous purchase as I wanted to grow one for many years. Yet, I didn’t plan on purchasing one this year.

With this tomato plant, I now have four plants: An amaryllis, a cactus, a sweet basil, and the tomato plant. I’m really happy to own all four, but I did notice something really serious that happened to my plants: a bug infestation.

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Planting a New Herb Rocket Sweet Basil

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Last month, I found Herb Rockets are back in my local Dollar Tree. If you never heard of an Herb Rocket, (Or read my post about purchasing them) they are an easy way to grow herbs. There are two kinds of Rocket plant kits: Herb Rockets which grow herbs, and Flower Rocket, which grows flowers. I purchased two Herb Rockets, one sweet basil and the other parsley. Last month, I decided to try to plant the sweet basil Herb Rocket before the parsley.

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Trying to Grow Garlic… Again

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Since I was a girl, I wanted to grow plants. It didn’t matter if it was flowers, vegetables, or a tree, I wanted to grow plants. I didn’t have the opportunity to grow anything as a child, but as an adult I have tried to grow different plants multiple times. So far the only ones that have survived are an amaryllis bulb I inherited from a relative and a cactus.

Earlier this year, I decided to try to grow garlic. I use garlic a lot in my cooking so I thought it would be something enjoyable to grow. I tried it twice this year. Both times all the garlic I planted failed. After some thought, and a bit of research, I decided to try growing garlic for the third time this year.

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Update on My Herb Rocket Sweet Basil Plant

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It’s been over a month since I mentioned the Herb Rocket that grows Sweet Basil I purchased at Dollar Tree earlier this year. I decided to wait until I had time to think about what to say about it online. You can read about Herb Rocket in my past post here.

To be honest, it didn’t go as planned.

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Rocket Herb Sweet Basil- What is It and How Does it Work

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During a recent shopping trip to a local Dollar Tree, I found a section of the store dedicated to gardening. Normally this section would have a lot of gardening inspired home decor, but this time they had a lot of things that would be perfect for just gardening.

Among the gardening supplies were seeds for flowers and herbs. Also, there was something called a Rocket Herb and Rocket Flower. I heard of them before, but I never saw one for sale in person. I thought about purchasing one of the Rocket Herbs, but I initially had so many doubts about how well it would work, I decided to walk away from it. While looking around the store, I finally decided to purchase one of the Rocket Herbs that grows Sweet Basil.

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