Houseplant hacks: does dividing supermarket basil help it survive?

Seeds are packed into shop-bought pots, meaning they compete and wear themselves out. The best bet is to divide and conquer The problem We’ve all done it: picked up a lush, generous-looking pot of basil from the supermarket – full of promise and pesto plans, and within a fortnight it has collapsed into a dried-out, leggy mess. You assume you did something wrong. In reality, the plant was set up to fail before it even reached your kitchen. The hack That full, bushy pot is not actually on...

By Gynelle Leon