Create your own veggie garden with Johnson\'s MG Basil Lemon plant that is nutritionally valuable too. Along with beautifying your green space, it is rich in Vitamins and minerals, helping you to protect against vision loss and assist in faster wound healing. Highly versatile, it makes a wonderful addition to everything from summer drinks to salads, sea food and sauces. Trials have shown it to flower significantly earlier than many other varieties. The pack contains an average of 1500 seeds. Guarantees high quality and assures you to replace the seeds if they don\'t work for you. Sowing Instruction: Indoor sowing from February to April, in trays of seed compost. Sow thinly, cover with 0.5cm of compost. Firm gently and keep moist. Keep at approx. 15-20°C. Seedlings appear 14-21 days. Grow on at approx. 13-15°C. When large enough transplant 5cm apart in trays. Stand outside for a few days in late May (avoid frosts). Transplant 30cm apart in flowering position. Keep moist and weed-free. Flowers June to October. Remove dead heads to prolong flowering. Outdoor sowing April to May, in a prepared seedbed in flowering position. Sow thinly in rows 30cm apart. Cover lightly with fine soil. Firm gently and keep moist. When large enough thin to 30cm apart. Keep moist and weed-free. Flowers June to October. Remove dead heads to prolong flowering. Use and care: Sow half a tray at a time for convenient, continuous crops. Sowing to harvest times may change throughout the year as growing conditions and light levels change. Ensure growing trays are thoroughly washed before they are re-used.