Sowing months
Feb–Mar, Jun–Sep
Sunlight
Three hours of sun, or bright shade
Water
Keep the soil damp, never dry
Mature size
25–40 cm
First harvest
Four weeks from a cutting
Family
Lamiaceae
Where it grows
balcony, windowsill
Good for
food, healing
Sow in
monsoon, winter
Care
Cut hard every month or it goes woody and leggy.
Grows from a cutting in a glass of water. Keep it in its own pot — it will take over any other.
Growing it
Cut hard every month or it goes woody and leggy.
What it is for
Chutney, chaas, tea; a wide shallow pot yields more than a deep one.