Review Genovese Basil

Plant entry

What Windowsill currently thinks.

Name

Genovese Basil

Genovese Basilikum

Botanical framing

Ocimum basilicum 'Genovese'

Family: Lamiaceae. Genus: Ocimum. Species field: basilicum.

Use boundary

Normal culinary use of leaves and flowers. Essential oil, medicinal dosing and concentrated extracts are outside this entry.

Min active growth 15°C

Growth sweet spot 26°C

Upper comfort 32°C

Frost/survival boundary 0°C

Seed to first useful harvest 8 weeks

Young plant to first harvest 5 weeks

Windowsill

Good, with conditions

Needs strong light, warmth, air circulation and a pot that is not overcrowded.

Balcony

Good, seasonal

Works in a sunny container if nights are warm and frost risk is gone.

Garden

Good, frost-free

Standard home-garden herb in full sun, but disease pressure can matter in damp or crowded conditions.

Questions

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Is the botanical/name framing acceptable for a practical public plant library?
Is the edible/safety boundary proportionate for a normal culinary herb entry?
Is the windowsill, balcony and garden assessment too optimistic, too cautious or reasonable?
Are the temperature and first-harvest estimates obviously wrong?
What should be corrected before this entry is treated as production data?

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