![]() Overwatering, underwatering, pot is too small and dries out too quickly, high temperatures, too much sun, too much wind. Basil plants wilting and drooping sometimes turning brown or yellow. Keep reading for how to save your dying basil, whether its wilting, turning brown, turning yellow or drooping… Basil leaves Wilting, Turning Brown and Dying Basil leaves wilting with brown spots developing. (Note that basil is an annual herb which grows in the Spring and Summer before setting seed and dying back in the Winter). ![]() To revive a dying basil plant it is important to recreate its preferred conditions of 6 hours of morning sun, consistently moist soil, plant basil in a large pot, so the roots can access the required nutrients and to protect basil from intense afternoon sun and high temperatures… Not enough sun, too much fertilizer and overwatering can also contribute to a basil drooping or wilting in appearance. Basil should be maintained at 6-8 inches to encourage more leaves and to prevent a drooping appearance. If the basil is drooping, this is most often due to a lack of pruning. If the soil dries out the basil wilts to conserve moisture and often turns brown with a dying appearance.īasil plants turn yellow due to overwatering or a lack of nutrients in the soil, usually because the pot is too small and does not contain enough compost form which the basil’s roots can uptake nutrients. The reason for basil leaves turning brown, wilting and dying is because of dry soil due to underwatering, excess sun or wind, high temperatures or small pots that dry out too quickly.
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