TULSI (Holy Basil) SEED SET (4 seed packets): Krishna, Rama, Temperate, Vana, all organic

(12 customer reviews)

$17.90

Greetings friends.  We are sold out of Krishna tulsi seed until new crop fall 2024.  Therefore we are shutting down sales on the tulsi set until that time.  Rama, Vana and Temperate tulsi seeds still available for individual sales.  Thanks for your understanding and have a great growing year!  Richo and the team at Strictly Medicinal Seeds

Family:  Mint (Lamiaceae)

Krishna, Rama and Vana are perennial, Hardy to zone 10 to 12.  Temperate tulsi is an annual.

The TULSI set consists of four full sized packets of Holy Basil (Tulsi) used to make the health-promoting tea in ayurvedic medicine. These are: The lovely Rama Tulsi (Ocimum tenuiflorum), the purple-leaved Krishna Tulsi (Ocimum tenuiflorum), the large leaved perennial bush basil Vana Tulsi (Ocimum gratissimum) and the easy-to-grow green-leaved Temperate Tulsi (Ocimum africanum).

Prepare a flat of potting soil or a fine seedbed in spring and scatter seeds on surface, then press in and keep evenly moist and warm until germination, which is rapid.  Tropical types (Krishna, Vana, Rama) are best started in strong light in very warm conditions.  The temperate tulsi will germinate on a windowsill.  Transplant or thin to 1 foot apart.  Traditional usage (Ayurveda): stress, anxiety, heart disease, arthritis, diabetes, and dementia.  Drinking tulsi tea in the morning is a fantastic way to get started.

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4 full-sized packets, Certified Organically Grown

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  1. Question

    Kristen (verified owner)

    Hi Richo! A few years ago I got a Tulsi pack with an Amrita variety. Will that ever come back? Thanks so much!

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    • Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      Hi Kristen,
      Thanks for contacting. The Amrita variety is now sold as RAMA TULSI. they are one and the same. Richo

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    Debby (verified owner)

    I have all 4 growing, can I combine the leaves to dry or keep separate? Can I leave the flower heads in as well? I’d like to harvest before frost comes.

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    • Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      Hi Debby, Good work! Yes, you can dry the entire plant, rub across a screen to reveal leaves and flowers, remove and discard the stems, combine leaves and flowers of all types together for your tea blend. Vana tulsi is often the most productive type, and I’ve noticed that the commercial tea companies have begun to include this in their mix, not only because it has good flavor, but because it bulks up their production. I have to laugh, nobody was working with this decades ago when we introduced it to popular culture, now finally its caught on! richo

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    • Debby (verified owner)

      Thank for the quick response. Going to quilt camp tomorrow and really wanted to handle this before I left.

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  3. Soilbellefarm

    Beautiful

    Soilbellefarm (verified owner)

    I love these! I just pinched off a small seed head and the aroma is amazing!not sure which one it is but it’s almost fruity! I came back here to see if I could find out which one it was. I’m still not sure but I thought to leave a review because these are amazing!!

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  4. Phyllis Clay

    Please Free Us!

    Phyllis Clay (verified owner)

    This is the photo that should have been attached to the previous review from Phyllis Clay. Sorry.

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  5. Question

    jaclyn_tang

    I live in zone 10A with pocket of area being shielded from strong afternoon sun.
    What is a good time to plant the seeds?
    Thank you.

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    • Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      In a 10A you can plant tulsi anytime you predict 3 months of frost-free weather going forward. It takes the plants about 3 months from seed to reach productivity. If you protect the plants from the occasional frost, they will perennialize. Temperate tulsi is the exception–it reaches harvestable size in 60 days, will self-seed, and does not perennialize.

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  6. Question

    Frans Johannes Zyl

    When you recken to get seed again

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    • Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      We have this seed and it can be mail-ordered to you (fill out the order form, send us the order and payment in the mail, we give quick turnaround on such orders). This seed will be available for online ordering starting September 1st.

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  7. Question

    Terre

    Will any of these grow well in a windowsill or on a roof? Unfortunately that’s all the space I have at the moment.

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      Richo Cech

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      Hi Terre,
      Thanks for contacting. As part of our experimental work last year, we mulched the roof of a shipping container and planted temperate tulsi there. Very good plant health and yields! Ocimum africanum seems to like roofs. Go ahead!
      Richo

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    • Glynis

      Can you please let me know specific instructions for growing indoors as I live in UK so don’t have heat for outdoor growing

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    • Richo Cech

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      Hello Glynis, The Temerate Tulsi will grow in your climate in the outdoors. Tulsi is never really happy growing indoors, unless in a bright solarium or in a greenhouse (glasshouse). Use standard culture for potted plants and give as much warmth, light and compost as possible.
      Richo

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  8. Question

    Donna

    When I search the web for Ocimum aftricanum I get results for lemon basil. But it looks like there is another lemon basil, Ocimum citriodorum. Are they really different?

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    • Richo Cech

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      Hello Donna,
      This is a very complex subject. Lemon basil would be one of the common names for Ocimum africanum but if you bought a lemon basil from any number of nurseries it would not be the same as our holy basil. This is a tetraploid strain that was stabilized in antiquity.
      Richo

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    • Jon Place (verified owner)

      Beautiful, vigorous germination!
      Over here in Vermont, beautiful, vigorous germination in your beloved seed stock! 90% + germination rate in first week, including Amrita! Thank you – Om Namah Shivaya.

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    • Richo Cech

      Admin Richo Cech

      Hello Jon, Amrita is our best. Richo

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  9. Question

    penelope

    I am looking for Tulsi Kapoor. I got seeds from you several years ago, and now I can’t find it on your website

    Do you still have it? Thanks

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    • Richo Cech

      Admin Richo Cech

      Kapoor was a misnomer for the temperate tulsi, which has now been identified as Ocimum africanum. You want to get the temperate tulsi.

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    • Cliff (verified owner)

      So the “Temperate” Tulsi in the 5 pack IS Ocimum africanum (Formerly known as Kapoor)?

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      Richo Cech

      Admin Richo Cech

      Yes, we do put a pack of temperate tulsi in the tulsi set. This seed has been oft-mislabeled, starting with Abundant Life (now defunct) that called it “Holy Basil Ocimum sanctum” and continuing with our catalogue where we misnomered it both “Rama” and “Kapoor.” My only defense is that I was the first to identify it correctly as Ocimum africanum. At this point the milk has been largely diluted by the addition of many waters. We’ll probably just keep calling it “Temperate Tulsi” which is a functional name that may be somewhat helpful. Other catalogues continue to call it “Holy Basil” which is equally misleading. The HPTLC we’ve done on the plant shows that it does contain some of the active chemistry that makes tulsi work, and the genetic analysis shows its African origin.

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    • Cliff (verified owner)

      Thanks so much for the information, Richo! And your “defense” being the first to identify it is indeed a perfectly good defense! I grew all these from a batch of seeds I bought from you some time back – What a beautiful thing these basil varieties are 🙂

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      Richo Cech

      Admin Richo Cech

      Yes, they say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder yet the beauty of tulsi is self-realized.

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    Question

    Jessica

    How many seeds are in a ‘full sized packet’?

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    • Judy

      Admin Judy

      You can find all the seed packets in the collection individually on our website. The seed count for each packet is as follows.
      Amrita Tulsi 50
      Krishna Tulsi 20
      Rama Tulsi 50
      Temperate Tulsi 50
      Vana Tulsi 30

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    • Liz

      Can I grow these in zone 6b (Lancaster County, PA)? I was sooo wanting to grow this. Potted? Or will it simply not grow in my zone? 🙁 Thanks!

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      Richo Cech

      Admin Richo Cech

      Hello Liz, sorry for the confusion. All of the tulsis will grow for you as summer annuals. Any Zone designations have to do with its ability to overwinter. richo

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      Liz Lane

      Thanks so much Richo! So happy I can grow them! I love the Holy Basil tincture I have and would love to grow my own. Thanks and have a great day!

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    • mlincoln3 (verified owner)

      Liz, I grow these in zone 6a in the ground in my large tulsi patch and they do very well. I start them early before setting out, then plant. Had a bumper crop last fall. What a blessing!

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    Ryan

    Ryan

    They grow and produce leaves quickly. I eat the leaves in the evening to help with anxiety prior to sleeping. I have tried all kinds of medicines and melatonin, but nothing works as well as the soothing and calming effect of the holy basil leaves.

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