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gardener42
Zone 6 Pennsylvania
Posts: 11

Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 5:10 pm Post subject: basil essential oil
Does anyone have experience/recipe for making essential oil from basil? John

eileen

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Scotland
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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 10:21 pm Post subject:
I found this website that may be of some use to you Gardener42. http://www.frontiercoop.com/auracacia/aclearn/eo_basil.html All I really know, personally, is that the parts of the basil plant you use to make essential oil are the leaves and flowering tops and that to extract the oil you have to use steam distillation. _________________

gardener42
Zone 6 Pennsylvania
Posts: 11

Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 10:37 pm Post subject: basil essential oil
Thanks for the link. I'm going to give it a try. I''ll let you know how it turns out. Thanks again! John

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