Hello there fellow #farmer. My basil was doing poorly in the beginning so my hubby @thebigsweed did a little research and found that we needed to lower the ph in the water. We have the stuff to add to the water to do that, lower the ph. It worked wonders. My basil just took off, remember also basil needs lots of sun 6=8 hrs. a day. Hope you get a second harvest, basil is a beautiful thing, I can sniff it for hours. hahaha