Need Basil Seeds In Bulk?
Rutgers Downy Mildew Resistant, Fragrant, Delicious Basil For Your Best Yield Yet
Whether you're a vertical farmer, home gardener, or just passionate about basil, KBCSS has a large stock of basil seeds available for wholesale prices!
What Our Customers Say About Us
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Go to basil Seed
I bought the downy mildew resistant basil seeds after 1 year crop was destroyed by mildew. Summer of 2021 with the basil records seed was my largest basil crop I've ever had. This year summer 2022 I grew three different varieties of Basil and the basil Rutgers passion DMR seed yielded the most. Next year i will only use this variety of seed excellent thank you
Paul S.
Written by a Harris Seeds Customer
9/9/2022
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Harvested basil 4 times so
Harvested basil 4 times so far this season. Excellent taste and no Downey Mildew despite heavy rains last month.
Keith H
Written by a Harris Seeds Customer
8/10/2021
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So far so good
Disease free so far, already harvested a good, amount, tastes great!
Konstantinos R.
Written by a Harris Seeds Customer
6/16/2021
Our Available Varieties
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Rutgers Devotion DMR
Genovese-type basil for potted plant production and fresh market; uniform, upright growth and dome or cup-shaped leaf. Organic and Conventional seed available.
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Rutgers Passion DMR
Sweet basil for potted plant and field production. High yields. Exhibits vigorous growth with high leaf-to-stem ratio; larger, slightly cupped leaf.
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Rutgers Thunderstruck DMR
Sweet basil for micro-green or processing production; vigorous growth, high yields, medium-to-large sized, slightly ruffled leaf shape with bright, green color.
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Meet the Team
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Charlie
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Rachel
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Colin
As a child, Charlie Coiner, founder and owner of KBC Specialty Seeds, walked with his grandmother, Katie Belle Coiner, through the woods and meadows of Appalachia as she collected various mints, Heal-All, boneset, ginseng and other wild plants. These experiences germinated his lifelong love affair with aromatic and active plants.
In the 1980s Charlie met Dr. Jim Simon, of Purdue University, and later Rutgers University, while working to help Walter Reed Army Medical Research Center study the malaria drug that comes from Artemisia Annua plants.
At one period in his life, Charlie lived in a holistic healthcare community founded by Dr. Patch Adams, where Charlie was exposed to the concept that the grocery stores‘ fresh produce section would become the pharmacy of the future!
For decades Charlie has been making fascinating plants available to consumers.
Several years ago, Rutgers University licensed Charlie Coiner/KBC Specialty Seeds their downy mildew resistant line of basil plants. With the help of Charlie’s good friends, the Van Drunen family (VDF Specialty Seeds), the infrastructure for producing, marketing and distribution was developed.
The Rutgers University downy mildew resistant basil varieties, and others that will come along in the future, will be available through KBC Specialty Seeds.
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