Herbs · Warm
Shiso
Lamiaceae
At a glance
- Plant spacing
- 30 cm
- USDA zones
- 5a–11a
- Frost-sensitive
- yes
- Growth duration
- 10 weeks
Which beds suit?
- Sun (prefers)
- full sunAlso okay:partial shade
- Soil (prefers)
- loamyAlso okay:raised-bed mix
- Drainage (prefers)
- normal
Seed & start
Pre-culture recommended
Start indoors / cold frame first, transplant into the raised bed later.
Stachi's tip
Shiso (perilla) is Japan's answer to basil: purple or green leaves, exotic taste between mint and cinnamon. Heat-loving like tomato, annual in temperate climates. Leaves for sushi, salads, tempura. Self-seeds readily.
Sowing
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Transplanting
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Harvest
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Good neighbours
Avoid these neighbours
No known conflicts.
Good pre-cultures
Stachi has no specific pre-cultures recorded.
Sources
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-27 Phase 7 expansion
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