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Hare Krishna,

No idea why TulasiTulsi is growing so many here. Also why does the leaves grow so big if you plant them in good soil or earth instead of a pot? Perhaps like all plants if put in a pot they grow like bonsai trees, small leaves and keep small. I understood there are 400 kinds of basil and 3 kinds of them are Tulasi. Known by 'non'devotees as holy basil. 

At my place now almost 500 seedlings and over 30 gaint plants of like half a meter high. Full of prurple manjari's. The smell in the garden and house is enormous. Such good fragrance. Sadly I can't send plants by postal mail around the globe. Way too difficult or dangerous. The plants will get damadged during transport. One told me long long ago dried leaves or manjari's are as good as fresh ones to use for offerings. What if I send them all around the globe to devotees who are not able to grow Tulsi themselves? Than again perhaps privacy matters and I am not a buisness so send your private adress to me feels uncomfortable to me and you perhaps. Nowadays doxing/share adress is sometimes dangerous or even forbidden in some places of the earth. 

It is so good to have some tulsi in pots now and brought inhome. They are placed around the altar in the middle of the living room. The fragrance makes me dizzy in a good way. I often dozy away or fall asleep if I am in the room. No idea if that is bad or good. 

Hare Krishna!