Under 30 minute recipe
Two little round leaves should pop up and grow above the plant pod.
Your plant should have two sets of leaves by now and is big enough to absorb nutrients.
Once your plant has grown its second set of leaves, carefully move it from your Nursery into an empty place in your Garden.
Your plant is now halfway through its life! It should look bigger and have several sets of leaves.
Around this time you may want to prune the sides of your plant, or any dead (yellow or brown) leaves that you see.
At this stage your should see your first three flowers form. They should be opening from the buds around your plants. It must still open fully before it can start producing pollen.
Your flowers should have transformed into budding fruit. It will look like a bright green ball forming where the flowers once were.
Around this time you may want to prune the sides of your plant, or any dead (yellow or brown) leaves that you see.
Once you see a flower, you can harvest it! It’s best to continually harvest these first flowers as removing them will make the plant produce more.
Cut the flower from its base or pinch it off with your fingers.
Once you see a lot of brown leaves around your plant, or when it stops producing flowers, pull out the plant. Don’t forget to take the roots out as well.