Can you chit basil?

Have to be honest and never had any trouble with Basil (apart from one batch suffering from dampening off when sown over the winter), usually have to dispose of half my seedlings. 

I'd imagine with the size of the seed it will be difficult to actually see if they've started to germinate if you chit the seeds. Don't know how you start your seeds off but one idea is once sown cover with a clear plastic bag or equivalent and then place in the airing cupboard to germinate. Shouldn't take too long to come through.

I do the same but put mine in the heated propagator - it means I have to evict the cat for a few days   

norty norty jazzbyrd !

My basil all germinated fine a few weeks ago on the kitchen window sill in an unheated propagator, problem with mine is it all seems to have completely stopped growing at after I potted it on when it was about 2 inches tall, I moved it at the same time into the hallway which has less sun so this may be the problem.

It think it was definitely because they weren't warm enough - having moved them to a slightly sunnier spot and covered them with a plastic cloche I now have lots of seedlings that are hatching!

I don't know why these ones were different - the ones sown in March I had no problems with. Goes to show you how sensitive seeds can be!

A distant memory! That was our summer, wasn't it?!!