My basil plant is months old and I just recently pruned the flowers off (it's been flowering for months so I feel bad) and I hoped that would help my basil with bigger leaves for you see the leaves are really small so I need suggestions on how to fix this. I am about to apply mulch in the soils and I need your opinions about it. Also the new leaves die fast for some reason. Here is a picture of it: http://i.imgur.com/uLlpB.jpg