A comparative study of the different compost application rate in each treatment that makes its influence of the basal branching of lemon basil.Found no statistical difference. From the comparison the average showed that treatment 5 with most branches, which with mean of 50.51limb,followed by treatment 2 with mean of 49.74 limb, treatment 1 with mean of 48.09 limb, treatment 4 with mean of 47.67 limb and treatment 3 with mean of 47.32 limb respectively (Table1) and (Fig.8 ).