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garden mint Garden Mint

Mentha sachalinensis

A variety of mint

How to sow garden mint: Direct seed indoors or outside

Sun requirement for garden mint: Plant in Partial Sun

Mint is a perennial herb with a distinctive taste. It's stems are square-shaped and it has pink, purple, or white flowers. Peppermint, ginger mint, and large apple mint are hybrids of mint. Mint is often grown in pots to prevent it from overtaking the garden with its invasive, spreading rhizome root structure. It's leaves are most aromatic before the plant flowers and can be used fresh, dried, or frozen. Mint's strongly scented leaves confuse the pests of carrots, tomatoes, alliums, and brassicas, and deter flea beetles.

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Garden mint facts

Lifespan

Annual living and reproducing in a single year or less

Growing garden mint

  1. Plant in a pot or a sunk bucket to keep it from spreading at planting out
  2. Water regularly at planting out every week
  3. Pick sprigs at first harvest every week
  4. Cut back hard after flowering 8 weeks after first harvest
  5. Divide and replant 24 months after planting out

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