Overview
Mint plants give the best flavour and fragrance from new growth and are renowned for their vigour. So take cuttings in spring and you'll have young mint plants bursting with flavour and ripe for the picking to last you all summer.
Do it:
March - April
At its best:
August
Takes just:
30 minutes
How to do it
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Take cuttings from the top growth of your mint plant, about 8cm in length. Remove lower leaves and cut the stem just below the leaf node: the point on the stem where leaves emerge. -
Remove the growing tip on the stem. -
Fill the seed tray with the compost-perlite mix, make a hole in it and insert the cutting, firming around it with a dibber. Take care not to crush the stem. -
Label, then water cuttings thoroughly and place a plastic bag over the tray or pot to prevent cuttings drying out. Keep compost well watered.
"Check leaves regularly for fungus mint rust, which appears as rusty spots on the underside of leaves. Destroy plants if you find it."
Comments and rating
Overall rating (from 4 ratings):
4 out of 5
That's great, that means I can nick some from the local park. I love mint, so being able to grow some for free will be wonderful! How quickly do you have to get them in the soil, once cut?
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5 out of 5
I love mint and already have mine growing, though I do put mine in a large pot or tub as it can be a real thug in a herb bed, spreading like mad. Next project will be to build a raised bed just for mint...many varieties and let them grow away as they will without having to contain them. The latest edition to my collection is a pineapple mint and I can sit for ages just smelling them.... :)) Human mint, has the same effect on me as catmint does for cats
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2 out of 5
Mint is so easy to propogate you don't really need to follow the above. Just cut as many sprigs & put them in water. They root so easily then just pot them on.
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rogerdennis rated and commented on this article
05 February 2009
5 out of 5
I am hoping to grow a lot of herbs this year so any tips are useful, I have made a large box out of wood and I have put a plastic trough into it so that I can grow herbs in it.
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