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Growing mint in plastic bottles.

Hi, I'm very interested in container gardening and using recycled plastic bottles to grow things in Which brings me on to my next questions - Is it possible to grow mint from seeds in a plastic bottle? Which variety might work best - Spearmint by emma9

23/08/2012 18:42:38

by Bookertoo

Talkback: How to grow mint in pots

I found this very useful, as I had decided to grow my own mint this year, but had heard it was very invasive and difficult to shift! I'll certainly give this a go..... we used to have mint... Then abandoned it. And five years later it was still by bandsix

24/11/2011 15:29:30

by jenkin

Talkback: How to grow mint from cuttings

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? I am hoping to grow a lot of herbs this year so any tips by luke

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10/06/2012 07:10:19

by Dovefromabove

Common garden mint

Sounds like powdery mildew. It is a fungal disease and mint is susceptible to it. Pick off all infected leaves and improve conditions.Your growing conditions may need to be changed. Powdery mild often occurs when a plant dries out - can happen by lily-larkspur

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24/06/2012 22:41:01

by Daintiness

Talkback: Growing herbs

I have got two small pots of mint and a pot the rosemary and a bay tree. I am going to have a go at growing Coriander, never grown it before. Couldn't live without my herbs, if nothing else the smell of them is just wonderful. I'm trying by donutsmrs

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29/06/2012 10:48:37

by rena05

Preventing rust on mint

that will not harm the mint? I fear not. http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?pid=220 explains a possible method to use in the Autumn. Mint plants usually grow out of it. by Berkley

27/05/2012 17:05:52

by Welshonion

Ants in a Herb Garden

We have a Community Herb Garden in which we grow Thyme. Unfortunately Ants are building nests under the spreading thyme and destroying them. What can we do? Ants love dry ground, is there any way that you can make it damper to deter them? I had by marigold3

26/06/2012 22:19:16

by Moonlit Hare

bugs on mint plant

Hi, this is my second year of growing my own salad and veg, this year i've moved upto a 8 x 6 green house and so far everything is growing quickly. My issue is, this morning i went into the greenhouse and discovered on my mint plant hundreds by chlojosh

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13/04/2012 11:44:02

by chlojosh

How to get rid overgrown mint

, you might have to paint the leaves of the mint with weedkiller. I did this last year by mixing glyphosate (Roundup or similar) with wallpaper paste and painting it onto creeping buttercup that was infesting some low-growing conifers and heathers. It by Linda Dyrda

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30/06/2012 17:46:39

by Linda Dyrda

nepeta(cat mint) from seed

Ive grown cat mint from seed and although its growing well should i nip it out to encourage the plants to thicken up? I nip out a couple of the shoots, so that it flowers longer and it does bush out a bit more. I agree - would definetely nip out by weejenny

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01/07/2012 22:14:19

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