Mints
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Re: Mints
I'd wait until you put out your tomatoes. A freeze wouldn't kill the plant, but it might cause the foliage to die back. Plus, warmer soil is easier to work and you want to create a good bed for it, not just dig a hole and pack it in.
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You may want to limit there spread somehow. Mints can be vigorous spreaders under the right conditionsCranraspberry wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 4:21 pm I currently have these two mints on my window sill - a Mojito and a Kentucky Colonel! When would you typically transplant these out to the garden?
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@Whwoz my husband spent a good chunk of last year trying to get rid of leftover mint that was trying to take over the plot, so we learned that the hard way! These guys are going in a grow bag.
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@Lemonboy thanks! I have a rosemary that should also probably be planted out around May, so I’ll do them together.
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Re: Mints
Yerba Buena or Mojito mint.
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I’ll have to get a picture, but our Mojito mint is coming back like crazy! It’s 2x the size of the Kentucky Colonel next to it. I’ve been adding fresh sprigs to my morning tea all week and it’s such a delight. Mojito might be my favorite of the two.
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I put Kentucky Colonel mint to good use yesterday evening. The plant seems to be happy since I gave it a treatment of spinosad a few weeks ago. Before that, some mystery caterpillars were eating the spearmint faster than it could grow.
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Oooh. Anyone know where to get orange mint? Actually, anywhere to get a bunch of the mentioned mints. I have a ton of basil varieties, but mint, not so much.
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Mojito on the right, and Kentucky Colonel on the left. I’ve harvested Mojito several times over the last couple of weeks, and KC is untouched thus far.
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