Part 1: Choose a favorite variety.
1, mint tastes fresher and stronger, so it is suitable for making tea or daily use.
2. If your garden, balcony or windowsill can provide a lot of sunshine and heat for plants all year round, plant spearmint. Spearmint is very common in the southern United States.
3. Pineapple mint is one of the most invasive varieties and is suitable for planting next to other plants.
4. Lemon mint can add fresh citrus fragrance to lemonade or iced black tea.
Apple mint has a faint sweet apple flavor and is often added to fresh salads or drinks.
Part II: Prepare mint.
1, go to the local garden store to buy mint seedlings. Mint seeds are not easy to germinate, so only experienced gardeners will try to sow and cultivate mint. After returning home, you can plant the seedlings directly in potted soil or compost soil. Although there are many varieties of mint in garden shops, there may be mint seedlings for sale in local flower markets or supermarkets.
2. Cut branches from adult mint. If your friend grows mint, you can ask him for some branches. You can also go to the nearby garden to pick mint branches. Cut the branches from around 1 with sharp scissors. 3cm above the node. Branches for cutting should be at least 10- 15cm long, and most of the leaves on the branches should be removed.
3. Buy mint from the fresh food section of the local supermarket. Although not every branch can take root and survive, this method can make full use of the remaining mint. Why not give it a try?
4. Prepare a clean glass and fill it with water. Put the newly cut branches into water to take root. Glass should be placed in a warm place where the sun can shine. After the cup is put away, wait patiently for the cut branches to grow white roots. To keep the cup full, add water as needed.
5. Wait until the white roots grow to several centimeters long before transplanting. Sometimes, the roots of mint can even reach the bottom of the flowerpot.
Part III: Choose a flowerpot
1. Buy a flowerpot with a diameter of at least 30 cm. Adequate growth space is very important for planting mint.
2. Choose a flowerpot with a drain hole at the bottom. Mint can thrive in well-drained soil. In order to prevent water from flowing out from the bottom of the flowerpot and polluting the windowsill or balcony, it is necessary to buy a water tray and put it at the bottom of the flowerpot.
If you want to plant mint with other herbs, buy a flowerpot much bigger than mint flowerpot. Put a small flowerpot with a diameter of 30 cm into a big flowerpot and get together with other plants. Remember, most kinds of mint still try their best to stick their roots out of the drain hole and occupy the whole flowerpot. If you plan to plant mint with other herbs, separate them at the end of the season.
Part IV: Planting mint in flowerpot
1. Buy compost soil with coarse gravel from the local garden store. You can also mix potted soil with fertile compost soil. Mint grows more luxuriantly in fertile and well-drained soil.
2. Pour compost soil and potted soil into the bottom of the flowerpot and fill it with 1/3 of the flowerpot volume.
3. Insert mint seedlings or branches into the flowerpot. If the length of the root exceeds the depth of the flowerpot, bend the root.
4. Fill the space around the mint with potted soil and compact the soil to ensure that the mint can stand upright.
If you want to bury the flowerpot in the soil of the outdoor garden, but you want to control the growth of mint roots, then enclose the garden with plastic sheets. After turning around, bury the flowerpot in the soil. The flowerpot needs to be exposed to the soil 13cm. Try not to grow mint in the garden. Peppermint is best planted on the balcony or windowsill, so that it won't grow wildly everywhere.
6. Insert several wooden nails around the mint to provide support for the growth of plants. Wait until the plants grow stably before pulling out the wooden nails.