Mint can be grown by sowing seeds and cuttings, when sowing prepare loose and fertile soil, sow mint seeds in spots in the soil and cover with 1cm thick soil. Gently compact the soil and water it once with a thorough watering, after which observe the whitening of the soil surface and water it once with a thorough watering until the mint seeds take root and germinate. Cuttings should be cut from strong-growing branches, remove the leaves at the bottom of the branch, first hydroponically rooted, and then switch to soil cultivation when the mint branches are rooted.

A, mint planting methods

1, seed propagation: mint can be propagated by sowing, prepare loose fertile nutrient soil, mint seeds sown in the soil, covered with seeds 2-3 times the diameter of the thickness of the fine soil, gently compacted the soil, watering a thorough watering, and then keep the soil damp, and so on, such as the mint seed germination out of the soil can be.

2, cuttings propagation: mint can also be propagated by cuttings, cut the growth of strong mint branches, cut the leaves at the bottom of the branches, cut the branches into the water, replace the water once a day, such as mint rooted water, and then turn into soil cultivation.

Two, mint maintenance methods

1, light: mint sun-loving, daily maintenance to move the potted plant to the light of the south terrace, more sun is conducive to plant stem and leaves compact, not futile, light is weak, mint leaves will also be pale in color, and even the phenomenon of yellow leaves occur.

2, temperature: mint like warm, winter to move the potted plant to indoor maintenance, to ensure that the maintenance temperature above 0 ℃, if the temperature is low, must be less watering, to ensure that mint does not die due to drought can be.

3, watering: mint like water, but you can not let the soil in a wet state for a long time, or mint is very easy to black rot, you can usually weigh the weight of the potting soil, feel significantly lighter when the mint watering a thorough water.

4, fertilization: mint's root system is developed, rapid growth, high demand for fertilizer, in the mint's growth period, you can every half a month to the plant watering a nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium balanced fertilizer, such as flowers more than 1, to promote the vigorous growth of the plant.