1, seedling pruning: potted mint to grow to 8-10 cm when the top buds will be cut off. 2, post-flowering pruning: potted mint flowers after the shedding of the residual flowers and growth of weak branches to cut off. 3, growing season pruning: potted mint growing season to cut off the pests and disease and dense branches. 4, dormant pruning: potted mint dormant period is mainly to cut off the withered branches, rotting leaves, yellow leaves, and cut back on the long branch.

1, seedling pruning

When the potted mint grows to 8-10 centimeters, you need to cut off the seedling's terminal buds, by means of centering in order to remove the plant's apical dominance, and to promote the growth of the lateral branches, and then cut the terminal buds after the branches have grown to a certain length to promote the mint again sprouting. Branches.

2, post-flowering pruning

Potting mint flowering in the summer, flowering will continue to consume a lot of nutrients, so after the flowers to cut off the residual flowers in a timely manner, and at the same time, the growth of weak branches cut off, in order to reduce the loss of nutrients to promote the growth of the plant.

3, growing season pruning

Potted mint in the growing season needs to be pruned, pruning is mainly aimed at the branches of the signs of pests and diseases to avoid the continued spread of disease, and then the growth of dense branches thinning a part of, in order to improve the internal air permeability and light rate.

4, dormant pruning

The dormant period of the pot mint for the winter, this time the magnitude of the pruning should not be too large, mainly cut off the dead branches, rotting leaves, yellow leaves, and for some of the growth of the weaker branches, you can cut it back to 3-5 centimeters, so that the supply of nutrients is more concentrated.