Mints dying. Need help!
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potted mint is dying. Help!
Comments (3)If it's drying out, there are three things that could be the problem, light, humidity, and insects. They need at least 8 hours of direct sun inside, they need humidity, and they need to never dry out, but not be soggy. Mints like light moist soil, not wet soil. First I'd recommend repotting into a pot size twice the size of the current one, mints grow very quickly, use a light soil with lots of light airy stuff, but will retain moisture for a few days. do not use peat, sand is not advisable, unless it is a heavy sand used for construction, not play sand, but use perlite if you have it. Check for spider mites, these are the death of mints. At the moment, I'm going to suspect it's the lack of humidity, and lower light levels which are the problem. If you have something like a wardian case to put them in or even a pebble tray to sit the plants on, I would try this first. Put them in a south facing window. Did I mention they need a lot of light? I can't stress this enough, their needs are in order: light, light, light, humidity, light, insect free....See Moremint leaves dying
Comments (5)Mint would do better in a south window, but I've grown mint inside for years, there is nothing preventing it from growing inside. Just cut it down to about 1/4 the height, it will bush out and grow new leaves again. You can plant the stems sideways in a plasic box without drainage, remove the leaves then just moisten the soil lay the stems on it, then put the lid on, put it in a warm dark place like on top of the fridge. Remove the lid daily for ventilation, then put it back. They will root on each node and make a large plant, once it's established roots it can be potted in normal potting soil. This is normal for mint to lose it's lower leaves. I use mint forr teas, baking, and cooking. one recipe I have which is unusual is for minted corn on the cob, shuck some corn cobs and destring them then wash them. At this time you could blanch the corn cobs or not. To each ear of corn a spoonful of margarine, a couple mint sprigs, a couple thyme sprigs, a couple basil sprigs salt, pepper, and garlic powder. wrap the whole lot in some tin foil then bake it, or bbq it, turning it about every 5 minutes until the corn is done. This gives the corn a nice Springtime taste....See MoreMint plant seems to be dying
Comments (7)I've had a problem with my Arabian mint doing this. It's in a small pot and when I forget to water it it looks like that. Mints like water, usually. I just pee on it and it starts to green up right away. Just make sure to dilute it a bit. May want to pot it up in a larger pot and add some nice dark soil if you have it. I wouldn't stress it out any more by pruning or cutting anything yet. It looks like it may have a nitrogen deficiency too due to the lower leaves yellowing. Make sure to water it, they hate being dried out, and in a terra cotta plant those things dry plants out pretty fast in the hot sun. And too much sun (if you're in a blazing hot place) they don't really like that....See MoreLavender and Mint (also Rosemary) keep dying. Help! ;-;
Comments (9)Hi Chervil2, The vendor told me to water it until it's back to the fresh state. This plants also very uncommon in the town I stayed and had to imported from larger town from the next province so I couldn't get it locally (I tried go around and ask but all I get is Rosemary that has been shipped from another province too and it's now has died despite the facts that it was fresh at the beginning of my purchases). Hi Floral_UK, I was told to wait for 14 days to see if the plants died completely or not and my money will be transferred back. I'm situated south of the equator in a small town near the mountain. It's mildly cool here (gets hot at 13:00) and the reason I keep it inside is because it's raining all day lately and I read that lavender is a drought-preferring plant. I'm in Plant Hardiness Zone 13....See Moreswagatika_msj
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