Trouble with mint plant
Nick O
6 years ago
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Comments (2)I have plain peppermint, plain spearmint, and I think chocolate mint. Anyone that wants some let me know....See MoreMint Troubles: strange dots, specks, and brown leaves
Comments (0)I have a mint plant that isn't doing very well. I bought it in a grocery store two days ago, and it's been living inside by a window ever since. There's also some fluorescent lighting that's on a lot. The problem is that leaves near the bottom of the plant have been turning brown and falling off. I've also noticed some tiny black specks around little brown spots on the leaves, and a few odd white spots. Anyone know what the problem might be?...See MoreNeed Mint Plant help!!!!
Comments (5)I would give it a short hair cut to encourage new growth and make it send out more branching. Strip off lower leaves from the longer pieces you trimmed off and stick into water and they will root. (Put the stems on the windowsill in front of the sink and you won't forget about them.) Yes to the drainage. After they root, send some to me in the mail :c) I have several mints but none with bright pink stems....See MoreMy Mint plant is dying
Comments (13)Mint is super resilient; yours looks like it should easily be able to take a transplant. You can shake most of the soil off of the roots and plant the empty roots into completely new soil. It may take a little while for new growth to appear, but keep in mind that a lot of the growth will be happening under the surface of the soil. Eventually, new shoots will emerge from the ground and the stems that are already there will start to die off. It should have little trouble coming healthy again – just keep an eye on under-/over-watering after the transplant. The plant won't take up as much water while it's adapting to the new soil, but you definitely don't want it to dry out either. Theoretically, all you really need is a piece of rhizome with a few roots attached. If you have that, you don't even need the leaves at all. Plant the rhizome under the surface (a few centimetres down) and you will get a whole new plant. If you have several healthy rhizomes under the soil, you can break them up into several smaller pots and increase the number of plants you have. Cuttings with leaves also root in water really easily. Do it whichever way you want, or try a few different methods. Mulch only the surface. If you mix it with the soil, it will draw nutrients from the soil in order to break down ("nitrogen drawdown"). On the surface, it breaks down very slowly and releases nutrients. But if it's an organic mulch you need to keep it away from the stems; if the mulch is wet it can rot the stems. Because yours is a rhizomous plant now (with lots of different stems instead of a single central stem), it actually might be less hassle to use a gravel or pebble mulch because that won't stay wet and will still lock the moisture into the soil....See MoreNick O
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